The Pros And Cons Of Rehabilitation

“The purposes of imprisonment are retribution, deterrence, and incapacitating, not rehabilitation” (Egelko). Prison is to show the wrongdoing of criminal’s actions and illegal activities (rehabilitation vs. retribution). This is all the definition of punishment, is to have shown the consequences of one’s actions and that they should be taken seriously (Kelly). Punishing the offender will result in them thinking twice about committing a crime again, with the possibility of punishment (Kelly). Releasing them poses a threat to communities and stress on the victims. With rehabilitation people believe that their criminal behavior is caused by some factor and it can be fixed (Kelly). But, the decision to commit a crime is based upon their home situation, surroundings, and exposure to bad influences while growing up influences them (Rehabilitation what is rehabilitation). Most criminals cannot be helped when their background is so embedded in them. They grew up in chaotic households with no parental guidance (Rehabilitation what is …show more content…
There is no certain way to tell if the criminals are really sorry about the burden they have caused and poses a threat to communities if they are released back into society. It poses a risk to innocent people and people have become victims because they were released. There are many situations of people completing rehabilitation programs and they committed crimes afterward hurting or killing innocent people. Rehabilitation is not an effective source to keep a convict from doing illegal activities. They will still be released going back to their old community, friends, and their ways of life. Rehabilitation systems are not being managed correctly, programs are wasting our tax dollars, and it causes hardship for the victim. Think to yourself what if someone I knew was a victim of a crime and the convict was a repeat offender. Could this have been prevented?