I am confident that this solution is feasible because Judges around the world are already aiming to treat instead of just punishing. DUI courts are being implemented and Judges are now trying to use their courtrooms to conduct substance abuse interventions with defendants who plead guilty to DUI. This includes sentencing rehab rather than jail times, then having probation officers check in on their progress every week. There are signs the DUI courts are working. Since he started one of the nation's first DWI courts in 1997, Judge Hoffman says his recidivism rates have fallen to 13.5% from about 45%.…
There should not be as much founds used directly in the jails, but also on programs that will help the inmates succeed in life. Most of them have learned their lesson while they were in jail and wish to improve their life outside of…
Intro Our judicial system has developed to the point where law is seen as black and white. What the judicial system fails to acknowledge is that there are some gray areas. In the article, “Colleges of Crime”, written by Brad Edmondson, an award winning writer, he speaks of a young girl whose whole life changed drastically in a blink of an eye. Angela Thompson was 17.…
Is this not setting them up for failure? All prisons should require people convicted of drug felonies to complete drug rehab as part of their sentence. This would allow the felon to receive treatment in a timely manner in a controlled environment. A felon would be able to apply for SNAP and have one some stability until they transitioned back into civilian life. According to the national institute of justice the rate of recidivism is “about 67% within three years of release and 76.6 % were rearrested within five years and of release” (NIJ: recidivism, 2014).…
The evidence is clear that drug courts can increase an offender’s contact to treatment. Numerous drug court evaluation have found, on average, more than half of offenders participating in the program completed at least one year; most of which continue on to graduate from it. This compare favorably to community based drug treatment programs in which, on average, more than three quarters of attendees drop out within the first year.…
Instead of treating this as a criminal issue, we should follow the example of countries like Portugal and Uruguay, who have been successful in their approach to treating drug-use and addiction as a health problem. By actually treating people as opposed to criminalizing them, we could decrease government spending on prisons and instead use the resources for…
Providing drug treatment for offenders with substance abuse could also help reduce the overcrowding in prisons and offer a more rehabilitative environment for prisoners that need it. Rehabilitation is very important for preventing prisoner from…
Due to the implications of Reagan's War on Drugs laws, drug courts have demonstrated and proven to reduce recidivism for offenders who abuse substances. To deter overcrowding in the prisons, Researcher Messer has found that drug courts can be instrumental in deterring offenders from reoffending. It is surprising that “85% of offenders incarcerated require substance abuse treatment” (Messer, 2016). Drug courts allow offenders to “attain important skills/ideas, improve relationships with family and children, a general educational development certificate, a driver’s license, and/or gainful employment” (Messer, 2016). Researcher Shaffer studied over “80 drug courts and found recidivism rates of 46% for those who participated in drug court programming”…
Some people need prison/jail , as where others don’t. Preferably, we might want to restore them, and have them in controlled and directed situations and stable living conditions. Individuals trust that by isolating them from society for a specific time frame will protect society. However, jails wind up being exclusively distribution centers rather than spots for individuals to end up restored. Rehabilitation occurs when an individuals (after being incarcerated) CHOOSES to change.…
but it needs to take effect, hopefully make addicts question what they are doing, and maybe to start valuing their life. Paramedics come so quickly if there is a call of an OD, if that was not the case hopefully people would be terrified of the possibly of dying. This option would be in place for the repeat offenders, that have been to jail, and that has been to a recovery program. If they do not care enough about…
This poses an issue as many of these individuals are low level drug offenders. In prison, these individuals become institutionalized. They often receive no help or guidance for what to do once released from prison. Our criminal justice system releases criminals and then expects them to immediately become functioning units of society. Because of this, our system ultimately sets the criminals up to complete more crimes once released which is why recidivism rates are so high.…
Federal prison populations have shrank by thousands since November of 2015 due to new sentencing guidelines. The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted in 2014 to reduce the federal drug guideline sentences to try to control prison overcrowding and/or excessive punishments. Releasing these inmates has been a much-debated topic for a long time and many people have conflicting beliefs on the outcome of the issue. Based on my research, early prison release could be a good thing. Half of all inmates are in prison due to drug charges.…
Programs like these should be used to help the struggling ones and get them the help they need. 3. Using the justice system does not solve the problems of drug users. Going to prison often times does not help drug users stop using drugs. This is proven with the statistic that two-thirds of prisoners reoffend within three years of leaving prison accordin to The New Times.…
The cost of treatment as opposed to incarceration is much less (Me). Sadly, some people cannot afford treatment. If treatment does not work or the addict is not taking it seriously then and only then should jail be the solution. There has to be some form of pressure to stop. A three-strike rule would work diligently.…
Does Parole Work? Parole is a prime example of the reintegration program used by the criminal justice system. It releases the offenders back into society many of them are placed on parole as a proper form of punishment instead of having them crowding the prisons. Parolees, The Bureau of Justice Statistics tracking of parolees that found that 62% of parolees were rearrested within three years of their release (Worrall 210).With so many forms of parole from diversion programs, boot camps, house arrest, electric monitoring, and rehab programs. Alexander Maconochie ran a prison in England he believed that inmates could have to be rehabilitated, so he made a program in which inmates had to earn their release.…