Stop them from being able to lobby politicians. The only way we allow people to be treated like this is because we allow corporations to legally bribe our elected officials. We also keep voting for those same officials.

It’s also because a large portion of the US population wants the officials to be as tough on crime as we are. You need to not just fix the politicians, you need to fix America

I too noticed that Americans are extremely vengeful and puritan.

There's nothing you can do other than participating in the civic process. Vote, run for elections, campaign for good people, etc.

Try your hardest to not go to jail and if you or a family member does don't contact them? There's no good options…

Seems like if someone just handed out contact information for the owners and management of those prison-service companies to everyone that left a facility, the problem would eventually take care of itself.

Ideally, the lawyers would work it out, but if not, the recidivism rate might.

I don't feel at all conflicted about the possibility that anyone might get more than what's coming to them. The misery of others should not be a for-profit industry--not for the criminals, and definitely not for the prisons. Keeping prisoners just seems like one of those jobs where no one who actually wants to do it should ever be allowed to.

Sounds like a great way to end up in exactly the situation where you have to deal with this issue but have no way to enact change…

How so? There’s so much you can do to harass people within the limits of the law.

Just name and shame the individuals developing this kind of software, they deserve much worse but it’s a good start.

Vigilante justice will land you in jail. There's not a whole lot you can do from there.

Not at all, only very specific kinds of vigilante justice will land you in jail. It is not difficult to hurt people without breaking the law.