Incarceration Reform
Rehabilitation has been undermined in our society and is an issue that must be discussed to the full extent. It is something that many people have disregarded as an option that may help the crisis of mass incarceration. Sure prisons create more jobs, but to what extent does this really help our society as a whole.The quality of teaching needs to improve immensely in public schools, so there can be a greater chance of success in the future and possibly dissolve the school to prison pipeline. This quality of education can inform students to be well versed when it comes to political issues such as mass incarceration. Just knowing and being educated is the best way to help our society improve. This way we may not be as ignorant …show more content…
This program as stated in the name is trying to help educate the masses on prison reforms and ways they can make a difference in their community. This would implement having volunteer students from high schools educate their parents on prison reforms. This is a healthy way to learn through that of a family member. Once these parents have learned about the reforms the parents now knowing what is happening in our society and in their community will most undoubtedly talk to their friends about these issues and get them involved in the community. One of the major things this program can do is host events to educate people about mass incarceration and its issues. This would be a helpful way to change people 's minds and have the idea of harsh prison be less common and more of rehabilitation centers.The only downside to this is that this takes time but if we do nothing then the incarceration policies could get even …show more content…
Now the masses will be hooked on this idea which even though many people say have been implemented before, is mostly disregarded by many. Now a large support for it has grown and must move to the next phase of implementing rehab like prison and decreasing sentences so that rehabilitation can actually be possible. While phase one is starting prisons start changing their directions to more of a rehab center.This will be seen through the training of policing and will now need to have training in communications skills and have some sort rehabilitative mindset and go through physiological training. Since this will all be happening in phase one it may take a while for the definition of prison to change to a rehabilitation center. While all of this is happening we have to amass as much funds as possible to fund these programs and of course all the money that is being used for prisons will now be going to rehabilitation centers, the new prisons. We get doctors to make human connections with their patients, no longer called prisoners, this way it mimics a community through a controlled environment such as in Finland.An article talks about how Finland and other scandinavian countries that focused more on rehabilatation have correctional officers that fill both rehabilitative and security roles, they are also one of the lowest in
Rehabilitation has been undermined in our society and is an issue that must be discussed to the full extent. It is something that many people have disregarded as an option that may help the crisis of mass incarceration. Sure prisons create more jobs, but to what extent does this really help our society as a whole.The quality of teaching needs to improve immensely in public schools, so there can be a greater chance of success in the future and possibly dissolve the school to prison pipeline. This quality of education can inform students to be well versed when it comes to political issues such as mass incarceration. Just knowing and being educated is the best way to help our society improve. This way we may not be as ignorant …show more content…
This program as stated in the name is trying to help educate the masses on prison reforms and ways they can make a difference in their community. This would implement having volunteer students from high schools educate their parents on prison reforms. This is a healthy way to learn through that of a family member. Once these parents have learned about the reforms the parents now knowing what is happening in our society and in their community will most undoubtedly talk to their friends about these issues and get them involved in the community. One of the major things this program can do is host events to educate people about mass incarceration and its issues. This would be a helpful way to change people 's minds and have the idea of harsh prison be less common and more of rehabilitation centers.The only downside to this is that this takes time but if we do nothing then the incarceration policies could get even …show more content…
Now the masses will be hooked on this idea which even though many people say have been implemented before, is mostly disregarded by many. Now a large support for it has grown and must move to the next phase of implementing rehab like prison and decreasing sentences so that rehabilitation can actually be possible. While phase one is starting prisons start changing their directions to more of a rehab center.This will be seen through the training of policing and will now need to have training in communications skills and have some sort rehabilitative mindset and go through physiological training. Since this will all be happening in phase one it may take a while for the definition of prison to change to a rehabilitation center. While all of this is happening we have to amass as much funds as possible to fund these programs and of course all the money that is being used for prisons will now be going to rehabilitation centers, the new prisons. We get doctors to make human connections with their patients, no longer called prisoners, this way it mimics a community through a controlled environment such as in Finland.An article talks about how Finland and other scandinavian countries that focused more on rehabilatation have correctional officers that fill both rehabilitative and security roles, they are also one of the lowest in