How can we expect them to behave normally?

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I'm probably the anomaly when it comes to prisoners. I feel great sorrow for them, and I always have. Many of these people were brought up in an abusive home. The were beaten, raped, told they were no good all their lives, add this to the fact they were not taught basic compassion or any life lessons, and it's crazy that we expect them to grow up and act normally. I'm not saying they shouldn't pay for their crimes because if they hurt someone they should be in prison. I have two points though to add to this: One, just like the man in the video states, why can't we catch them early, surely we could set up a program in all levels of school to catch the problem and provide them whatever it is their parents wont. People would yell about the money, and yell about how it's not up to the schools to bring up children, but think of the money saved in the future and lives saved from abuse and murder. What if we pay ten thousand a year now and save 40,000 later, it's a win win for everyone. Babe Ruth was a huge trouble maker in youth, and his dad put him in a Catholic type school. The priests there did not believe boys were bad, and they could all be saved. They loved and taught and helped them to get ready for real life. They had a 95% success rate. Why don't we have a thousand of these schools now by private organizations that can be monitored. It's crazy! My second point is that over 90% of prisoners leave prison at some point, and they are no more ready for the real world than before they went in. I read on Wikipedia that 70% will commit more crimes and go back into the system within five years. So let's train these people with the knowledge they need to have empathy for themselves and others. We need training programs by the thousands. It's all well and good to punish joebob for hurting people, send him to prison where he will learn to hurt people even better than before, and send him back into the world and expect him to behave correctly. It just doesn't work. There are many who want prisons and a lot of them, because it's hugely profitable, and they don't want to stop earning money in their greedy pockets. We should remember that every horrible person alive today was once a precious baby. Please watch the video. He says it much better than I do.