The Role Of Recidivism In Prisons

Currently the rate of individuals who return to prison has increased significantly over the past decade. The re-entry of those incarcerated is also known as the recidivism rate. The question being debated is why such a large number of these people are continuing to involve themselves in illegal action that result in them to be incarcerated once again. I will also focus on those who are at a juvenile age because they have a higher risk of recidivism due to the fact they don’t form that independence and get accustomed to relying on those who are employees of the prison or juvenile facility to take care of them. With these facts it can be determined that prisons in the United States don’t do a sufficient enough job in instilling into inmates the …show more content…
He started by going into detail how returning inmates no longer surprised him. He actually expected for these people to return. He said people should be surprised by the recidivism rate or the fact that it is growing each year. Subject A expressed that the recidivism rate reflects how much these people actually care about themselves. In order for us to help them they need to want to help themselves.
There are many factors that can be contributing to the increasing recidivism rate. Prevention steps are not being taken and action is only taken once an individual reaches adulthood. This means there is not enough emphasize on targeting the youth. Especially, those who are dealing with severe family issues. Research shows those who have gone through childhood abuse or neglect makeup for most of the returning prisoners. Childhood abuse and neglect forces a child to grow up in an environment that is dangerous forcing them to re-enact and bring their knowledge of this into their …show more content…
In some prisons they have programs such as yoga and even one that provides cats to inmates. There is no reason why we should benefit people who have committed crimes. Even t.v., visitation, and mail are can be labeled is luxuries for those who refuse to efficiently contribute as a member of society. It is imperative that those who are incarcerated feel completely excluded from the rest of society so that when they are reunited with society they won’t take that freedom for granted.
When comparing the two states of California and Arizona the recidivism rate is drastically different. In Arizona inmates are forced to follow a military based schedule based on sleeping in tents, growing their own food, and performing certain military drills. While in California the treatment of inmates are much more lenient. In this state food, clothes, healthcare, etc. are provided for free to the inmates. This can be very alluring for some people to return to prison because the stress of money is virtually taken