Rehabilitation has been an important step in trying to reform the US prison system. For many years rehab has been one of the many solutions to serve individuals who are mentally ill. The basic idea of rehabilitation through imprisonment is that a person who has been incarcerated will never want to be sent back to prison after they have been set free. In many cases this theory has been known to work, but in other cases the outcome has not been so successful due to the lack of support and funds given by the government. The department of justice is cutting 250 million of a 600 million dollars rehabilitation programs. Not only is the inmates being affected, but the also the workers. About 600 to 900 educational and vocational prison instructors
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There is a big misconception that People with mental disorders are criminals when really it is the other way around. The population of inmates are increasing rapidly, which more prisons need to expand. If people were placed in the right location there would be no need of expansion of prisons. There has been a misconception that's prisons were built to hold individuals who are mentally ill. Former prison psychologist Fagan, states, “but prisons weren't built to deal with mentally Ill people, they are built to deal with criminal doing time”(1). Prisons were built solely for criminal and convicting people and people with mental disorders will only cause disruption within the system. People with mental disorders need to be put in rehabilitation centers in order to get the treatment needed. If they are sent to jail, they will only be seen as a number and will not get necessary treatment that is needed. People who are mentally ill are being incarcerated and criminalize because of the failure of community mental health care. Housing them will only do them a disservice to them because prisons are that equipped to handle all of the extra work and effort to assist people who need professional …show more content…
For many, time spent behind bars will push them farther into a life of crime, but for others, the horrors of prison life and the lessons they learn there are enough to deter them from committing crimes again in the future. Rehabilitation centers are a solution to a huge problem because mental illness is a worldwide issue that needs detainment. This is mainly because the mental health of people are not acknowledged until they are out in prison or a crime had been committed. Out-of-prison rehabilitation and treatment for inmates who are mentally ill s more effective than imprisonment. It is more cost-effective, lowers recidivism rates, and helps get to the root of their problem. Treatment leads to fewer crimes being committed, which lowers the number of people incarcerated at any given time. Less money is spent on prison and jail, so more money can be used for treatment programs. Suffering from an illness is punishment enough; sending patients to jail is not the solution to the problem. It is important to consider all of the solutions in trying to reform the prison system because not only is rehabilitation an issue so is the increasing number of suicides that have taken place due to the lack of resources
There is a big misconception that People with mental disorders are criminals when really it is the other way around. The population of inmates are increasing rapidly, which more prisons need to expand. If people were placed in the right location there would be no need of expansion of prisons. There has been a misconception that's prisons were built to hold individuals who are mentally ill. Former prison psychologist Fagan, states, “but prisons weren't built to deal with mentally Ill people, they are built to deal with criminal doing time”(1). Prisons were built solely for criminal and convicting people and people with mental disorders will only cause disruption within the system. People with mental disorders need to be put in rehabilitation centers in order to get the treatment needed. If they are sent to jail, they will only be seen as a number and will not get necessary treatment that is needed. People who are mentally ill are being incarcerated and criminalize because of the failure of community mental health care. Housing them will only do them a disservice to them because prisons are that equipped to handle all of the extra work and effort to assist people who need professional …show more content…
For many, time spent behind bars will push them farther into a life of crime, but for others, the horrors of prison life and the lessons they learn there are enough to deter them from committing crimes again in the future. Rehabilitation centers are a solution to a huge problem because mental illness is a worldwide issue that needs detainment. This is mainly because the mental health of people are not acknowledged until they are out in prison or a crime had been committed. Out-of-prison rehabilitation and treatment for inmates who are mentally ill s more effective than imprisonment. It is more cost-effective, lowers recidivism rates, and helps get to the root of their problem. Treatment leads to fewer crimes being committed, which lowers the number of people incarcerated at any given time. Less money is spent on prison and jail, so more money can be used for treatment programs. Suffering from an illness is punishment enough; sending patients to jail is not the solution to the problem. It is important to consider all of the solutions in trying to reform the prison system because not only is rehabilitation an issue so is the increasing number of suicides that have taken place due to the lack of resources