Prison Rehabilitation for Men and Women

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This paper examines the current strategies and programs geared towards rehabilitating convicted felons in prisons across the country while focusing on the differences in applied methodologies based on gender. One of the rehabilitation strategies detailed in this paper discusses the move from the systematic isolation of prisoners to a more social and productive form of integration. The writer of this in-depth paper contends and explains that if convicted criminals are effectively reformed and rehabilitated during their incarceration they are less likely to commit future offenses, thus resulting in an overall decrease in crime. This paper explores the widespread illiteracy problem amongst both male and female prisoners as well as the various effective programs aimed at combating this problem. This paper presents pertinent data and statistics as well as two illustrative graphs relevant to this particular topic. This paper also delves into the rising fiscal costs to house, care and rehabilitate incarcerated inmates.

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"While illiteracy is as common in the male incarcerated population as the female, educational rehabilitations are more frequently targeted to women than men. An integral part of the Living Skills programs for women, cognitive skills training, the national Parenting Skills program, and the Leisure Education Program support the female prisoner on her path to release. Correctional Services of Canada says that these programs are the result of acknowledge the woman as "her own beset expert," and are built on the premise that "earning to make informed choices and then accepting the consequences of them will enable these women to take control of their lives." There, a Literacy and Numeracy Program created just for female inmates aims to foster skills required for basic employment and civic involvement."

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