So just let all the inmates out into the streets, not because they do absolutely nothing, but because they aren't perfect according to your standards. A stop the world rewrite, HN style, right?
Have you ever seen documentaries of prisons in South American countries?
Peru has some truly apocalyptic examples of prisons that are just walled yards with dilapidated shelters and no guards. Well, maybe a maximum of watch towers manned with snipers...
In these prisons they just drop raw ingredients for food that the gates to the yard, and transfer them to the inmates' possession. On occasion there are incidents that require communication or the transfer of individuals, and they treat it like handling hostages.
So, it's not like your suggestion isn't in use. Consider the shape it takes, when directly applied to real world scenarios.
Have you ever seen documentaries of prisons in South American countries?
Peru has some truly apocalyptic examples of prisons that are just walled yards with dilapidated shelters and no guards. Well, maybe a maximum of watch towers manned with snipers...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvu575hiOOc
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peruvian_prison_massacres
In these prisons they just drop raw ingredients for food that the gates to the yard, and transfer them to the inmates' possession. On occasion there are incidents that require communication or the transfer of individuals, and they treat it like handling hostages.
So, it's not like your suggestion isn't in use. Consider the shape it takes, when directly applied to real world scenarios.