While watching this video, it has brought to my attention many things. Among these things was whether or not the boot camps were an effective tool or not in teaching men and women who were convicted of crimes how to become a productive member of society. At first glance, the boot camps seem to actually be a pretty good alternative to prison. The structured organization of the program is phenomenal and there is virtually nothing that gets out of line within the program. The staff are very controlled and confident in what they do and they know how to keep everybody in line. In the program, the trainees cannot do virtually anything without permission to do so. This even includes speaking to others. Not only that, but also the trainees must go through a rigorous training regime every single day. Also, the days and nights seem very repetitive with little change in what they do. This might be so that the trainees get used to routine. When taking a second glance however, I came to realize that this program is not all of what it seems. This is because when the staff of the IMPACT program started to talk about their lives, it was pretty clear that they did not really have much experience with dealing in this particular field. I mean, yeah they might know how to tell people how to brush their teeth, shave, and do push ups; but they may not know how to deal with the more important issues at hand. One of the most important issues being that the people who make it through and get out know how to live in society and not go back to the crime life they were once living in. This issue, among many others, will not be dealt with if the IMPACT program continues to hire people who have only been in the military 3 years and is 21 years old. Rayder004
I agree, the low level of experience on the staff side is alarming. I'm sure there are solid professionals in the field, but the ones in the video lacked the experience needed to truly help these inmates. Hopefully, if they don't shut down the program, more experienced instructors and staff will be able to help the inmates with gaining and growing skills to help contribute to society. Ghost004
I agree at first glance the boot camp may seem like a good idea. But as the video went on it was clear it is no more than another means of setting people up for failure. They are doing nothing to address the underlying issues these men and women have. They seem to only be focused on the physical and not the mental aspect. They are breaking down the spirits of these individuals and not teaching cognitive skills that are important if they are to succeed in society. mommy004
During the 1980's a new type of punishment or rehabilitation was developed. This system would be known as boot camp. The objective of this boot camp program is to "re-socialize" inmates and give the criminal justice system a cut in expenses. The program offers a strict environment where many liberties and values are withheld. Ex-military and law enforcement officials aid in creating a high stress level environment where inmates are required to pay strict attention to detail and learn to work as a team. The boot camp system relies heavily on its fear factor and aims to reshape how inmates respond to authority. Overall the program was thought to be a huge success. However, current evidence is suggesting that the system still remains ineffective. This issue is largely due to the low level of experience and education of employees. Furthermore, after inmates graduate they still have the same recidivism rates as those incarcerated, but the reason why boot camp was and is effective is at lowering costs to the taxpayer. Overall, I believe the system may be at risk of cancellation or reformation. Boot camp was a solid idea however, due to the lower bar of professionalism by the staff, the program may be in jeopardy. Ghost004
I would have to disagree about your statement on boot camp being effective. If it was effective we would expect to see a significant decrease in the rates of recidivism, but they are no different than if someone were to just be shipped off to prison. Boot camps do virtually nothing but create a high stress environment and nothing to correct the behavior of the offenders that got them their in the first place. CAE004.
I think the phrase "thought to be a success" is the key phrase here. These programs have little, and usually no, psychological treatment to them, which is really the only way they will be able to change the behavior of the trainees involved. These programs have the same recidivism rates as prison or jail does because it has the same mental health treatment available to trainees as is available to inmates in traditional incarceration, none at all. This is the problem with these programs, and the corrections system in the US as a whole. EKT004
I agree with the system maybe being more effective, but only if they focus a little more on the reasons that the trainees were placed in the camp in the first place, and if the staff were more educated and experienced. Rayder004
At first glance one may assume boot camps are a good rehabilitation tool. But the lack of trained professionals working in these boot camps lack the skills to affect change in the recruits. The military model serves to break down the men and women there but doesn't really give them any tools to use to better themselves. Focusing only on the physical does nothing to address the under lying issues these men and women are dealing with. Boot camps need professional people in place to teach these recruits cognitive skills otherwise they will just be back to committing crimes within six months of their release. Everything in the boot camp is revolved around stress, when they need to be focusing on encouraging self motivation and thinking skills. Things the recruits can use to actually be successful upon their release back into society. Simply working them into exhaustion and stress will not have any positive bearing when they return to their communities. They also said there is no difference in the recidivism rates between boot camps and prisons. Boot camps are just a way to break down the spirit but do nothing to repair what is broken in the mind nor address the reasons people are committing the crimes that got them there in the first place. Boot camp actually does the opposite of what it should be doing. If they hope to succeed they need to add more therapeutic services, job training, and educational programs. No criminal is going to make positive changes by simply running and doing pushups. I really didn't see much that would make me think that it was a success or that the men and women would be able to survive and live positive crime free lives once released from the camp. Boot camps seem to be set up for failure just like probation. The recruits may finish the program masking the fact that the boot camp is geared towards failure. The failure comes when they are released without any real skills to cope in the outside world and are broken from the treatment received in the boot camp environment. Boot camps are another aspect that shows how much reform is needed in the United States criminal justice field. mommy004
I agree that boot camp is doing the opposite of what it should be doing. For boot camps to succeed, they need to stop focusing on physical work and look towards working on their mentality. I think boot camp actually tests how much will and perseverance trainees have, which will not help them out much when they get back out in the real world. The staff needs to be trained so trainees have a better chance living a productive life in civilization. The 35% recidivism rate is ridiculously high; I agree with you that boot camps are just another broken part in the criminal justice system. Scuba004
I agree boot camps are no help. What's the point of making them run and do push ups constantly. Screaming in their faces is going to help their mental state? Boot camps are not set up well and just have a short sentence for inmates to fail. They are no help to them. They could be though. It wouldn't be that hard to hire people who are trained to help rather than some ex army people who are not trained. Boot camps could be a help rather that just a bigger piece to the bad criminal justice system puzzle. Mustang004
Before watching this video, I did not know much about boot camp for these non-violent offenders who are trying to stay out of prison. I think the idea of boot camp works on paper, but do not work in reality. This video helped show all of the physical work the trainees had to undergo. The physical work does not mean anything if their attitude is not changed mentally. I think they should focus more on the mental attitude of the trainee other than the physical state of the trainee. The trainee may be physically strained the whole six months of the camp, but since they are not mentally strained, they will return to their previous behavior a few weeks back into civilization. The staff does not realize this. The woman in the video mentioned that boot camps are training trainees to follow each other and take commands from the staff; they are literally being told what to do, and this does not work in civilization. They cannot follow everyone else; for instance, the people around could be drug users. These trainees ideally would not want to follow drug users. The staff needs to be trained so they can recognize that these trainees need to be able to think for themselves. When they go out into the world, they will not be told what to do and when. For these people to successful in the real world, they need to think for themselves. Boot camp needs to make individuals, not robots. It also seems the staff takes pride in the dropout rate; the video even said it is “healthy.” I do not think it is fair for staff to have this attitude; they are expecting trainees to fail and get sent to prison. The staff needs to have better outlooks for these people to really do them good. Scuba004
This video offers us a glance of what shock incarceration looks like. In this video, the offenders were given choices to either serve out their sentence in prison or go to a boot camp for six months and be released home sooner. Boot camps were promised to provide a cheaper alternative to prisons, but they did not succeed. IMPACT was opened in 1987 and the belief was that by sending first and second time nonviolent offenders here, it would reduce the chances of them committing a new crime. Virtually none of the drill sergeants have any qualifications to help change the psychological behavior of the offenders. Shock incarcerations are short lived, they do not promise to correct the problem permanently. The only way for these programs to work effectively is to have follow-up programming to keep reminding the offender of the path they are heading down. Another reason why shock incarceration is not effective is its rates of recidivism. Compared to just sending somebody to prison, the recidivism rates still linger around 30%. One part of the IMPACT program I agreed with was that the offenders, or trainees, were offered the chance to be taught job skills. However, for the most part, the main focus of this program seemed to be centered on stress. The drill sergeants would stress the trainees out as much as possible for really what reason? To help them manage their stress? They need to remember why the trainees are there in the first place. They need rehabilitation; they need therapy or whatever it is necessary to correct their behavior. Just yelling at their faces, making them overly exhausted does nothing but just tire them out. People have actually died from programs related to this one as a result of overexertion. Unless we have drug treatments put in place in programs like these, there is truly nothing being done to help the mental side of the issues these offenders are facing. CAE004.
I'm with you on that all the program did was cause more stress to the trainees but the idea was in the correct mind set. The issue with trying to get the rehabilitation program going. Most jails/prisons though don't have the programs that the inmates need. Pie004
While watching this video I learned about a reform program that was suppose to help change people because of the physical aspect of the camp. When watching the video I saw how the trainees were treated and what they had to go through. The way that the trainees were treated is how the new trainees are treated while in the military. When I thought about joining the military after high school the best advice my dad gave me was “ they are going to break you down and then build you back up the way they want you to be”. He was a veteran so he knew what I would have to do if I did chose to go into the military. Within the video we never did see the trainees get mental help or even really someone for them to talk to about why they do what they do. The trainees had the choice to finish out the program or they would have to go to prison and do the rest of the time that they have left. When it comes to people though people aren’t going to change unless they want to change. So when you put the physical training by itself you won’t get the results that you want, but do the physical then add mental help and then the outcome can come out better. Pie004
When watching the video about the trainees who go choose to go to boot camp for six months, there are many things that stand out about the program. Even though they claim that their camp is successful, it is hard to believe that they all run that successfully. There is no way that after six months they are all changed and a new person. I’m sure that the effects of the camp stick with them for a while but I’m sure for many it just wears off over time. I’m sure that there are some people that it does work for though. I’m sure that after going through a boot camp like that, they are never arrested or sent to jail again and that the camp was the change and discipline that they needed in their life. Another thing that stood out about the video is the staff of the boot camp. All the drill instructors seemed to be just former military with no background of how to help the trainees with other things that they need help with. If the staff had trainee other than just in the military, I believe that these camps would be able to be more successful. It would give all of the trainees a better chance to learn something that will stick with them longer than just the effects of the boot camp. One nice thing I did see about the boot camps though was the program they had to teach them how to weld. I believe programs like that are important to teach them the skills that they need so that when they are free, they will be able to find a job. Finding a job could potentially help some of them stay out of jail. All in all though I think that there could be many improvements made to the boot camps and how they function. Hawkshockey004
Boot camps are just wrong. Not only do they not help but, i feel as if it's not even an option for certain inmates. Not all inmates are physically able to do what they are supposed to do in bootcamps. That doesn't make them worse than others, but they are not going to be able to get out in six months rather than say seven years just because they are physically unable to do so. Boot camps like that one in the video is just running and pushups. They need to have therapy for certain inmates and rehabilitation help. Running all day can't change a person's mental state. It can make them fit, but how would that help them once they are free? They are still not going to be able to find a job or a place that will take them with a criminal record. These boot camps need to help the inmates get better and find a place later in life. If i had to wake up early and run every day like these inmates do, I would be more stressed and discouraged. There is no reform going on. It's more of just a physical punishment and no correcting. Just like the criminal justice system today, boot camps also fail. I do feel as that this can be fixed and boot camps could do some good. They need to teach more skills and learning. It's better to spend their funding on this rather than having the inmates stay in prison longer or come back. Shock incarceration just sounds like a bad term and it is. This is a new age in the world and things need to change. Mustang004
While watching the video I notice a lot of things from the trainees and the people in charge of the boot camps. I noticed that the people who was running the IMPACT program didn’t have that much experience. One of the guys that was in charge was a Master Sgt. with only three years in the army. My problem with this is that he said said he was in the army for three years then came to IMPACT. He started in the army when he was eighteen years old. He is now twenty-one and in charge of other people at a boot camp. What does he actually know about teaching and trying to help people. You can’t just yell at people and expect them to do better over a few weeks. You have to talk to people like you would talk to someone you respect. Don’t just yell at someone like a animal and expect them to do what you say. Yes, boot camps help stay out of prison but it’s not making them better as a person. From what I seen in the video it’s mainly just physical things that they go through. Yes, they have little group session where they talk to each other, trainee to trainee. It may help at that point and time but when you get back out there with people yelling at you, what are they really doing to your mind. The trainees don’t wanna fail or leave because they would have to go to prison to serve their sentence. So instead of trying to do shock incarceration, by yelling and screaming and forcing trainees to do something, try to get into their mind also and see how they think and help them with their situation. DC004
When the video first starts, you'd think that maybe boot camp could be a good tool to use instead of putting everyone into prisons. Then really watching it you notice that some of these guards are just men who were in the military and only bark orders at the people in the camp. Yelling at someone doesn't have to happen to get a simple point across. The people in the camps weren't even taught any useful skills until the camp had been open for awhile and then it wasn't even for everyone. The schooling should have been started the day they got there, along with some sort of work assignment to learn a trade skill to help them get out on their own when released. People who aren't used to having that sort of routine and just get thrown into the mix doesn't really help. They just go back to their old ways when they are released. HS004
While watching this video, it has brought to my attention many things. Among these things was whether or not the boot camps were an effective tool or not in teaching men and women who were convicted of crimes how to become a productive member of society. At first glance, the boot camps seem to actually be a pretty good alternative to prison. The structured organization of the program is phenomenal and there is virtually nothing that gets out of line within the program. The staff are very controlled and confident in what they do and they know how to keep everybody in line. In the program, the trainees cannot do virtually anything without permission to do so. This even includes speaking to others. Not only that, but also the trainees must go through a rigorous training regime every single day. Also, the days and nights seem very repetitive with little change in what they do. This might be so that the trainees get used to routine. When taking a second glance however, I came to realize that this program is not all of what it seems. This is because when the staff of the IMPACT program started to talk about their lives, it was pretty clear that they did not really have much experience with dealing in this particular field. I mean, yeah they might know how to tell people how to brush their teeth, shave, and do push ups; but they may not know how to deal with the more important issues at hand. One of the most important issues being that the people who make it through and get out know how to live in society and not go back to the crime life they were once living in. This issue, among many others, will not be dealt with if the IMPACT program continues to hire people who have only been in the military 3 years and is 21 years old. Rayder004
ReplyDeleteI agree, the low level of experience on the staff side is alarming. I'm sure there are solid professionals in the field, but the ones in the video lacked the experience needed to truly help these inmates. Hopefully, if they don't shut down the program, more experienced instructors and staff will be able to help the inmates with gaining and growing skills to help contribute to society. Ghost004
DeleteI agree at first glance the boot camp may seem like a good idea. But as the video went on it was clear it is no more than another means of setting people up for failure. They are doing nothing to address the underlying issues these men and women have. They seem to only be focused on the physical and not the mental aspect. They are breaking down the spirits of these individuals and not teaching cognitive skills that are important if they are to succeed in society. mommy004
DeleteDuring the 1980's a new type of punishment or rehabilitation was developed. This system would be known as boot camp. The objective of this boot camp program is to "re-socialize" inmates and give the criminal justice system a cut in expenses. The program offers a strict environment where many liberties and values are withheld. Ex-military and law enforcement officials aid in creating a high stress level environment where inmates are required to pay strict attention to detail and learn to work as a team. The boot camp system relies heavily on its fear factor and aims to reshape how inmates respond to authority. Overall the program was thought to be a huge success. However, current evidence is suggesting that the system still remains ineffective. This issue is largely due to the low level of experience and education of employees. Furthermore, after inmates graduate they still have the same recidivism rates as those incarcerated, but the reason why boot camp was and is effective is at lowering costs to the taxpayer. Overall, I believe the system may be at risk of cancellation or reformation. Boot camp was a solid idea however, due to the lower bar of professionalism by the staff, the program may be in jeopardy. Ghost004
ReplyDeleteI would have to disagree about your statement on boot camp being effective. If it was effective we would expect to see a significant decrease in the rates of recidivism, but they are no different than if someone were to just be shipped off to prison. Boot camps do virtually nothing but create a high stress environment and nothing to correct the behavior of the offenders that got them their in the first place. CAE004.
DeleteI think the phrase "thought to be a success" is the key phrase here. These programs have little, and usually no, psychological treatment to them, which is really the only way they will be able to change the behavior of the trainees involved. These programs have the same recidivism rates as prison or jail does because it has the same mental health treatment available to trainees as is available to inmates in traditional incarceration, none at all. This is the problem with these programs, and the corrections system in the US as a whole. EKT004
DeleteI agree with the system maybe being more effective, but only if they focus a little more on the reasons that the trainees were placed in the camp in the first place, and if the staff were more educated and experienced. Rayder004
ReplyDeleteAt first glance one may assume boot camps are a good rehabilitation tool. But the lack of trained professionals working in these boot camps lack the skills to affect change in the recruits. The military model serves to break down the men and women there but doesn't really give them any tools to use to better themselves. Focusing only on the physical does nothing to address the under lying issues these men and women are dealing with. Boot camps need professional people in place to teach these recruits cognitive skills otherwise they will just be back to committing crimes within six months of their release. Everything in the boot camp is revolved around stress, when they need to be focusing on encouraging self motivation and thinking skills. Things the recruits can use to actually be successful upon their release back into society. Simply working them into exhaustion and stress will not have any positive bearing when they return to their communities. They also said there is no difference in the recidivism rates between boot camps and prisons. Boot camps are just a way to break down the spirit but do nothing to repair what is broken in the mind nor address the reasons people are committing the crimes that got them there in the first place. Boot camp actually does the opposite of what it should be doing. If they hope to succeed they need to add more therapeutic services, job training, and educational programs. No criminal is going to make positive changes by simply running and doing pushups. I really didn't see much that would make me think that it was a success or that the men and women would be able to survive and live positive crime free lives once released from the camp. Boot camps seem to be set up for failure just like probation. The recruits may finish the program masking the fact that the boot camp is geared towards failure. The failure comes when they are released without any real skills to cope in the outside world and are broken from the treatment received in the boot camp environment. Boot camps are another aspect that shows how much reform is needed in the United States criminal justice field. mommy004
ReplyDeleteI agree that boot camp is doing the opposite of what it should be doing. For boot camps to succeed, they need to stop focusing on physical work and look towards working on their mentality. I think boot camp actually tests how much will and perseverance trainees have, which will not help them out much when they get back out in the real world. The staff needs to be trained so trainees have a better chance living a productive life in civilization. The 35% recidivism rate is ridiculously high; I agree with you that boot camps are just another broken part in the criminal justice system. Scuba004
DeleteI agree boot camps are no help. What's the point of making them run and do push ups constantly. Screaming in their faces is going to help their mental state? Boot camps are not set up well and just have a short sentence for inmates to fail. They are no help to them. They could be though. It wouldn't be that hard to hire people who are trained to help rather than some ex army people who are not trained. Boot camps could be a help rather that just a bigger piece to the bad criminal justice system puzzle. Mustang004
DeleteBefore watching this video, I did not know much about boot camp for these non-violent offenders who are trying to stay out of prison. I think the idea of boot camp works on paper, but do not work in reality. This video helped show all of the physical work the trainees had to undergo. The physical work does not mean anything if their attitude is not changed mentally. I think they should focus more on the mental attitude of the trainee other than the physical state of the trainee. The trainee may be physically strained the whole six months of the camp, but since they are not mentally strained, they will return to their previous behavior a few weeks back into civilization. The staff does not realize this. The woman in the video mentioned that boot camps are training trainees to follow each other and take commands from the staff; they are literally being told what to do, and this does not work in civilization. They cannot follow everyone else; for instance, the people around could be drug users. These trainees ideally would not want to follow drug users. The staff needs to be trained so they can recognize that these trainees need to be able to think for themselves. When they go out into the world, they will not be told what to do and when. For these people to successful in the real world, they need to think for themselves. Boot camp needs to make individuals, not robots. It also seems the staff takes pride in the dropout rate; the video even said it is “healthy.” I do not think it is fair for staff to have this attitude; they are expecting trainees to fail and get sent to prison. The staff needs to have better outlooks for these people to really do them good. Scuba004
ReplyDeleteThis video offers us a glance of what shock incarceration looks like. In this video, the offenders were given choices to either serve out their sentence in prison or go to a boot camp for six months and be released home sooner. Boot camps were promised to provide a cheaper alternative to prisons, but they did not succeed. IMPACT was opened in 1987 and the belief was that by sending first and second time nonviolent offenders here, it would reduce the chances of them committing a new crime. Virtually none of the drill sergeants have any qualifications to help change the psychological behavior of the offenders. Shock incarcerations are short lived, they do not promise to correct the problem permanently. The only way for these programs to work effectively is to have follow-up programming to keep reminding the offender of the path they are heading down. Another reason why shock incarceration is not effective is its rates of recidivism. Compared to just sending somebody to prison, the recidivism rates still linger around 30%. One part of the IMPACT program I agreed with was that the offenders, or trainees, were offered the chance to be taught job skills. However, for the most part, the main focus of this program seemed to be centered on stress. The drill sergeants would stress the trainees out as much as possible for really what reason? To help them manage their stress? They need to remember why the trainees are there in the first place. They need rehabilitation; they need therapy or whatever it is necessary to correct their behavior. Just yelling at their faces, making them overly exhausted does nothing but just tire them out. People have actually died from programs related to this one as a result of overexertion. Unless we have drug treatments put in place in programs like these, there is truly nothing being done to help the mental side of the issues these offenders are facing. CAE004.
ReplyDeleteI'm with you on that all the program did was cause more stress to the trainees but the idea was in the correct mind set. The issue with trying to get the rehabilitation program going. Most jails/prisons though don't have the programs that the inmates need. Pie004
DeleteWhile watching this video I learned about a reform program that was suppose to help change people because of the physical aspect of the camp. When watching the video I saw how the trainees were treated and what they had to go through. The way that the trainees were treated is how the new trainees are treated while in the military. When I thought about joining the military after high school the best advice my dad gave me was “ they are going to break you down and then build you back up the way they want you to be”. He was a veteran so he knew what I would have to do if I did chose to go into the military. Within the video we never did see the trainees get mental help or even really someone for them to talk to about why they do what they do. The trainees had the choice to finish out the program or they would have to go to prison and do the rest of the time that they have left. When it comes to people though people aren’t going to change unless they want to change. So when you put the physical training by itself you won’t get the results that you want, but do the physical then add mental help and then the outcome can come out better. Pie004
ReplyDeleteWhen watching the video about the trainees who go choose to go to boot camp for six months, there are many things that stand out about the program. Even though they claim that their camp is successful, it is hard to believe that they all run that successfully. There is no way that after six months they are all changed and a new person. I’m sure that the effects of the camp stick with them for a while but I’m sure for many it just wears off over time. I’m sure that there are some people that it does work for though. I’m sure that after going through a boot camp like that, they are never arrested or sent to jail again and that the camp was the change and discipline that they needed in their life. Another thing that stood out about the video is the staff of the boot camp. All the drill instructors seemed to be just former military with no background of how to help the trainees with other things that they need help with. If the staff had trainee other than just in the military, I believe that these camps would be able to be more successful. It would give all of the trainees a better chance to learn something that will stick with them longer than just the effects of the boot camp. One nice thing I did see about the boot camps though was the program they had to teach them how to weld. I believe programs like that are important to teach them the skills that they need so that when they are free, they will be able to find a job. Finding a job could potentially help some of them stay out of jail. All in all though I think that there could be many improvements made to the boot camps and how they function. Hawkshockey004
ReplyDeleteBoot camps are just wrong. Not only do they not help but, i feel as if it's not even an option for certain inmates. Not all inmates are physically able to do what they are supposed to do in bootcamps. That doesn't make them worse than others, but they are not going to be able to get out in six months rather than say seven years just because they are physically unable to do so. Boot camps like that one in the video is just running and pushups. They need to have therapy for certain inmates and rehabilitation help. Running all day can't change a person's mental state. It can make them fit, but how would that help them once they are free? They are still not going to be able to find a job or a place that will take them with a criminal record. These boot camps need to help the inmates get better and find a place later in life. If i had to wake up early and run every day like these inmates do, I would be more stressed and discouraged. There is no reform going on. It's more of just a physical punishment and no correcting. Just like the criminal justice system today, boot camps also fail. I do feel as that this can be fixed and boot camps could do some good. They need to teach more skills and learning. It's better to spend their funding on this rather than having the inmates stay in prison longer or come back. Shock incarceration just sounds like a bad term and it is. This is a new age in the world and things need to change. Mustang004
ReplyDeleteWhile watching the video I notice a lot of things from the trainees and the people in charge of the boot camps. I noticed that the people who was running the IMPACT program didn’t have that much experience. One of the guys that was in charge was a Master Sgt. with only three years in the army. My problem with this is that he said said he was in the army for three years then came to IMPACT. He started in the army when he was eighteen years old. He is now twenty-one and in charge of other people at a boot camp. What does he actually know about teaching and trying to help people. You can’t just yell at people and expect them to do better over a few weeks. You have to talk to people like you would talk to someone you respect. Don’t just yell at someone like a animal and expect them to do what you say. Yes, boot camps help stay out of prison but it’s not making them better as a person. From what I seen in the video it’s mainly just physical things that they go through. Yes, they have little group session where they talk to each other, trainee to trainee. It may help at that point and time but when you get back out there with people yelling at you, what are they really doing to your mind. The trainees don’t wanna fail or leave because they would have to go to prison to serve their sentence. So instead of trying to do shock incarceration, by yelling and screaming and forcing trainees to do something, try to get into their mind also and see how they think and help them with their situation. DC004
ReplyDeleteWhen the video first starts, you'd think that maybe boot camp could be a good tool to use instead of putting everyone into prisons. Then really watching it you notice that some of these guards are just men who were in the military and only bark orders at the people in the camp. Yelling at someone doesn't have to happen to get a simple point across. The people in the camps weren't even taught any useful skills until the camp had been open for awhile and then it wasn't even for everyone. The schooling should have been started the day they got there, along with some sort of work assignment to learn a trade skill to help them get out on their own when released. People who aren't used to having that sort of routine and just get thrown into the mix doesn't really help. They just go back to their old ways when they are released. HS004
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