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Does prison, and all it stands for ("redemption", "pay back", "missing out of the fun of being in society"), still work? Ever work? Especially in an increasingly secular society? Or for people who do not see themselves as part of the society they're being "excluded" from? When they're already excluded before going into prison.

There's a Youth Offending Team and Secure Unit in Wandsworth that has a 92% success rate (measured by something like recorded criminal activity in 24 months post release).

I say has and is, it got closed by LA budget cuts last month.