[bombcar]

An individual's behavior is unpredictable, but in groups it's pretty predictable.

Recidivism is a major issue and there are ways to address it, but they have to actually be worked on (and they will admittedly fail at times, people have to accept that).

Many (most?) of the jail-to-good-citizen pathways have been closed down or restricted over the years.

[lisper]

Maybe the right answer is to reopen them rather than throwing more people in prison.

[bombcar]

I agree, but the people in general like to scream about "why did you let this happen" whenever something happens.