2006-10-18 16:53:14 · 9 answers · asked by Paul S 2 in Politics & Government ➔ Law Enforcement & Police
in texas the recidivisim rate is 75%. not because they are presumed guilty of everything when they get out but because they become institutionalized while they are in. for a huge number of inmates, prison is the best place they have ever lived: 3 meals a day, housing, clothing, no responsibility, no bills, free cable, and a hell of alot of time on their hands to learn from other inmates how not to get caught the next time. the idea that inmates in prison all claim they are innocent is only in the movies.......ask any inmate and he/she will tell you, "hell yeah i'm in here for what i did." then they will try to impress you with just how bad a** they were on the outside so you won't mess with them on the inside.
part of being institutionalized is that they do not have to be responsible for anything. every move they make is a decision by someone else not by them (except when they decide to misbehave). they are told where to go, when to eat, when to work, where to work, when to have recreation, when to shower, when to turn in their dirty laundry and receive clean clothes, etc etc etc. you think you could spend several years never making a single decision for yourself then be put back into society where you are on your own?
the act of confinement in prison is the punishment, not what goes on in the prison. these people are not in prison for being late to church by the way.....they are there because they have broken the law. did you know that aprox 78% of inmates in maximum security prisions are there because at least one of their charges included serious bodily injury to another person?
there are efforts at rehabilitation in prison but frankly, the system is overloaded and the inmates go through the motions in the programs to look good for the parole board. you'd be amazed at the number of men in prison that call themselves "pastor" or "preacher" (not to mention how many drug runners carrying large quantities across state lines list their occupations as working for a religious organization when they are arrested). it is all for show because they know they will be back in prison and that they can't function on the outside.
this isn't the fault of the justice system or the prison system. if you want to reduce the recidivism rate and reduce the prison population, then we need to focus on proper education and discipline of children when they are young. most inmates in prison today also have several relatives that have done time, especially in previous generations. this is a society problem outside the prison and something that occurs long before someone breaks the law.
2006-10-18 18:05:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
The latest statistics on crime show percentages between seventy and eighty percent of released prisoners return to prison. The amount varies with the type of crime that was committed and the number of offences the person has made. The highest amount of sucessfull releases, where the offenders do not return are in the population of younger first time offenders that have been given jail time.
2006-10-19 00:08:10 · answer #2 · answered by Sue F 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I found this at http://usgovinfo.about.com/library/weekly/aa060702a.htm
Sixty-seven percent of former inmates released from U.S. state prisons in 1994 were back in jail within three years, according to a study conducted by the Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The figures indicate re-arrest rates have increased by five-percent since 1983.
Hope this helps!
2006-10-19 00:03:43 · answer #3 · answered by tjinjapan 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
a lot why ever leave they feed you and give you a place to sleep in some cases a job where you get money you get to watch tv and work out all day prison is great just like vacatioin why ever leave?
2006-10-18 23:59:24 · answer #4 · answered by n4il_p0lish2000 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Rescidisivism varies on the crime. Not to mention the unjust system which presumes their guilt following realease from prison.
Probably upward of 25%
2006-10-18 23:56:24 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
unfortunately too many. We have a justice system focused too much on punishment and not enough on rehabilitation. You can't take people out of society and then thrust them back into and say "swim." They have no resources. There would be less recidivism if was more energy focused on provided them some sort of ladder....but there's too much money in have them stay in the system...so why bother?
2006-10-19 00:06:21 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Above 60%; the more serious the crime, the higher the repeat rate. Can't quote a source however, but that's what I recollect
2006-10-18 23:57:00 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
It usually runs between 67-71 %.
2006-10-19 00:09:29 · answer #8 · answered by renegadeslawdawg 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably like, 60 %
2006-10-18 23:55:26 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋