There is a dire need for change or reform in the federal prisons. We cannot stand by and allow these prison to not help these inmates and keep the recidivism rate low. It is the facilities duty to habilitate these individuals and correct their behavior. This is why the field is called corrections. There are different ways that each facility does the prerelease program. They should make a curriculum that each facility has to adhere by and follow. This would prevent the facilities from having these boring 20 minute readouts of the paperwork. Instead they should have discussions about what it’s going to be like and finding employment things that will matter to each person leaving. It’s ridiculous that 16.4 percent of federal prisoners that were released in 2013 are already back by 2015. This proves that what these facilities are doing does not work. We are in the time were we will see this reform of federal prisons. Max003
This article focuses on rehabilitation in federal prisons and how it has not been as successful as many had thought. In 2013 16% of the inmates that were released were placed back into federal custody in 2014. Although this is a large percentage it is definitely an improvement and a start to rehabilitation. Many programs that are first introduced do not operate as intended at the start. It will take time to work out all of the kinks in rehabilitation. One problem with rehabilitation is the fact that many prisons are scamming their inmates and not giving them the benefits that are bing funded. Although this situation is improving there is still a need for more resume based and job oriented classes for those being place back into society. There is a multitude of anger management classes which is definitely a priority for certain offenders, but once the inmates have learned to control themselves and make the society they live in better they are going to need jobs. If they have no way of plugging back into society economically then they may end up falling back into their criminal life style because they do not have any options to support themselves. Rehabilitation is a work in progress and although it has its downsides it is steadily improving. -Bulls003
It is becoming excruciatingly obvious that Federal Prisons aren't exactly "effective" when it comes to rehabilitation and preparation of release. Although I firmly believe that mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes are ridiculous, I would be able to look past that if I knew that those incarcerated were at least being treated with some form of dignity and respect. But, considering the high recidivism rates, it is apparent that they are not. Using logic, we know that if we treat somebody like a rabid animal, with no empathy or respect, then regardless of their prior convictions, they will become what we treat them like. We act upset or surprised when prisoners get released and re offend to the same or higher degree, and yet we know that many correctional officers are operating with intentions of profit for the prisons rather than the welfare of the society. To improve our Criminal Justice System, we have to evolve our thinking in all areas: the courts, the prisons, and even the general public. CK003
This was a really good read. In my eyes it is no wonder these same men and woman come back to prison over and over again. When the system keeps just releasing them back into the communities where they got in trouble in the first place. They are basically told to start over and find a job and pay to live with having to tell most employers that they are felons. In some prisons there are programs to help these men and woman before they get out but no one is really putting in the effort. There are classes but it is not mandatory to show up to get the certificate saying you where there. There needs to be dedicated people teaching and helping these men and woman before they get out to help ensure they don’t come back to prison. GRUNT003
The corrections system offered in today's prison really needed a lot of work. In the year 2013, 68,695 inmates that was released, 16.4 percent have already returned back to the prison in just 2 years! I mean that's not a surprising number, considered how unorganized (slacking) the prison's corrections system works. The requirement for leaving the prison, are listed to be mandatory, but whether a inmate really complete it does not effect much. In this case, what is the point of establishing a correctional system. The system only helps a small portions of inmates but not the population as a whole. The corrections system is a good idea, but they really needed to be more strict and serious about the programs they offer. At this rate, the prisons population would never decrease, but increase, because inmates would just keep going back time after time. A properly organized and effective correctional system is needed to be put in place, to replace this old system. JZ003
So from what I read the federal re-entry program doesn't work. Because for one it's hard to even get inmates to even take the program in the first place. Then once they do take it, from what I read, they aren't being taught anything to help them re-enter society. They wonder why there program hardly ever works. The reason I said "hardly" is because that some federal prisons only put inmates in the program, because they know that they will complete the program for re-entry successfully. What really caught my attention was that 68,695 inmates returned in 2013 because of bad re-entry resources and within the 2 years of that 16.4 percent have already returned as well.-K9003
Statements like: “49.3 percent of federal offenders released in 2005 were later arrested for new crimes or violations of parole conditions.” and: “Of the 68,695 federal prisoners released during fiscal year 2013, 16.4 percent had been returned to federal custody by 2015.” Honestly make me wonder what kind of mindset we are in when it comes to our jails. If we are not solely thinking about protecting our public and trying to rehab those offenders that can have the chance to be put back into society, I don’t know what we are doing. Yes, taking these people out of society and punishing them for their crimes is a must and we need to make sure that they are punished accordingly, but if it isn’t our number one goal to help these people come back from there sentence and be able to not be a burden to society, this system is failing. If by the end of their sentence these offenders haven’t changed, how is that helping them and how is that keeping those in our society safe? -NOsaints003
This is why our criminal justice system has it's faults due to not habilitating, or rehabilitating these inmates being released back into society after a long sentence behind bars. Our prisons in the United States locked up these drug offenders, who don't have criminal records and non-violent offenses that receive unfair sentences. Next, they release them into the world without the skills or knowledge of technology so they can't function as well as they could in a prison cell. The lack of rehabilitation of the inmate results in the individual committing another offense and he, or she is back behind bars, which it causes the the prisons to be overcrowded. The re-entry program for inmates should provide them with the opportunity to be able to write a resume, or experience a job interview, but some prisons don't offer that to them, or there is a lack of preparation from the prison so the program has no benefit to the inmate, or society. -RW003
Sounds like the program does not work and need to be revised and over hauled and give these guys classes that will actually help them in the real world try to give these guys hope for when they get out there not over whelm with the real world and feel dumb we made strides but i think those are sort term answer maybe try to get trained teachers in there make it were they can under stand the class and just maybe we can lower that number of returners try make the pubic safer place with more hopefully employed people.cowboys003
The article shows that federal prisons are not being held to a high enough standard in preparing prisoners for reentry into normal society. It shows how preparatory classes are not being devised or executed in an effective manor and are contributing to a high recidivism rate. The article mentions how these classes can cover a large subject area from anger management to arts and crafts but did not include any information on how to get a legitimate job. It also mentioned how there was an astoundingly large variance in the sincerity and content of the classes. One would think that proper execution of evidence based corrections would lead to all federal prisons having a uniform, dedicated program aimed at helping convicts to reenter society with minimal risk to re offend. One would also think that classes aimed at helping convicts to enter the workforce would be just as important as classes aimed at anger management or other self control techniques. If offenders do not know how to get a job, especially if they had never held a legitimate one before then they would be at a significant risk to return to the life of crime they knew before prison. Substandard re-entry programs are also an undue burden on the taxpayer, because if a prisoner does re-offend, other than the damage to society done by their new crime there will also be the cost of incarcerating them the second or third time. CoolGuy003
these programs are being cheated out of what was really suppose to be going on. You know what is wrong and after being Even though they were getting cheated out they can still get whats need out of the programs. These prison are not trying to help the inmates the want them to come back. I think these programs really need to focus on person to person rather then a video. LT003
There is a dire need for change or reform in the federal prisons. We cannot stand by and allow these prison to not help these inmates and keep the recidivism rate low. It is the facilities duty to habilitate these individuals and correct their behavior. This is why the field is called corrections. There are different ways that each facility does the prerelease program. They should make a curriculum that each facility has to adhere by and follow. This would prevent the facilities from having these boring 20 minute readouts of the paperwork. Instead they should have discussions about what it’s going to be like and finding employment things that will matter to each person leaving. It’s ridiculous that 16.4 percent of federal prisoners that were released in 2013 are already back by 2015. This proves that what these facilities are doing does not work. We are in the time were we will see this reform of federal prisons. Max003
ReplyDeleteThis article focuses on rehabilitation in federal prisons and how it has not been as successful as many had thought. In 2013 16% of the inmates that were released were placed back into federal custody in 2014. Although this is a large percentage it is definitely an improvement and a start to rehabilitation. Many programs that are first introduced do not operate as intended at the start. It will take time to work out all of the kinks in rehabilitation. One problem with rehabilitation is the fact that many prisons are scamming their inmates and not giving them the benefits that are bing funded. Although this situation is improving there is still a need for more resume based and job oriented classes for those being place back into society. There is a multitude of anger management classes which is definitely a priority for certain offenders, but once the inmates have learned to control themselves and make the society they live in better they are going to need jobs. If they have no way of plugging back into society economically then they may end up falling back into their criminal life style because they do not have any options to support themselves. Rehabilitation is a work in progress and although it has its downsides it is steadily improving. -Bulls003
ReplyDeleteIt is becoming excruciatingly obvious that Federal Prisons aren't exactly "effective" when it comes to rehabilitation and preparation of release. Although I firmly believe that mandatory minimum sentences for certain crimes are ridiculous, I would be able to look past that if I knew that those incarcerated were at least being treated with some form of dignity and respect. But, considering the high recidivism rates, it is apparent that they are not. Using logic, we know that if we treat somebody like a rabid animal, with no empathy or respect, then regardless of their prior convictions, they will become what we treat them like. We act upset or surprised when prisoners get released and re offend to the same or higher degree, and yet we know that many correctional officers are operating with intentions of profit for the prisons rather than the welfare of the society. To improve our Criminal Justice System, we have to evolve our thinking in all areas: the courts, the prisons, and even the general public. CK003
ReplyDeleteThis was a really good read. In my eyes it is no wonder these same men and woman come back to prison over and over again. When the system keeps just releasing them back into the communities where they got in trouble in the first place. They are basically told to start over and find a job and pay to live with having to tell most employers that they are felons. In some prisons there are programs to help these men and woman before they get out but no one is really putting in the effort. There are classes but it is not mandatory to show up to get the certificate saying you where there. There needs to be dedicated people teaching and helping these men and woman before they get out to help ensure they don’t come back to prison.
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The corrections system offered in today's prison really needed a lot of work. In the year 2013, 68,695 inmates that was released, 16.4 percent have already returned back to the prison in just 2 years! I mean that's not a surprising number, considered how unorganized (slacking) the prison's corrections system works. The requirement for leaving the prison, are listed to be mandatory, but whether a inmate really complete it does not effect much. In this case, what is the point of establishing a correctional system. The system only helps a small portions of inmates but not the population as a whole. The corrections system is a good idea, but they really needed to be more strict and serious about the programs they offer. At this rate, the prisons population would never decrease, but increase, because inmates would just keep going back time after time. A properly organized and effective correctional system is needed to be put in place, to replace this old system. JZ003
ReplyDeleteSo from what I read the federal re-entry program doesn't work. Because for one it's hard to even get inmates to even take the program in the first place. Then once they do take it, from what I read, they aren't being taught anything to help them re-enter society. They wonder why there program hardly ever works. The reason I said "hardly" is because that some federal prisons only put inmates in the program, because they know that they will complete the program for re-entry successfully. What really caught my attention was that 68,695 inmates returned in 2013 because of bad re-entry resources and within the 2 years of that 16.4 percent have already returned as well.-K9003
ReplyDeleteStatements like: “49.3 percent of federal offenders released in 2005 were later arrested for new crimes or violations of parole conditions.” and: “Of the 68,695 federal prisoners released during fiscal year 2013, 16.4 percent had been returned to federal custody by 2015.” Honestly make me wonder what kind of mindset we are in when it comes to our jails. If we are not solely thinking about protecting our public and trying to rehab those offenders that can have the chance to be put back into society, I don’t know what we are doing. Yes, taking these people out of society and punishing them for their crimes is a must and we need to make sure that they are punished accordingly, but if it isn’t our number one goal to help these people come back from there sentence and be able to not be a burden to society, this system is failing. If by the end of their sentence these offenders haven’t changed, how is that helping them and how is that keeping those in our society safe? -NOsaints003
ReplyDeleteThis is why our criminal justice system has it's faults due to not habilitating, or rehabilitating these inmates being released back into society after a long sentence behind bars. Our prisons in the United States locked up these drug offenders, who don't have criminal records and non-violent offenses that receive unfair sentences. Next, they release them into the world without the skills or knowledge of technology so they can't function as well as they could in a prison cell. The lack of rehabilitation of the inmate results in the individual committing another offense and he, or she is back behind bars, which it causes the the prisons to be overcrowded. The re-entry program for inmates should provide them with the opportunity to be able to write a resume, or experience a job interview, but some prisons don't offer that to them, or there is a lack of preparation from the prison so the program has no benefit to the inmate, or society. -RW003
ReplyDeleteSounds like the program does not work and need to be revised and over hauled and give these guys classes that will actually help them in the real world try to give these guys hope for when they get out there not over whelm with the real world and feel dumb we made strides but i think those are sort term answer maybe try to get trained teachers in there make it were they can under stand the class and just maybe we can lower that number of returners try make the pubic safer place with more hopefully employed people.cowboys003
ReplyDeleteThe article shows that federal prisons are not being held to a high enough standard in preparing prisoners for reentry into normal society. It shows how preparatory classes are not being devised or executed in an effective manor and are contributing to a high recidivism rate. The article mentions how these classes can cover a large subject area from anger management to arts and crafts but did not include any information on how to get a legitimate job. It also mentioned how there was an astoundingly large variance in the sincerity and content of the classes. One would think that proper execution of evidence based corrections would lead to all federal prisons having a uniform, dedicated program aimed at helping convicts to reenter society with minimal risk to re offend. One would also think that classes aimed at helping convicts to enter the workforce would be just as important as classes aimed at anger management or other self control techniques. If offenders do not know how to get a job, especially if they had never held a legitimate one before then they would be at a significant risk to return to the life of crime they knew before prison. Substandard re-entry programs are also an undue burden on the taxpayer, because if a prisoner does re-offend, other than the damage to society done by their new crime there will also be the cost of incarcerating them the second or third time. CoolGuy003
ReplyDeletethese programs are being cheated out of what was really suppose to be going on. You know what is wrong and after being Even though they were getting cheated out they can still get whats need out of the programs. These prison are not trying to help the inmates the want them to come back. I think these programs really need to focus on person to person rather then a video. LT003
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