[cryoz]

The point of prisons is to keep criminals away from the rest of society and prevent them from doing further harm.

[next_xibalba]

That is one reason to imprison criminals. It is not the only reason.

- https://open.lib.umn.edu/criminallaw/chapter/1-5-the-purpose...

- https://www.ojp.gov/ncjrs/virtual-library/abstracts/reasons-...

- https://ua.pressbooks.pub/criminallawalaskaed/chapter/1-5-th...