Prison Corrections

Paper Summary:

This paper describes the social and monetary cost of incarceration in the United States, which boasts the highest percentage of jailed individuals. One major concern, the author stresses, is the quality of rehabilitation the inmates receive while they are in prison. The paper concludes that to keep an inmate from re-offending and have a successful transition back into regular society, he or she must be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed.

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From the Paper:

"Society's current focus is on revenge and incarceration in prisons. The cost of the explosion in the criminal population, due to tougher sentencing laws, forces a look at prisons beyond mere incarceration. To keep an inmate from re-offending and have a successful transition back into regular society, he or she must be equipped with the knowledge and skills necessary to succeed. Programs such as vocational training and rehabilitation need to be revamped to provide meaningful skills."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Alternative Budget Suggestions for the State of Arizona Relative to Criminal Justice (2002). American Friends Service Committee. Retrieved August 3, 2007 from: http://www.afsc.org/az/altbudg.htm
• Hartney, C., (2006). US rates of incarceration a global perspective. Retrieved August 3, 2007 from: www.nccd-crc.org/nccd/pubs/2006nov_factsheet_incarceration.pdf
• National Center for Policy Analysis, (1998). Crime and punishment in America. Retrieved August 3, 2007 from: www.ncpa.org/~ncpa/studies/s219/s219d.html
• Neubauer, D. (2001). Debating Crime: Rhetoric and Reality. Wadsworth, a Thomson imprint.

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