Rehabilitating inmates. Can't you see that the attitude shown in previous posts have been the same for?

Question

many years and the situation just gets worse. When something doesn't work, try something different. Fear IS a powerful driving force, but what most cannot see is that this is exactly what makes the inmate a worse criminal. When will we wake up?

Whoa there is a god!
I was ready to give up on this society.
Two in a row to boot!
I believe!

Answer 1

We fall under what is called the utilitarian system where it's essayer to class a group of people as a whole rather than individually. Thus anyone caught committing a felony crime is thought to be violent and dangerous.

I agree with you on the evidence that if you take a first timer who has never been in trouble before and put him in with hard criminals he will have less the chance of rehabilitation.

Rehabilitation is something a person must want. We as a society cannot give up on hoping people will change and become productive members of society. We cannot keep building prisons and just lock people up for good. That is inhuman and cruel punishment. Everyone has a fair chance to prove themselves.

I strongly believe that you should get one chance and if you blow it than you deserve to be locked up for life. But even that is harsh and as I said, we cannot keep building prisons.

Do you know what is involved in locking people up ? It's a huge task. It's dangerous to start with and it takes a lot of guards and man power. Prisons are very violent and hard to manage. Imagine if we just locked up people with no release date. Who is going to build all the prisons ? Who is going to manage them ? Who is willing to manage the inmates and put their life on the line to do so ?

I agree that society is very violent and crime is very high. There are many ideas as to why and there has been a lot done to stop crime. The one big factor in a person making it in society after prison is being accepted back into society and given a fair opportunity to make it. You will have to admit that very few people want an ex-con around let alone have them work a job for them.

The other factor to think about is the fact society as a whole would rather let police and court systems deal with criminals and ex-cons. Society has sorta put a don't touch label on ex-cons. The sorta I don't trust them and don't want to deal with them attitude.

Whether we like it or not criminals are humans and deserve to be treated like humans. We as a society need to address these problems and ask ourselves this.. Is it the criminals fault or ours that Rehabilitation has a low rate in our society.

Answer 2

Just an addition to what you said, i cant remember which movie this is from but i was watching a movie once where the guy that was in prison said that by putting him in prison and treating him in such a way that he felt so insignificant day after day it just made him feel even more like he has no influence on the world and his actions are not profound in any way. then he says so whats the big deal if he goes out and commits another crime, hez not important, no one is gonna notice or care or try to undersatnd so why shouldnt he. Rehabilitation means removing this kind of rational and train of thought but sadly thats not what happens in prisons.