Does the prison really system work to correct criminal behavior?

Question

We have a new sheriff and I am happy to see he has really gone after the meth activity more than any other sheriff we've had.He just busted a 8 million dollar a year operation.However, I wonder if these people go to prison and look at it like they really want to change.Or do you think these busts will put a decline in this activity for a few years and then it will pick back up after these individuals get out of prison?

Answer 1

The prison system is nothing more than a warehouse to store criminals until they are released. They arent worked with trying to get them set on the right track and most of the time the criminals are so pissed about being locked up that they sit and plan what they will do when they get out with other criminals and they all compare notes on how not to get busted the next time. You cant make a person change if they dont want to change or arent ready to change. If they have no skills and no job prospects when getting released they normally will go back to the same old crap. Not that long ago everyone in california was bitching and complaining about how criminals in prison were allowed to take college courses for free. I found that to be totally stupid for them to be complaining about getting these criminals some skills that could get them a good job so they wouldnt go back to crime. Everytime a new program is suggested the tax payers shoot it down but then complain about so many criminals once released going back to crime. It costs more than 30,000 a year to house a inmate even though no where near that gets spent on any inmate. It makes more sence to me to help them get some skills so they wont be going back and costing 30,000 a year. If prisons would start 6 months before each inmates release date and put them in a program where they would learn to write resumes and send them out to different companies in thier area explaining thier situations they just might have a job waiting for them upon release. Another good idea would be have more work release programs going on 6 months before thier release. In fact they could even work it so that unless the inmate was working full time by thier release date they wouldnt get released and to be able to do that legally it would be a part of thier parole and by not having the job it would be a violation so they could hold them for another 30 days. but to be perfectly honest like i said unless a person really wants to change they wont. Just like a drug addict . You can lock them up or send them to a rehab and if they werent ready to quit they wont and will go right back. Another thing for each lab that is shut down another one opens up , same goes for dope dealers , as long as there is a demand and money to be made there is always going to be some fool to make it or sell it. If there were no money to be made it no longer would be a problem. there will always be some people who want to get messed up in the head no matter how stupid it is or how stupid they end up looking it makes more sence to me if all these scientists would get to gether and try to come up with something that could be legal and wouldnt harm people or be addicting but still allow them to get messed up in the head once in awhile. That way they wouldnt be so interested in the expensive and addicting drugs and would drop the bottom out of that market. If all the drugs that were on the market today would disappear tomarrow someone would come up with something else and usually more harmful and addicting. So no the prison system does not work to correct criminal behavior it usually makes it worse.
Doesnt your city where you live have the DEA? They are usually the ones that go after the big meth cooks and dealers. The sheriffs department usually are a big help but when it is something big like that it normally is the DEA that handles it or the ATF. Big time dealers like that usually dont end up in the normal prison system either , they are sent to the feds to do fed time. Anyway the way i see it is we are going about it all the wrong way. The problem needs to be stopped before it is a problem but then again the gov. doesnt want that since it would be loosing out on to much money. All that confiscated cash they get adds up to quite a hefty sum. Just like with alcohol and tabacco those two things are killers and addictivie but there is to much cash to be made thats why they are still legal. .

Answer 2

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Answer 3

Do prisons artwork ? Does the possibility of a detention center stretch deter recidivism ? the respond to question a million is a qualified particular, because of the fact the criminal is off the streets, yet question 2 is a no. a considerable ingredient of prisons is cost to the taxpayer, because of the fact no longer in basic terms is society the sufferer of crime, yet has to foot the bill for it besides. i'm individually in favour of keeping prisons to maintain the criminal off the streets, yet exporting our criminal instructions to greater financial climes, the place labour fees of detention center warders are much less. i may well be fairly happy to establish a detention center in a coming up african u . s . a ., team it and price the government £200 a week for housing the offenders. If I housed say 10.000 crims, this may well be a saving to the taxpayer of £3 million a week. ok you will no longer might might desire to ignore some human rights themes on the way, and detention center visits might reason a sprint bit a concern, yet once you won't be able to do the time, do no longer do the crime.

Answer 4

Criminals will typically get out of prison and repeat crimes, but the prison system keeps them out of society. Depending on when they get out, and what is popular at that time, they will usually get involved in the latest drug, crime, etc. The local sheriff and police cracking down on specific crimes like meth or gangs will help keep criminals from staying in that area. Word travels fast and certain communities that have very aggressive police departments have success in keeping criminals out of that city or town. The criminals are going to go where they have the least chance of being caught and punished.

Answer 5

No. Prisons don't treat criminal behavior. The rate of repeat offense for various crimes varies between 15 and 80 percent - that means that in many cases, 8 out of 10 criminals who are released from prison will commit another crime just like the first one and go back to jail.

Here's the thing: Prisons aren't designed anymore to fix criminals - they're just designed to house them. Fixing criminals isn't something that the public, or politicians, is/are interested in.

Answer 6

Sadly our prisons spawn more career criminals then anything else. Civil Libertarians protecting the criminals over the victims have turned our prisons into training grounds not for the better but for the worst in human behavior. Prisons should be to "punish" they have never worked to rehabilitate.

Answer 7

Depends, you make it like that Sheriff in Texas, the one who turned his prison into an ACTUAL prison, made it uncomfortable, unpleasent, and not very nice place to want to be in, and then it works a lot better. Some prisons are like crappy hotels! TV, books, all kinds of stuff to do...

Answer 8

Absolutely NOT...in the vast majority of cases the individual is worse (more criminally wise, bitter, angry and confused) than when they were incarcerated...the " System " is an utter failure for society and the individual human factor.....dehumanization is a major product of the prison systems, thus what would one expect accept very high recidivism and increased criminal behavior.

Answer 9

Not only do the prisoners have too much to do while they're locked up, they also have enough contact with the outside world to continue to run the businesses! And when all of the buddies are locked up together, that makes it a lot easier to stay tight.

Answer 10

Persoanlly, I've known way too many folks who have gone to prison. It's THEIR choice whether or not they want to reform. The prison system itself will not correct them, or change them. If being away from their family and friends isn't enough to make them want to change, then they are doomed for a life of crime. For some, that's all it takes, for others, they don't care. The risk of getting caught isn't enough to detur them.