Ever heard of Sweden? Recidivism rates are 40%, America's are 75%.
Why the U.S. Needs to Start Paying Attention to Sweden's Remarkable Prison System
Also, we'll have a lot easier time rehabilitating prisoners if we give them an economically fruitful community to go back to. Which white people haven't given minorities through other racist bullshyt.
And there won't be as many prisoners in the first place if we invested in inner city schools more, which No Child Left Behind completely gutted by implementing state tests to see how much money you get. Obviously you can see problem: White suburban schools do better on tests, so they get all the money that really should've gone to inner city schools that are struggling more.