I think that for lifers...(and medium terms, short termers too) it should be using large walls and chains and just chain them all against the wall indefinitely - and have 'feeding bowl, drinking tubes' just like the ones (well bigger ofc, but not much better) in rat cages, or bird cages... in front of their mouths all the time
they should be able to talk to one another, forever, going insane...then if they're sick of it, they can just choose not to eat, like
dont eat, dont shit and you die....and one tv channel , choosen by the guards
I actually think that if get rid of gyms, basketball courts, it shouldn't be fun there anyway....it shouldn't be a home (or headquarters even) for gangs...
THAT's LIFE in Prison
i think that, if the whole way we know about prison is changed from ' can do this in prison' to 'cant do any of this in prison' becomes common knowledge in society...would really be more effective to discourage crimes in the outside...since no -one will want to go there....NO ONE not even hardened. oh in addition, harden criminals would dwindle in numbers because they wouldn't choose that lifestyle...