I had lunch today with someone I used to go to church with 20 years ago. Unfortunately, his life took a different turn and he spent the last two years at the CRC California Rehab Center) in Norco. The part of our conversation I'm going to share is about his fellow inmates; some of them released only to return, some within a few months, others only in a matter of days. It's clear that the prison/legal system is not rehabilitating convicts, nor is incarceration considered a punitive disincentive. It's just as obvious looking at the history of my attacker; SEVENTEEN misdemeanor convictions escalating in level of violence. Something is clearly not right here, and the average member of society can't be bothered to be concerned about it.