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 Manny GI have to disagree about following the law, most people who are locked up because they broke the law is because they had no other choice, some look really hard for a job, a LEGAL job, but can't find it because there is no experience or they don't have the skills so they don't get hired. So if a legal job is not available and money is needed to feed the family, then the only option left is becoming a criminal to feed your family and kids. Even after they are in prison most of the time it is not their choice to act out in violence, in order to survive that hell, they need a place where they can at least know they are safe. But take that person out of that circle of control into a rehabilitation program and see what the difference is, every one in the world has two faces a good and evil. Take out the criminal in the real world and give them the skill they need to get hired and you just reformed a criminal.  A StephenBenoitOf course inmates can be reformed. California had a great history of rehabilitation especially amongst the youth. However as the California prison worker's union has risen to prominence as the most powerful lobby in the state they've been cut to essentially nothing. Revolving Door = Job security.  Chirper65StephenBenoit, I have to agree with you that inmates can be rehabilitated, with the proper people to do it. However, there is a problem that there are not enough staff in the Prisons that can work one on one with the inmates that deserve to be reformed,  LittleNewtonThere are so many flaws in the criminal justice system. I don't believe that non violent substance abusers should be sent to prison, they need rehabilitation. I understand that in hard times like today there are budget cuts, it's just a shame that those programs are the first to go. Chirper65Unfortunately I have to agree with too many flaws, but there are ways to reform inmates if you have the right professional staff in the Prison system that are willing to work one on one with the inmates. Only problem is that the prisons are so short staffed. Its not likely to happen.  dianabellaI too agree that non-violent drug offenders need treatment and not prison. And actually I think that it is cheaper and the results would make it even more cost effective. And a lot of lives could be changed for the better. A sbennett2008Yes they can reform! I have seen it with my own 2 eyes. In fact, if any free world person thinks its hard to make a living in today's society try it with a felony. Even after their time has been served the world punishes them forever. It's no wonder why they re-break the laws so they can go back.  A DrMarcelKitnawThe ability to reform inmates really depends on the opportunities available to them once they are released. Unfortunately most of them will be unable to find a job due to criminal records, most have no skills. After prison they are released back into the same situation they were before prison. LeahPrison is for punishment, not for reforming. Many are trying to implement reform mechanisms but they aren't nearly as qualified to deal with violent offenders and pedofiles. We have to accept that there are many criminals who cannot be rehabilitated.  FirefoxGuyI'm for these Rehabilitation programs. At times they can work to reform inmates, but for someone who has murdered ! - I say there is no cure for inmates of that level- Money for the state is needed for it to happen, but ultimately the inmate with a brain who willingly wants to be fixed will be fixed  A masumahassanEvery individual should be given the choice to make a change. To become a better person and to turn over a new leaf no matter how terrible their previous deeds are. To not allow rehabilitation or to simply ignore its actual impact is like assuming convicts will always be convicts and nothing more. dianabellaI think a lot of prisoners can be reformed. Not pedophiles or serial killers. But a young person that may have been abused and then committed a violent offense may be rehabilitated with the right treatment.  A MilfordDarlingwell they could if we changed the system to be therapy in jail. Good therapy ~ mental health rehab. Teach people to re learn how to live a healthy way. A way to encourage themselves & others. To depend on God, not hate Him. Retrain& teach the Bible, our story & how there are only 2 ways to go. A StephenBenoitVery illegal and unethical. You can rehabilitate without religion thank you very much. Religion doesn't make anyone a good person by default.  jonyoungbloodNot without surgery. We know now where in the brain the predisposition for criminal behavior resides. Criminals "don't care" because their brains are different (smaller amygdala) so if we can find a way to stimulate growth of brain areas we can in theory correct the physical basis behind criminal  karenlh3yes most can be reformed while locked up if done properly, for those born to be killers can not be reformed except until they find the problem in the brain that causes them to kill, etc..& have something that they can take internally for the brain or go into brain to correct the problem.  Er1nyesYes prisoners can be rehabilitated but I don't think they should get access to university educations for free while hard working law abiding citizens have to fork out thousands of dollars for the same privallege. A MssyladyMany prisoners are working while in prison and receive very minimal income for their work. Studying can help them mentally out of the thought pattern of crime. B Jeremy ZellerI think therapy works only if the patient wants to change. Also, i think it works outside of Prison. A MssyladyAgreed. Many times ex-prisoners need therapy because they do not have the support to sustain themselves and make into the mainstream of life outside of prison. A MssyladyYes, many prisoners can be rehabilatated. Some men/women come into prison innocent and in order to protect themselves from other prisoners and guards, they do things which get them into more trouble than they were in before they came into prison. A MssyladyAll criminals are predisposition to criminal behavior. Many are in prison for many different reasons. And you readers ought to remember many prisoners are in prison and are innocent and many have to protect themselves from the gangs within the prisons. The prisons are only as good as the guards, BountyHunter007No, most of the time. I say this being a Professional Bounty Hunter for more than 28 years & over 6000 personal 'hands on' arrests. I rearrest a lot of my fugitives. The offenses they keep adding to their records keep getting more felonious in nature. This is why the term 'career criminal' started. A DOUBLER2I disagree with your assessment. Since their record prevents them for getting employment, they turn to what offers some sort of income for them to survive. Albeit, another crime. It's not that they want to commit another crime, society's lack for a second chance won't allow for them to live right  Vagrant0The question is not if inmates 'can' be reformed as much as it is if the current prison system creates an environment which facilitates reform. Many who go to prison for petty crimes end up coming out socialized toward criminal behavior, and find few opportunities or incentives to break the cycle. GwenMy little brother was 17 and had consensual sex with a 14 y.o. girl in the same grade as him in school and was convicted of statutory rape. Even if he straightens up his act when he gets out, he can never lead a normal adult life now, and will always be a registered sex offender.  rollcallthebookYes! I spent 10 years in California prisons for drug dealing bordering on organized crime. I started writing novels for the last 6 years and found a way out of my ingrained criminal/addictive behavior. Roll Call by Glenn Langohr. Now I help other prisoners with a creative outlet. prisoneroutreach.or A DOUBLER2Yes, they can. However, once they return to society, they should be given the opportunity to start they're lives again and not shunned by society. It's very hard for them to get jobs upon return, and if they aren't gainfully employed, some of them will return to crime in an attempt to survive. J15491Kudos to Larry King Live for doing this program on prisoners and rehabilitation. Yes, those incarcerated can be rehabilitated and need social and job skills before returning to the outside world. I also agree (and have for a long time) about the "monastery model" of prisons.  TWIN713281i see a lot of yes but comments prison is the punishment it's when they get out is the issue what are they coming back to when they get out can people forgive them and let them get jobs most of the time it's NO so they go back to the crimes they were doing it's all one big cycle  kenary02The real question should b, can the gov't b reformed? Can the gov't b reformed 2 assist the rehabilitated upon relaease. Yes, some inmates may have needed 2 learn 2 pull up pants, walk straight, write a resume, learn how 2 conduct an interview, know when 2 say yes and no ma'm and sir. kenary02Learn a trade they wouldn't normally use, just 2 b let out and b told, we r unable 2 process ur housing application because u have criminal history, or we can't assist you with any federally funded grants or awrds. Who cares u may have a family and need assistance like any other low income family. B RobeauxAfter 25+ years in law enforcement in a lot of countries starrting in the US and ending in Kosova and Italy, Japan, all over the world doing mostly work in prisons. I can assure your the rehad part is the bottom of the ladder when it comes to "reforming" a prisoner. My opinion is way to harsh. B RobeauxIf we don't start the old addage" let the punishment fit the Crime" we will forever be doomed in the punishment crime business. If we don't we will always continue to fail and it is guarenteed we will never get it right. Check the other prison systems in other countries, you'll see a lot of .... B Robeauxappreciation for the older "an eye for an eye" from all involved. Sure it's not perfect but over history you'll see it's the most appreciated and constructive. NOTHING else has ever worked and never will. Again check other countries. You could say it's barbaric but the simple fact is that we are not B Robeauxallways in the right light just because we are Americans and believe we know it all. We are wrong and have been more on issues such as this for a long time. I believe in justice and our justice systems on some items but the work I've done and the places I've been, WE ARE WRONG! B Robeauxwe should actually not even have judges involved in the punishment phase of crimes. That should be reserved for only victims or victims families to deliver the punishment. Who more than the victim has the Constitutional Right to rightfully pass judgement on a person who has murdered their father, .. B Robeauxmother, who ever, smiled while doing so and gets to walk free while theVICTIM gets to suffer for life. Should be no life in prison for NO DOUBT murders. PERIOD. just as a victim of such a crime, Guess the answer? My opinion from experience. Plenty of stories to tell where it works expremely well in B Robeauxother countries. short and to the point: I once spoke to a man suspected of a crime in a Balkian Country. We were listening to another conversation about someone that was missing outside prison walls. The suspected criminal had a sheepish grin during the listening phase....... B RobeauxI asked his what was so amusing about the conversation. He said," He's not missing, EVERYONE knows where he is." He killled a young boy and had laughed at a brother nearby as he did so." It was a bigger family that he knew and mostly strong males....Need I say more? It worked in that instance. aminnormaGood evenin Larry As child stole for survivial as a teen I was convicted sent to many Junvenal insttutions as adult I went to prisons, so I was tried of prison and waned to know how to get off the train of resitivism. I studied Buddism, Christianity, Islam, Sankrit, to build new me. I am out 20 yr aminnormaI build re entry program to assist with housing search and employment location service for ex offenders its having great sucess with keeping ex offenders out and crime dwn and I am an ex offender 20 yrs later. Peace be with you Amin kenary02Only thing an ex offender is good for is his vote (if he votes) in the presidential elections. Like president is doing something 4 the current and ex-offender. I don't know 1 ex-offender who is in office right now 2 help out his fellow patrons. So when it's all said and done, rehabilitation works kenary02Wonders with the repeat offenders. Give them good standing in jail with merits of a model prisoner. It will do nothing 4 the ones who don't want 2 come back 2 jail because the law has not been reformed. Nra is working towards felons being able 2 carry firearm, california has restored some civil |
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Absolutely NOT! I think that being locked up in a prison only makes them angrier and more bitter with the system. But at the same time, there's no other option. If they can't follow the law I don't care if their cell is tiny and the food is terrible.