Following January’s “Juveniles in Justice” Talk, we dust off the concept of rehabilitation, which was sacrificed on the altar of campaign slogans: Soft on crime. Zero tolerance. Cost efficiency. Three strikes and you’re out.Today the prison-industrial complex efficiently subtracts years from a prisoner’s life and protects society from danger, while supporting itself. Hypothetical question: if conditions that cause imprisonment can be improved, say by training a prisoner for productive work, does society profit? Or is it cheaper to keep locking up the problem?Ironically focusing laser-like… IGE Talks is an open forum that explores such possibilities, meeting first Thursdays, videotaped for a TV program on public access and the internet. You can watch many more of our programs on our web page at www.iserv.net/~ige/talks. Less