The Purpose of Jails Is Retribution

I think we would all agree the purpose of the jails in the prisons is to punish people for committing crime. We end up with massive criminal populations that just harden each other. You end up with low tier criminals who become worse criminals than get out and they extend their life of crime perpetually. And so my issue is like, how do we actually just stop all of it? How do we,. how do we stop the recidivism? If we're telling someone you did wrong, pay the price. They go right back to doing exactly what they were doing. So we should put a heavier focus on, okay, howDo we make you not do that? Now there's some stupid