Supposedly in California, the official purpose changed from rehabilitation to punishment in 1977:
https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/775/the-law-that-help-pack-cali...
I don't claim that's a good thing, but Holmes is faced with the prison system that exists in reality, doing what it it officially intended to do.
Although, since Holmes will be in federal rather than CA prison, I don't know whether the same law applies.
Supposedly in California, the official purpose changed from rehabilitation to punishment in 1977:
https://www.kqed.org/lowdown/775/the-law-that-help-pack-cali...
I don't claim that's a good thing, but Holmes is faced with the prison system that exists in reality, doing what it it officially intended to do.
Although, since Holmes will be in federal rather than CA prison, I don't know whether the same law applies.