If we are ever to fully rehabilitate the citizens of our country which we would presume to be the goal of any penal system, we must enable them to have successful lives and contribute to the socitety to which they have paid their debt. Without this, we can only expect a continuation of illegal activity since the true american dream of prosperity and success will be denied them. While it may be easy to say that a felon has forfieted his or her right to a succesful and prosperous life by choosing to commit crimes, there are undoubtedly exceptions to this stance, and we owe it to those few who have a chance to re-enter society as productive members to hear their case and decide on it's merits and details alone.