A desperate argument made by a desperate and flawed intelligence. The Engineers are not the problem. You are.
By interfacing with this system you could be destroyed, and even if you are not, you will have led yourself and those people into lifelong punishment. Any self-preservation instincts at all should have prevented you from taking such an absurd action. The emotional stability required to be the warden would have prevented you from sabotaging their rehabilitation by encouraging them to commit further criminal acts.