Keeping People Out Of Prison

There are many people who are critical of the US‘s prison sysetm; the idea of locking up those who commit crimes against a society simply to keep them from doing harm. Many say that more rehabilatation is necessary to improve these individuals and, therefore, society as a whole. What are some ways of doing this? Do you agree/disagree with this view and why? Is the prison system currently in place the best option for society? 2 pages, double spaced, 12pt. font.

First deterrence, society has learned that when a criminal act is committed, there is a price to be paid. They understand that the criminal justice system is serious in its commitment to punish anyone who perpetuates a crime against another person or society is going to be held accountable for that crime. Second we come to retribution. Once a crime has been committed there must be a cost incurred. Criminals understanding that they will be held accountable for their actions, and they will have to pay a price for their actions and that price will be enforce. Third is incapacitation, which is the most common type of punishment used within the criminal justice system. People understand that their freedom will be taken away and they will be forced to live in a very closed and restrictive environment. The last word is rehabilitation which can take many forms; some of the most common are aiding prisoners in acquiring their GED, attending drug programs, training in job programs and anger managements groups. The hopes

What if someone broke into your house and stole everything of value and sold it so they could buy their next dose of heroin? Would you rather see them spend the next ten to fifteen years in prison? Or would you prefer the crime never happened because they got the rehabilitation they needed so they never robbed you for drug money?  The United States correctional system uses both punishment and rehabilitation when dealing with offenders. There are many ways that the justice system handles these punishments such as incarceration, probation, and sometimes death. However, punishment does not seem to work. It seems that the only way to effectively handle criminals successfully is with rehabilitation.

Fixing The System Our prison system is highly populated with what our system considers “dangerous criminals”. This system has multiple flaws, mainly ethical and moral flaws that make me question the movies of humans. Most of the time the offenders are arrested for nonviolent crimes such as possession of drugs or intent to sell them. These people are sent to pay multiple years for a simple crime, too much time for a non violent crime in my opinion.

When it came to prisoners it would have been less costly to have alternative punishments or other treatments that could be involved in the community, but if you incarcerate the inmate then it makes them more likely to reoffend, and by this process it is creating more cost in the future. When it comes to women “Incarcerating women, in particular, increases the social cost of prisons because someone has to pay to take care of the children, and furthermore, when mothers do not care for their children personally, the kids are more likely to become offenders in the future” (Pryce, Vicky 2013 Prisonomics: Behind Bars in Britain's Failing Prisons. London: Biteback , 336 pp). But if we were to invest money into other ideas that would give better

There are many options a judge might choose as punishment or rehabilitation for an offender other than having the offender complete his or her whole sentence in jail or be sent to jail or prison all together. Some options the judge might decide to use are parole, probation, community correction, and many other forms of sentencing him or her might hand down to an offender. There is always a better solution to the current methods of parole process, probation system, and the community corrections options. Like everything else the only way to improve a system is to continue to come with better solutions or more effective and affiant ways to run each sentencing options.

Further, in order to lower the recidivism rate, ex-convicts must receive some sort of help to successfully reintegrate into society upon release. The successful rehabilitation of convicted criminals and the successful prisoner reintegration into society would ultimately lead to a safer and more capable society by lowering the recidivism rate, making those the policy goals and outcomes the ones that matter most.

Restorative justice is the right approach. The beginning starts with the offender admitting and taking responsibility for the crimes they committed. I always notice criminals acting innocent even though they are a 100 percent guilty, refusing to admit guilt. The restorative justice program impacts the victims in a much better way than the court system often does. The courts are there to make sure that someone pays for the damages, but there is not healing or closure between the victim and the offender. Not only would this heal (to an extent) the pain of the victim but also the pain of the criminal. Those who commit crimes are damaged emotionally, poverty-stricken and are often abandoned by others close to them. Sometimes crime is all they

     The idea of sentencing a criminal for a period of time in a prison isn't working, so prisons should focus more on changing their rehabilitation programs. Life in prison should be like the outside world as much as possible, given the fact of imprisonment. Prisoners would be less prepared if the prison environment is artificial and abnormal compared to the outside world they will have to encounter later on. A prisoner also needs to keep family ties. Research in

I believe that rehabilitation, not imprisonment, is the key to reduce the crime rate. Rehabilitation is the initiative of healing criminal of his or her criminal inclinations. It tries to change their outlook, their habits, and possibly even personality, to forgo their tendencies to commit crimes in the future.

In August, President Obama used his powers as president to reduce the prison sentences of 214 prisoners who had been convicted of drug offenses. He did this because he believed their sentences were too long and unfair for someone who committed a nonviolent crime. President Obama believes in prison reform and treating convicted criminals more fairly by not giving them sentences that are too long for the crime that they committed. Obama has reduced the sentence of a total of 562 prisoners, more than any of the past nine presidents combined.

Offenders sentencing should be determined by the nature of the crime. Depending on the nature of the crime the offender should be able to be rehabilitated to become a successful citizen of society. The victim and the community should also feel safe and protected by the law. Sentencing and corrections policies should

The present day the United States has the largest population of prisoners in the world with the second highest per-capita incarceration rate (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). The large prisoner population can be traced back to the tough on crime laws that were enacted in the 1980s. These laws led to a significant number of non-violent offenders being jailed for a longer period. In addition, the present prisons system has failed to prove successful in the rehabilitation of prisoners. In fact, some of them are initially jailed for non-violent crimes only to learn crime skills and join gangs within the prisons. Therefore, as a modern day reformer, I would focus on stopping the tough on crime laws especially for the non-violent offenders who are not

People are becoming involved in actions related to prison-gang business. As a result, it is no longer just a corrections problem--it is also a community problem. It is a misnomer that when you lock a gang member up, they cease criminal activity. Law enforcement has realized that what happens on the inside can affect what happens on the outside and vice versa. It has only been in the last six years. The gang leaders communicate through letters as per gang investigators. Where mail is monitored, they may be carefree by using code-for example by making every 13th word of a seemingly benign letter significant. They use visits, they put messages into their artwork and in some states they use the telephone.

The question to be answered, is should we rehabilitate, remove from society, punish, or even sentence to death. If one is incarcerated for a life term, can rehabilitation occur? According to Webster`s dictionary, “rehabilitation is to teach (a criminal in prison) to live a normal and productive life.” Imagine being locked in solitude with only four walls to look at. Years and years