And of course none of these are good escape routes from poverty and we all believe in the term "poverty causes crime". But it’s not always the poor who commits crime. Mostly the poor or the middle class people will go after crimes to fulfill their temporary desires. For example raping, stealing and sometimes murder too. Since the low class poor people are not usually educated, they often easily “pushed” into the crimes by the high class people.
On the other hand, it may lead some people to think that it is ok for them to do these offenses because they don’t have to go to jail as a consequence. Intermediate sanctions have helped keep the prison population down. This is helpful because over 60 billion dollars a year is spent on the corrections system. It also helps people become rehabilitated. Studies also show that people with loved ones in prison suffer financial hardship.
The residential community corrections traditionally was to help the inmates who were soon to be on parole reintegrate back into society, by finding jobs, saving money, getting an apartment and getting clothes for the job. It has expanded by now being a direct-sentencing option that judges can give to certain offenders who need an alternative that is between a stay in prison and traditional probation. The effectiveness of this program isn’t that great, with evaluations results that clients were more than likely to be arrested. One reason for the failure was there was an overwhelming amount of inmates were placed in the treatment which meant that many of the clients there were
When the death penalty was no more the jail suffered overcrowding which led to riots, escapes, and prison guards were attacked. The Pennsylvania Prison Society and the Philadelphia Society for Alluarting Misers of Public Prisons stepped in to solve the overcrowding issue by building Pittsburgh Western Penitentiary and Cherry Hill Prison. Today there are 1,200 prisons in the United States and overcrowding is still an issue. Lawmakers believe in three main goals of the correctional system: 1. Punish those who are found guilty of the
He mentioned, “I would have quit even these motions, unless I had received the motivation I did.” (X 640). Criminals/prisoners need support too! The reason this is, they all were given two choices in reality rehabilitation or education for free, an equal opportunity that would not be the same situation outside the prison walls. Inasmuch, if we support criminals they will less likely return to old habits because they would be educated and have more opportunities provided. Lastly, we can thank the educated few that inspired and drove Malcolm to change his
To give prisoners tools to succeed out of confinements. Allow more prisoners to reduce their sentences through credit for good behavior. Release more elderly prisoners from Bureau of Prisons custody. Releasing low risk offender will drop prison population a lot. For they will have a lower risk of recidivism and actually become a working part of society then generate a positive incline on recidivism statistics.
The correctional system | December 20 2011 | Punishment VS- Rehalbitation what do I think about each of these and which 1 I would choose and which 1 works best. | [Type the document subtitle] | The punishment in our prison system is not a punishment at all the time spent in prison is the punishment. Some of our offenders adjust to prison life, some don’t. I have a nephew actually, was ok when he started his time then as time went on his mind became unstable and had to be put on medication in our system, and makes the offenders go crazy. So there for their punishment, ends up being more into going crazy in the system.
Illegal aliens shouldn’t be rewarded with legal status and other benefits. Most Americans don’t want immigrants in their country because they take the jobs away form them. American citizens have different Pros and Cons about immigration topic like Amnesty, Deportation, Mexican Border Fence, Driver Licenses for illegal aliens. Most all of the states don’t allow immigrants to get a drivers license with the right paper work. This does not keep illegal aliens from driving, even though they work low salaries, can’t afford an insurance and they often have trouble the road signs in english.
Like what Xavier said in his argument, the government would wasting money on the prisoners, I believe that’s true the government is helping giving the prisoners a second chance and to be educated. Voluntary, prisoners have a choice to choose whether or not they'd want to do the job, but according to law the prison labor is recommended for these people and to help them. Though they may seem vicious and cruel it shouldn’t stop them from gaining new skills for a job industry. Employment may include baker, laundry, kitchen, wood work, retailer shops, farming, gardening, community work and cleaning. This form of labor can help with their rehabilitation.
Simply placing juveniles in a prison-like setting and putting the facts of a substance dependence problem on the back burner is obviously not working. With a recidivism rate as high as 35%, jail time alone does not seem to be helping the juvenile drug offender. The program that I am proposing would give the individuals that were incarcerated a place to go after their school day, where constructive activities and counseling will take place, thus removing them from the violence and negativity of the streets, and replacing them with a healthy environment centered around keeping juveniles out of trouble and subsequently, jail. Substance use inevitably leads to reoffending (Chassin 3), and allowing drug offenders who have already been through the system to receive treatment and counseling for their possible drug addiction may decrease the number of individuals who will be brought back into the justice