to fix this, entrepreneur chris wilson suggests that -- >> what we need to be doing is turning our prisonso success factories, providing education. some will say, why should they get a free education when we're out here paying for it? it is a better investment. >> a better investment it is. i asked the orange county special advocate of the year. he agreed with this. >> it cost us education. education. a college college is cheaper than prison. >> wouldn't it be a better financial decision if congress , were to allocate the funds that are going to prisons on better education and rehabilitation rather than correction and punishment? >> that is exactly right. >> that's where the argument against prisoner reformation comes into play. it costs more money to reform our judicial system. so, here is what i suggest to relieve this burden and encourage these reformations. firstly, prisons are overcrowded. with the average prisoner costing taxpayers $31,286 per year. in a recent interview i conducted with an attorney at law, he suggested if we send less people to prison, not incarcerating people for n