CNN quoted part of the pope's reasoning for the change and some of it apparently has to do with today's prisons being more secure and thus better able to protect society. While this is true to some extent, we have had pretty secure prisons now for probably 100 years or so. Still, there is some validity to the Pope's point in terms of comparing today to perhaps a few hundred years ago.
For groups like the Mexican Mafia and the Aryan Brotherhood it is considered to be graduate school when locked up in AD SEG .
They run their organizations from behind bars. Hits are issued from the shot callers who are leadership in these organizations, as well as the day to day business of drugs and other crimes.
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