Nevertheless, all three siblings have made constructive lives for themselves; one of Mr. Parisot's sisters is an engineer, the other a parliamentary aide.
Joyce Quin, the former prisons minister, and chair of this research programme, which is supported by the Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund, said: "We now know that significant numbers of prisoners are not receiving the support they need to address their offending behaviour, turn away from crime and lead constructive lives.
Most of these people go on to law-abiding, socially constructive lives; entanglements with law enforcement, rather than any initial rule-breaking, may be more predictive of future problems.
"We call upon you to redirect funding from the wasteful prosecution and incarceration of low-level immigration violations and focus resources instead on correctional programs that will better prepare federal prisoners for constructive lives when they are released," read the letter.
One documentary, "Banished Lives," focused on the challenges of helping young people in jail return to more constructive lives.
Innocent, good people, living constructive, productive lives, are smeared, harassed and assaulted.
The ostracism was so intense that one respondent said that with no possibility of living a constructive life, he no longer saw a reason to try to change his behavior.
It is surely possible for virtual encounters to be as constructive as live ones, for as Google Art Project shows, the internet can be a genuinely cultured place.
But no matter if you're into Keynes, Krugmania or Ayn Ryanism, looking at things as a cliff is not the most constructive way to live.
Together, this international coalition of changemakers creates opportunities for constructive dialogue between Europeans and people living in conflict zones in the Middle East.
