Sam, I think your on to something.

Say we take these prisoners that no body wants anyways. Ship them to Siberia in the middle of nowhere where they can work. They can chop down trees or shovel rocks, then we can take these resources and sell them. Or we can take the revenue from these guys to pay for their stay so all of a sudden, it doesn't cost anything to keep these guys alive, their no longer an economic burden and they are no longer a threat to anybody. Unless the rapist starts eyeing the trees, but trees don't care if they take it in the knot. And I'm not advocating rights for trees.