There has to be some provision for reintegrating criminals into society. The idea of locking people up permanently or without a chance to become reestablished is unsustainable. Some people actually regret what they've done, and if you set them up for failure, you've helped create a career criminal.
I recall during an anthropology course that western civilization is more preoccupied with punishing people for crimes than actually fixing the problem. I tend to agree.
The weakest of all weak things is a virtue that has not been tested in the fire.
~ Mark Twain
Everyone has a plan until they’ve been hit.
~ Joe Lewis
A warrior may choose pacifism; others are condemned to it.
~ Author unknown
"You don't feel lonely.Because you have a lively monkey"
"Ninja can HURT the Spartan, but the Spartan can KILL the Ninja"