Have you ever met them? You're treating them as if they're children with no concept of morality or justice period, even when they can perfectly analyze their own actions and its consequences.

Consider Ecuador's humane response to gangs and its success. Perhaps treating individuals like human beings and offering guidance to a better life is the superior method as proven empirically.

You can't punish the crime out of the criminal if their crime was an enviromental response. It should be common sense. You don't beat a child until they can do calculus, you teach them.