GrammaNan, please don't fret over wanting to support this program. The facility is a profit-making one, so there are $$$ for our supplies.
Yes, these guys are someone's baby, and some of them are still babies - spoiled & self-centered. If they were doing drugs earlier, their maturity stopped then. They are that age mentally and won't ever grow up more.
All inmates are people first and inmates second. They are in prison because they made some wrong choices, some of they horrible decisions. Their penalty is incarceration. I try to bring a little sunshine into their lives each day. Sometimes all it takes is a smile and an acknowledgement of them. I just have to say "Hi!" to make them smile. Of course, hiring them to be aquilter makes most of them smile even wider!