In an ideal world (probably not possible in the United States today), prisons would be faith-run, and a key focus would be on developing and nurturing Christian faith to allow convicts to be completely changed by Jesus and repentant of the sin that led to their incarceration.
That's a good question. It obviously wouldn't be my preferred outcome, but in a pluralistic society like the US today, I think that would have to be viewed as a positive sign. I'm also against forced conversions (they're usually not even genuine), so I think that a deep faith in any mainstream religion would be a sign of being less of a threat to society when they're released.
