Gangs have over run our streets. They have flooded our culture with drugs, violence, and crime. They fill their pockets at the expense of the society in general. They cause multiple problems for multiple people but is there a solution to this problem? I would think so. Each gang from my understanding wears a uniform. Each color represents a different gang and each gang has its own territory so why don't we arrest them. That doesn't really do any good though now does it. We just send them to prison where they thrive in an environment that is suited to the life that they were already living. The solution rests in the prison system then. What has happened to rehabilitation? Why aren't we giving them the proper skills that they will need to succeed in the world once they are released? It should be mandatory to receive either a high school diploma or a degree while in prison before being released. This would give people the skills needed to get gainful employment. It would cut down on repeat offenders and cut cost to the tax paying public. We don't need manditory minimum sentences because they don't work. It sure isn't a deterrent to those who commit the crimes. Our prisons are over run with unskilled people that sell drugs because that is how they can make money. At the very least inmates should have to raise their own food. They should process their own meats and grow their own vegetables. This eliminates cost to tax payers and provides not only a skill but also an activity that gives them a sense of accomplishment. If you take a group of violent, frustrated, and dangerous people and isolate them from everyone else with nothing to do they are only going to become more violent, frustrated, and dangerous. This makes sense to me but what do I know I'm just some guy typing at his computer.