Training those Incarcerated
States across America continually must attend to the mass incarcerations that plague their prisons. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “The number of prisoners held by state and federal correctional authorities on December 31, 2014 was 1,561,500” (Carson, 2015). This large number has complications that come along with it, including the legal implications, which some Americans conceive to include the violation of human standards and constitutional rights. As criminals will continue to forge ahead in criminal behavior leading way to the continuation of incarceration of convicted individuals, this predicament cannot begin to become controlled until a solution is chosen. One way to begin to eliminate this American mass incarceration problem is through the reduction of recidivism rates. The more people able to stay out of prison once released will contribute to the reducing of incarceration rates. A review of the …show more content…
Prison Education Research Project (PERP) reported on information they collected from a criteria selection of research findings in which created the sample of over fourteen thousand inmates who had been released between spans of a little more then a year and who had completed their incarceration. This project looked at studies recidivism rates of specific prisoners (compared their released prisoners sample in comparison to recent prison records) and there use of educational and vocational programs while incarcerated. They reported, “programs in prison lowers recidivism rates, lower parole revocation rates, better post release employment patterns” (Ward, 2009). Ward’s review on PERP’s findings called for continual research of this topic and the continual research will only continue to create knowledge on the topic and progress towards the best programs for
States across America continually must attend to the mass incarcerations that plague their prisons. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “The number of prisoners held by state and federal correctional authorities on December 31, 2014 was 1,561,500” (Carson, 2015). This large number has complications that come along with it, including the legal implications, which some Americans conceive to include the violation of human standards and constitutional rights. As criminals will continue to forge ahead in criminal behavior leading way to the continuation of incarceration of convicted individuals, this predicament cannot begin to become controlled until a solution is chosen. One way to begin to eliminate this American mass incarceration problem is through the reduction of recidivism rates. The more people able to stay out of prison once released will contribute to the reducing of incarceration rates. A review of the …show more content…
Prison Education Research Project (PERP) reported on information they collected from a criteria selection of research findings in which created the sample of over fourteen thousand inmates who had been released between spans of a little more then a year and who had completed their incarceration. This project looked at studies recidivism rates of specific prisoners (compared their released prisoners sample in comparison to recent prison records) and there use of educational and vocational programs while incarcerated. They reported, “programs in prison lowers recidivism rates, lower parole revocation rates, better post release employment patterns” (Ward, 2009). Ward’s review on PERP’s findings called for continual research of this topic and the continual research will only continue to create knowledge on the topic and progress towards the best programs for