Agreed and I think it’s compounded by limited economic opportunities, such as the lack of free time/transit/access to resocialize themselves. Can’t just go out and meet people, learn to meditate, join a social club, therapy, or attend community college, because survival is so much more expensive.

This. If they had time to take up gentler hobbies, they'd find deprogramming easier. There's a lovely group at my local library that I've been meaning to go to. It's a men's knitting group where they can support each other in something creative rather than destructive and I think it's brilliant