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by keyboardwarrior 3984 days ago
Personality grows out of the environment you are in. Teaching personal responsibility to someone who is on the street associating with gangs can be a lost cause.

I think prison can serve to change someones environment to such levels that they are willing to change themselves. Maybe not 30 years of prison though.

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Parents have a lot to do with outcomes but that cannot be legislated.