Prisoners could become lawyers / be able to get legal education
Latin American prisons could prevent the growth of drug cartels / gangs through rehabilitation / separation / workforce training
Prisoners could vape
Wild horses could rehabilitate people / raise money
Prisons could have sanitary / safe conditions
Prison sentences could not be capped for those dangerous to society
Prisons could have running programs
Prisoners could or could not have cell phones / tablets with restrictions
Families could have ways to heal from prison incarceration
Prison rehabilitation programs could reduce violence / crime
Prisons could have language translators
Gang involvement could be confronted inside prisons
Mexico could improve its police, prison, social welfare / basic income, and justice systems to confront drug cartels
Nonviolent offenders could be separated from violent offenders in smaller prisons to prevent prison gang recruitment / increased crime
People with mental health issues could go to state psychiatric centers/access assertive community treatment rather than nursing homes/prisons
Prison food could be healthier and incorporate farming / nutritional education
Prisoners could receive trauma-informed therapy
Pretrial detention / waiting periods for prisoners worldwide could be shorter / done differently
Prisoners could be able to defend themselves in courts
Released prisoners could go to homestays
Prisons and domestic violence / homeless shelters could have pets from animal shelters
Involuntary sterilization could not happen in prisons
Prison guards could be coaches / mentors
Prisoners could less expensively / more easily communicate with family
Pedophiles could get therapy and psychiatric / hormonal drugs
Volunteer prison firefighters could become firefighters after release
Prisoners could have access to a liberal arts education
Executive skills and self-regulation coaching could help people achieve goals
Prisons could have art, drama, and music
Rehabilitation programs could be used instead of or in jail
Prisoners could learn to code and/or other technology skills
Marijuana and other drug charges could be dropped or changed
District Attorneys, prosecutors, and judges could reform the U.S. criminal justice system
Vulnerable prison inmates could be housed in separate areas
Empathy could be taught
Prisoners could be able to share conditions of jails and treatment
Restorative justice could be used to help both perpetrators and victims
U.S. prisoners could receive better / less negligent healthcare
Prisons could have compassionate release
Prisons could have hospices with prisoners as caregivers
Prisoners could receive housing vouchers, food vouchers and/or a basic income upon release to reduce recidivism
More U.S. prisoners could be eligible for parole
Prison, inner city, nursing home, and hospital residents could have access to nature
Drugs could be decriminalized with available treatment options
Counseling circles could be used in prisons
Prisons could have newspapers
Prisoners could have access to book, magazines, and newspapers
U.S. immigrant detention centers could provide adequate medical care to detainees
Juveniles could not be tried, sentenced, and incarcerated as adults
U.S. child support could depend on a current income or be by providing child care
Prisoners could be able to vote
Cash bail / waiting times in jail for non-violent, pretrial defendants could improve
Prisons could be rehabilitative
Prisons could have regulated temperatures
Prisoners could not have to pay to stay in jail depending on their income level
Prosecutors and judges could be held accountable for misconduct
Mindfulness could be taught and used more widely
Access to books could be through e-readers and mobile phones
Community accompaniment programs or electronic monitoring could be used instead of immigration detention centers
Mandatory minimum and three strike sentencing laws could be reformed for nonviolent offenses
Prison labor could be paid more, have labor protections, and prepare people for employment after release
Meditation could be taught and used more widely
Juvenile detention could be improved to rehabilitate
Government agencies, schools, hospitals, police, universities, foundations, prisons, workplaces, elections, judiciary systems, and nonprofits could collect, publicize, and use citizen feedback
Prisons could have dog training programs
Prisoners could receive education and job training before release
Solitary confinement in prisons could be limited / abolished
Private prisons could be banned, limited, have increased oversight / incentives to keep people out of prison, and/or turn into nonprofit
Temporary, paid jobs to ex-offenders in peer groups could reduce recidivism
Incarceration could not be treated as "voluntary unemployment" to calculate child support arrears
Housing first strategies could be used with the homeless
Drug policy and government funds could focus on providing treatment and prevention rather than punishment
Illegal drug users could be sent to treatment centers rather than prisons
Community-based alternatives to prison could be used to lower recidivism rates and prison populations
Ex-prisoners could have better access to benefits to decrease recidivism
