If We Would Change the Prisoner, We Must Change What He is About

   You must change a person's interests, hobbies and pursuits, or you won't change the person..
   If you haven't shown him a way of making a living besides committing crime, you should know full well you haven't reformed the prisoner.
   If you haven't given him something other than a life of crime to live for, then you haven't reformed the prisoner.
   So, how do you rehabilitate a prisoner? It starts with changing what they are about. Give them not only something to do, but something they love to do. Train them in a job they can enjoy. Give them a hobby they can pursue. Teach them to be interested in things that matter, not in the inane and frivolous. Groom their lives while in prison so that they are taking in wholesome entertainment, and learning to love it. Teach them that while many of today's movies and TV shows are chosen by many, they will be able to decline to view them, selecting instead the shows that are uplifting.
   Fill their lives with good while they are in prison, and teach them to enjoy these things, and when they are out, they will be more inclined to have positive pastimes and pursuits.