Did you know that according to CBS news, more than “40 percent of ex-cons commit crimes within three years of their release and wind up back behind bars”? What really is being accomplished through convicts being imprisoned when they are ultimately returning right back to prison? These convicts may be getting punished enough to learn their lesson, but once they have done their time, convicts are being thrown out into the real world, which is the real challenge. Most convicts are turning back to drugs or using any means to make money. Once imprisoned, convicts are unable to obtain a job or maintain normal mental health standards. This is very unfair to these convicts trying to return to society and turn around their life. So, is the whole post
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The biggest problem is the fact these ex-convicts can’t get a job, and they end up back on the streets doing the same thing that took them to jail in the first place. Prison reform advocates said the biggest barrier to helping former inmates find jobs is getting employers to accept someone with a black mark on their record among their employee ranks. I see the two biggest problems are that inmates aren 't getting harsh enough probation once released, they 're still able to sneak their bad habits, and fall back into the wrong. Second, they aren’t given the proper training or classes to be able to obtain a job. Imagine being released from jail after 20 years of being imprisoned, you’ve missed two decades of society. The world has changed so much, and since inmates don’t need to apply any of the knowledge they already know, they lose it. To fix this, prisons should incorporate a mandatory educational setting within all jails. If these inmates are having to remember all past knowledge, they’ll be more useful once released from prison. To fix ex-convicts from slipping up, a good solution would be too having a same harsher rules when out of jail and when about to be released. One must go to job training meetings and educational classes prior to release, and after they are released, they should be placed under stricter probation to make sure they are applying himself and obtaining the motivation to return to
The biggest problem is the fact these ex-convicts can’t get a job, and they end up back on the streets doing the same thing that took them to jail in the first place. Prison reform advocates said the biggest barrier to helping former inmates find jobs is getting employers to accept someone with a black mark on their record among their employee ranks. I see the two biggest problems are that inmates aren 't getting harsh enough probation once released, they 're still able to sneak their bad habits, and fall back into the wrong. Second, they aren’t given the proper training or classes to be able to obtain a job. Imagine being released from jail after 20 years of being imprisoned, you’ve missed two decades of society. The world has changed so much, and since inmates don’t need to apply any of the knowledge they already know, they lose it. To fix this, prisons should incorporate a mandatory educational setting within all jails. If these inmates are having to remember all past knowledge, they’ll be more useful once released from prison. To fix ex-convicts from slipping up, a good solution would be too having a same harsher rules when out of jail and when about to be released. One must go to job training meetings and educational classes prior to release, and after they are released, they should be placed under stricter probation to make sure they are applying himself and obtaining the motivation to return to