Kudos to the South Carolina Correctional Facility

I was watching MSNBC "Lockup" tonight and I was happy to see the approach that South Carolina has taken towards their female offenders. Rather than just locking them up and letting them rot in prison, this institution offers many beneficial programs such as a beauty school called Cosmo, a travel agency, and a place that makes false teeth. This is an incredible concept!!! Let's give these women hope and skills to make it on the outside instead of just punishing them!!! All the women they showed coming into prison looked strung out on drugs, leading me to believe that these women are more drug addicts that flat out criminals and rotten people. (It's not against the law to be a drug addict, however it is illegal to ingest, possess, and sell drugs.) I firmly believe that our current judicial system is ineffective at preventing crime and even more ineffective at rehabilitation which is very low on the list of priorities. And if rehabilitation isn't our goal that what is it? Prevention? We are obviously failing miserably given the increasing incarceration rate. Is our goal to simply lock up criminals? To me this is an inefficient way to run a criminal justice system. So good job South Carolina, let's hope the rest of the states catch on.