Research shows that most of ex-prisoners would re-offend after being released back to the society. In this essay, I will highlight some causes behind this phenomenon and suggest several measures to tackle this issue.
To begin with, the reasons leading to criminals committing illegalities are varied. Firstly, prison sentences towards serious and dangerous crimes, such as rapists, terrorists, serial killers or murders are not strict enough to make them fully aware of their heinous actions. In fact, in many parts of the world, such crimes are imprisoned for only a few months, which is not deserved with their wrongdoings and likely to encourage them to commit the same offences after being released from jail. Secondly, when setting free, criminals may struggle with making a living and suffer from poverty or unemployment, since everyone in the society knows about their criminal records and would not employ or hire them to work. Seeing all people in the community avoid interacting as well as communicating with them, these prisoners can arise depression mentality, such as social phobia, and therefore committing crimes with a view to drawing people's attention.
However, there are a number of solutions that can be taken in order to alleviate its influences. In terms of those who seriously break the laws, they should be given severe punishments, which would act as deterrents and warnings against crimes, and it is fair for them to receive such consequences equivalent to their offences committed. Another key point is to provide prisoners vocational training and education, as well as rehabilitation programmes so that they enable to gain skills and knowledge, which allow them to get decent jobs easily after reintegrating back into the community.
In conclusion, in order to prevent criminals from re-offending when sending back to the society, we should increase the deterrence with regard to dangerous crimes, and simultaneously place emphasis on training and educating prisoners in jails.
Research
shows
that most of ex-prisoners would re-offend after
being released
back to the society. In this essay, I will highlight
some
causes behind this phenomenon and suggest several measures to tackle this issue.
To
begin
with, the reasons leading to
criminals
committing illegalities
are varied
.
Firstly
, prison sentences towards serious and
dangerous
crimes
, such as rapists, terrorists, serial killers or murders are not strict
enough
to
make
them
fully
aware of their heinous actions. In fact, in
many
parts of the world, such
crimes
are imprisoned
for
only
a few months, which is not deserved with their wrongdoings and likely to encourage them to commit the same
offences
after
being released
from jail.
Secondly
, when setting free,
criminals
may struggle with making a living and suffer from poverty or unemployment, since everyone in the society knows about their
criminal
records and would not employ or hire them to work. Seeing all
people
in the community avoid interacting
as well
as communicating with them, these prisoners can arise depression mentality, such as social phobia, and
therefore
committing
crimes
with a view to drawing
people
's attention.
However
, there are a number of solutions that can
be taken
in order to alleviate its influences. In terms of those who
seriously
break the laws, they should be
given
severe punishments, which would act as deterrents and warnings against
crimes
, and it is
fair
for them to receive such consequences equivalent to their
offences
committed. Another key point is to provide prisoners vocational training and education,
as well
as rehabilitation
programmes
so
that they enable to gain
skills
and knowledge, which
allow
them to
get
decent jobs
easily
after reintegrating back into the community.
In conclusion
, in order to
prevent
criminals
from re-offending when sending back to the society, we should increase the deterrence with regard to
dangerous
crimes
, and
simultaneously
place emphasis on training and educating prisoners in jails.