Eyethenknew- not true I'm afraid. I was rehabilitated, not by prison granted but none the less, as are a lot of people. I have been to prison several times the longest single period for 7 years for GBH etc, and could very easily have simply returned to my previous violent life of being looked after by those who sought to use me for their own purposes and indeed those I sought to use in turn. Someone showed me a better way, and now I, in turn, try to do that for other people hence why I mentor young offenders. It's not rocket science, you simply have to show somone something better, a proper way to live, de-normalise violence and crime, take away their need for drugs and alcohol, give them soemthing constructive to do where their efforts are recognised and you have a very different person on your hands in no time. Your way just breeds failure I'm afraid which is why we have such a mammoth problem as we do and why I am so against it.