WI: Forms of public shaming remain part of the criminal justice system

What if, at the time when prison reform is picking up steam in the United States, instead of adopting the prison system and all that comes with it as was the case OTL we have some of the milder forms of public humiliation and shaming such as the stocks remain part of crime and punishment in the United States and the West? What changes would this make to society?
 
Well, if I understand things correctly, early prisons were established as a totalistic system to gently reform criminals' character. The social reform movement pressing this (which fits under the same general umbrella as the American abolitionist movement) had a largely-positive view of human nature, leading them to think that in such an intelligently-constructed environment, criminals would naturally reform. Perhaps this movement could be less successful, but that could have bad consequences for the abolitionist movement. Or, perhaps they could decide some humiliation is necessary before prison, to knock out the negative influences of the criminal's past environment and drive his innate human nature to the fore?
 
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