I&#x27;m glad as a society we&#x27;re starting to look at how we deter crime and how we manage convicted criminals.  I hope we learn to not only take people who are danger to society out of circulation, but once incarcerated work to have them become useful when they reenter the general population.<p>For too long it has resembled third world punishment models.  The objective should be mainly to improve safety and to that end reeducate, reform, inculcate, etc. in order to make reentry viable.<p>That said, if it&#x27;s useful to monitor electronically to ensure compliance, I&#x27;m okay since breaking social norms come with consequences like incarceration, and reform, etc then electronic monitoring during the probatory period.  But we should put great effort into making those people useful, rather than the traditional outcasts we&#x27;ve made them to be post release.