If a person spends a better portion of their adult life in prison say from 18 and on for 30 years, do you think that it would be easier for a person to kick an addiction to drugs faster and easier than it would be for a person to never return to prison?
2006-09-30 22:22:18 · 5 answers · asked by planting2lips 2 in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
okay ididn't word it right. The drugs have nothing to do with the question. It was a comparison. If most of your adult life you were in prison for a total of 30 years and your 50 now, what are the chances that you would probably commit another crime and end up back in prison.
2006-09-30 23:30:44 · update #1
Most people incarcerated are above average intelligence.
Most people who spend 18 - 30 years in prison are habitual criminals who keep getting paroled and coming back. The average Recidivism rate for most crimes is about 67%. sex offenders over all have a 5.3% (child molesters Recidivism 3.3% and incest Recidivism 1.2%)
There are more drugs in prison then there are on the street.
2006-09-30 22:48:08 · answer #1 · answered by Shazaaye Puebla 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You brought up a lot of tangential questions. Okay. People who committed crimes whether intelligent or below average mentality will go to prison if found quilty by due process of the law. A person with a drug addiction and was incarcerated for 12 years would have a hard time kicking the habit and staying clean. Jails and prisons are notorious for a lot of drug addicts. It's a mecca for a lot of drug dealers. Plus that's the wrong place to get rehabilitated for the drug addiction.
If the habitual drug addicts are having a hard time kicking it outside of jails; what more inside. There are no programs for such inside the prisons. Prisons and jails are supposed to be for punishment and in the long run rehabilitation. But studies will attest to the facts, that there's no such thing as rehabilitation. For career criminals,it's like a revolving door. For the petty criminals,it doesn't take them long to be converted into hardened criminals due to bad influence from the other prison inmates. That's why it's a good idea to be law- abiding citizens.; in the first place.
2006-10-01 05:41:53 · answer #2 · answered by rosieC 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am a little confused. Are you comparing people who never went to prison to those who spend 12 yrs there?
I'd say part of this equation depends on the prison system. Some have some sort of substance abuse program that helps inmates. Most (but not all) are really good at stopping contraband/drugs from coming in, forcing the inmate to stay drug free for that time.
Part of the equation is the person. If he's paroled and he has nothing to live for, no job, no support system, and nothing else... then odds are he may go back to hard drugs. It's important when people leave jail that they have a good place to stay, some sort of job lined up, and someone watching out for them.
It's very sad when anyone gets hooked on drugs. They throw years of their life away, pee away any assets they had, and hurt their family & friends in the process. I really hope any person, inmate or not, can find the help they need to start a new life.
2006-10-01 05:28:59 · answer #3 · answered by Funchy 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It deepens why some one did the crime, if it was because of money it's possible that he won't be a criminal when he gets out, because there are other ways to earn money!!! But if person was a rapist, serial killer, pedophile or something like that, then is almost 100% that they will do the same crime when they get out of prison!!!
2006-10-01 07:26:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
No, I don't. The percentage of people that violate their parole or probation is very, therefore, it would be easier to go back to prison,
2006-10-01 05:26:23 · answer #5 · answered by schythed 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋