once convicted a criminal loses it's rights...and those loss of rights should vary with the severity of the crime. Losing your freedom is not enough as we see convicts laughing at the system. Prisons should be places of hard labor, desperate fear and extreme suffering for the convict. You must run a prison with severe force and brutal military discpline for them to be a deterent. The criminal must fear prison as he does death. I guarantee you that those who survive a 5 year prison term and rejoin society will be reformed.