The criminal justice system has become fixated with assigning moral blame and imposing retribution,and that’s not lawful, says a professor Currently there are some 2.3 million Americans in prison—locked away for offenses from possession of marijuana to murder—and in recent decades, or sentences bear become increasingly long. Once they are released from prison,convicted felons often report they bear to deal with the stigma of their convictions; many report bias in employment long after release from prison, and ongoing psychological stress from imprisonment.
Source: tufts.edu