My father is a convicted child rapist, and the way our justice system treated him is a crime against humanity

My dad was arrested in November 2020 for the rape and sodomy of a child in the early 2000s. His release date of November 2022 is quickly approaching and I'm not exactly sure how I feel. Yes, I'm obviously fucking mad that he'll be back on the streets to hurt more innocent lives. But I don't think that's supposed to be how the justice system works, and the more I read up on the systemic failures of every jail and prison, the more I feel a deep sadness and disappointment in the system's lack of commitment to rehabilitation. The system is designed to ransack and exploit the lives of the families and communities that are shattered by shit like this, sentencing the afflicted not to freedom, but to lives filled with trauma and resentment.<br><br>And this is the kind of shit the system is designed to foster. Rapists, abusers, and thieves will be released back into the streets to continue their shit. Murderers will walk free to continue their shit. But if you're not white, or if you don't have money, you're fucked. The system is designed to exploit the vulnerable and oppressed.<br><br>I don't want my father to be back in the streets. I want him to be locked away and locked off from the world so he can't hurt anyone else. But I also know that the system is designed to work against that. He'll be released with only a small sentence served and he'll hurt more people. If you think that the justice system has any intention of keeping you or your loved ones safe, you're wrong.<br><br>EDIT: Thank you all for the support. I'm overwhelmed by the kindness and love and support I've received. This man is the reason I've blocked my entire family. He's a monster to our family and the world. He thinks he's a victim, and he thinks he did nothing wrong. He's a sick fuck. The prosecutor that took his case actually has one of the highest conviction rates in my state; I'm really hoping that she'll get a longer sentence than 4 years next time. I'm not crying over his legal treatment; I'm crying over my trauma and our family's trauma and the trauma of the victim. I also want to add that he will have a lot of problems adjusting to life; he was a 39 year old man arrested and locked away for the first time in his life. My brother and I were not going to bail him out. We were not going to help him with anything. He would have had to rely on himself and ruin his reputation in the process. <br><br>The justice system is failing everyone involved, but it is a system in which we live. I'm not crying over the treatment of my father. I'm crying over the treatment of the victim and our family. I'm crying because when he leaves the system, he'll still be a sick fuck; the system is not designed to take care of shit like that. He will still be a threat to society next time he leaves prison. I'm crying because the victim will see that he's only in jail for 4 years for what he did to them. I'm crying because our family would have to deal with him when he left prison, where he would have tried to weasel his way back into our lives. <br><br>This man is not the victim. He's a monster, and our family would have been better off with him in jail forever. The problem is the system, not the punishment.