Just found this comment:
Having worked inside a prison I can attest to the following.
1. We incarcerate 7x more than China and Russia.
2. The majority of inmates are non violent drug offenders.
3. They are treated exactly the same as rapists and murders.
Under this article:
http://edition.cnn.com/2012/05/24/wo...bastoy-nicest/
Basically talk is about rehabilitation, that when people have nicer conditions they tend to rehabilitate more.
My question/idea is about #3 of that comment - why not have separate systems/conditions for violent and non violent offenders?