This is true. Spent time volunteering in our local jail, and there is little to no justice to be found. Sentences do not make sense, and all jail does is turn people who screwed up into more hardened and experienced criminals.

If they committed a violent crime, either take them out back and shoot them or kick them out of the country. If not, garnish wages, public whipping, or drop the credit score or something, but jail doesn't work and it's costing the rest of us a lot of money.