Ex-Convicts

After releasing a convict from prison there is about a 60% chance that they will be a repeat offender, but this chance of occurring again would decrease if they’re put into an educational program to rehabilitate themselves. Entering this educational program would help work with the prisoners inside to develop social skills. Which also improves their overall behavior when around their family and other people in society. The education being given would help with reintegration back into the world and decrease the possibility of them repeating a crime. Instead, it will provide help to achieve a job to get their life back together. Not only will this be improving the social skills and academics of the prisoners it will also save money to educate them, rather than trying to incarcerate them. Educational programs inside prisons aimed at rehabilitating …show more content…
It is very clear that being able to obtain a job is very difficult after committing a crime, because they may not seem trustworthy. This is why the program focuses a great amount of their attention into creating a better opportunity for inmate to get a job. Without work this would most likely lead to begging on street corners and being homeless. In which this steers them into the direction to more crime in order for them to stay alive and that of course leads back to prison. Around 10 years ago a man named John Silver was released from the Riverview prison in New York but was unable to acquire a job. He was later kicked out of his apartment and put him on the streets. In result, about 6 months later after he returned he was charged for robbery and theft. This is a primary example of what would most likely happen if prisoners are not put through this correction