Eventually most incarcerated individuals are released.  Unless we start humanizing and prepare people for release through best practice approaches for REHABILITATION we will see more people returning to jail and prison.

Many people who have non violent offenses should not have been incarcerated in the first place:  Public safety can be built into the system without sending everyone to jail.

Years ago (25+) public safety was  tasked to manage those who were seriously mentally ill and committed serious crimes.  They were suppose to build their own facility with $ given.  Hawaii State Hospital ended up managing a very difficult population with limited resources.

BTW...mentally ill people who are actively psychotic (as described by Bob Mercer) should not be in jail and require medical treatment.  That would be one of the first steps in REHABILITATION, along with community programming.

Public safety does not mean people have to SUFFER.  Crimes are committed because people are SUFFERING.