If we can't safely imprison people, absolutely.

Do you believe that someone who committed murder deserves to be held against their will in an unsafe environment?

My point isn't that prisons must be completely safe and nothing could ever go wrong. They should, though, be on par with the relative safety of the world outside prison walls.

In many cultures, exile or retribution was the answer to murder, and to prevent things getting so heated, strong and secure family and community bonds go a long way. American prisons (I'm American, and also don't know much about non-US prisons) continue to be a great way to take advantage of the 13th Amendment to the Constitution and thus continue to benefit from slave labor. My military uniform was made by enslaved people, for example. I'm with Angela Davis and numerous other abolitionists on this topic.