Johnathan Wayne Nobles Was Not Rehabilitated. Johnathan

Solitary confinement is a mandated arrangement set up by courts or prisons which seek to punish inmates by the use of isolated confinement. Specifically, solitary confinement can be defined as confinement in which inmates that are held in a single cell for up to twenty-three hours a day without any contact with the exception of prison staff (Shalev, 2011). There are several other terms which refer to solitary confinement such as, administrative segregation, supermax facilities (this is due to the fact that supermax facilities only have solitary confinement), the hotbox, the hole, and the security housing unit (SHU). Solitary confinement is a place where most inmates would prefer not to go.

     “It is not a surprise to see that prisoners all have a low education level. I guess a more educated person has enough sense not to be involved with crime…the relationship between crime and education is easy to see when viewing these facts” (Cordes 1). This is the view of most people when asked why people are in prison. People simply say that criminals were ill educated. As hard as we may try, we cannot do a lot about what happens before they enter prison, but there are many programs inside prisons to help rehabilitate them for when they leave the prison.

Although several educational programs are widely available, many inmates are unable to take advantage of them, do not complete them, or lack follow up in the form of ongoing support services once released from the correctional system. The following table displays this concern: Table 2. national and state data on inmate participation and completion . Approximate Numbers 1993-2007: Institution Type Total Number of Inmates System 165,000 167,717 Number of Inmates Enrolled in Education Programs 54,000 87,624 Rate of Attendance, At Completion of Course 50% 60% Rate of Completion

The article "The Impact of Career and Technical Education Programs on Adult Offenders: Learning Behind Bars" by Howard Gordon and Bracie Weldon (2003) studies of how prisoners receiving educations in prison reduces the recidivism rate. Gordon and Weldon studied the inmates who were participating in the educational programs at the Huttonsville Correctional Center in West Virginia and claimed that inmates who participated in the educational programs were less likely to recidivate once released back into the population as compared to inmates who did not participate in these programs (Gordon & Weldon, 2003). This study provides valuable information as to the effectiveness of educational programs in prison and how they affect prisoner's lives

Inmates need to be educated and rehabilitated in order to be released back into society. If prisoners receive a good education they are less likely to commit misconduct in the future. The Three State Recidivism Study

Fake it to make or put in effort and actually go through the struggle and the change? A person cant rehabilitate if he or she is being forced to do it. I believe that Jon Wayne Nobles Didn't rehabilitate. Jon Wayne Nobles was simply faking it to make it and not helping himself. He had no intention to ever benefit society in or out of prison. Jon Wayne Nobles faked rehabilitating so he could manipulate the guards and system. He came in to prison with a horrible attitude and outlook on the situation. After he was In prison for a while he realized he could manipulate certain people and do certain things such as become a priest just so he could get out of his cell and roam the prison freely. He Could never fully prove he was rehabilitated and

Society has attempted to rehabilitate criminals with the question being how do you know if they are successfully rehabilitated. I questioned if Jon Wayne Nobles was truly rehabilitated during his time in prison. In my opinion, he had been rehabilitated even though he was on death row with no future to look forward to. I believe that John Wayne Nobles was rehabilitated through the changes he exhibited in his behavior, his acceptance in religion, and his show of remorse towards his victims and their families.

In the Article “A Death in Texas” by Steve Earle, an inmate named Jonathan Wayne Nobles is convicted and sentence to death row for the murder of Kelley Farquhar and Mitzi Johnson-Nalley.(pg.74) Johnathon was then executed in September 1998 at 6:00p.m. and is pronounced dead by the doctor at 6:18p.m.(pg.80,82) Steve who is a friend of Johnathan’s who visits him every day before his execution states that, “Johnathan Nobles who sits on the other side of the glass from me in September 1998 is a different man from the one the state of Texas sentence to die almost 12 years ago.”(pg.75), the question today is, was Johnathan Nobles truly rehabilitated?

Many programs have been initiated to help the problems of overcrowding and negligence. These include education, rehabilitation programs, work-release programs, and other preventative measures. Numerous education programs are offered to inmates. Some prisons even mandate the completion of a GED if the offender never finished high school. Many colleges in the prison’s community partner together with each other to enable higher learning as a possibility for offenders to obtain college credit. These services help inmates succeed in an inmate’s preparation to reintegrate into society with less chances of being arrested again. Offenders that are more prepared to leave prison are not as likely to commit a crime which improves the safety of the public and also saves money from taxpayers. (Office of Vocational Adult Education, 2009)

Within the writing of Steve Earle’s, A Death in Texas, he tells a shorthand story about the prisoner Jonathon Wayne Nobles, and his journey of prison before the death penalty. The question asked when reading this is, “Was Jon Nobles actually rehabilitated?” Steve Earle’s thought was that Nobles was rehabilitated and didn’t deserve the penalty he received, but I respectively disagree. There are many reasons that contribute to my thought that he was not rehabilitated. Some are the buildup of rejection from his childhood into adulthood, causing him to thrive for love, affection, acceptance, and respect. On his death bed, Nobles still had a selfish speech, which was focused more on his feelings towards the victims and their

“A Death in Texas” An essay by the songwriter Steve Earle, recounts the last days on convicted murderer Jonathan Wayne Nobles. Was he truly rehabilitated? The reasons why I believe that Jonathan Wayne Nobles wasn’t truly rehabilitated is because I believe he was faking it. First reason why I believe he was faking it was because, it was one person that was also a pen pal, of the several he had, this one was in prison with him.

Steve Earle, a singer and songwriter, writes about a death row prisoner and how rehabilitation change him. Jonathan Wayne Nobles was sentenced to death. With the charges of stabbing to death two ladies. According to Earle “Jon Nobles was found guilty (almost entirely on the strength of his own confession) of stabbing Kelley Farquhar and Mitzi Nalley to death in 1986” (76). Than Earle tells how Jonathan Nobles changed after being in prison for twelve years. Can a person truly change by rehabilitation? Was Jonathan Wayne Nobles truly rehabilitated? He show signs that he was a different man. He quit using drugs. He found religion and his behavior change.

Creating positive influences on our prisoners can reap many more benefits than just educating and releasing back into society. Just as we invest money to educate our children, we can reinvest money to target populations that our prisoners come from to prevent crimes. When we teach them new skills that can better their lives, they can then teach others by example. Once an inmate enters back into society and gets a job in his or her field, stays away from crime, and makes better choices, they can make a positive impact on their communities. Younger generations can see the encouraging example set forth and know that they too can make wiser decisions and hope for the

Today punishment is the most dominant correctional goal of both the state and federal government in response to criminality. The purpose of punishment is to protect society, rehabilitate criminal offenders, and reduce recidivism. In both the state and federal correctional institutions, their objectives are to use punishment as form deterrence while

Truly RehabilitatedJonathan Wayne Nobles was indeed, truly rehabilitated. One can easily come to this conclusion based on Steve Earle’s essay, “A Death in Texas”. Steve Earle is a famous singer/songwriter who befriended Nobles during his wait on death row in a Texas penitentiary.Nobles murdered two young girls in their early twenties in Travis County,Texas in 1987. In Earle’s essay about the eight days he and Nobles spent together leading up to Noble’s execution, he is very candid about his own life and the abuse of illegal drugs. And, that background would be the cause and effect of behavior that created the bond of friendship between the two of them. That behavior would also act as the barrier between these two men, wherein Nobles would be