Re:Been this way a long time, and should be (Score 1)

This sounds great and has a high degree of truthiness to it. However, can you point to any proof / study / support of your hypothesis? Is it *really* more difficult to reform a for-profit criminal compared to a racist youth? The latter might well have been influenced by wrong friends -- by locking him up for long the system ensures he can keeps similarly racist, but more violent company.