If you were a parent, and there were some children in the neighborhood who were a rowdy, and perhaps on drugs, would you let your child go play with them?
I'm thinking most every parent can see that isn't wise.
So, why do we let prisoners associate with each other? Why do we collect them all in a bunch and toss them together and say, Hey, these are your new best friends. Hope they are a good influence on you.
Prisons should not allow so much interaction between inmates. Rather, good influences should be brought in to interact with them. If the prisoner cannot be trusted to be with the good influences in open meeting, then let him or her meet with them through the bullet-proof windows.
Allow the prisoners to play sports with each other -- with the provision their privileges will be cut off if they so much as get angry with the other participants. Model prisoners only allowed.
You are only as good as the company you keep, it is said. Why can we not see that?
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