It is a sad fact that criminals who leave prison go on to commit further crime. There are various reasons for this, but there are also some things that can be done to prevent it from happening.
One reason for this recidivism is due to a lack of legitimate income. Many people turn to crime as they cannot find an alternative to earn money. When such person comes out of prison, it is very often the case that they have the same few opportunities for a legitimate income. In fact, these opportunities will even be reduced, as employers are often less willing to give an ex-prisoner a job. Some people also return to crime, as they spend all the time of their prison sentence with other criminals. This is not a great environment for rehabilitation, and sometimes even a network of contacts can be made to help develop criminal activities on release.
One important way to help address this problem is education. Criminals who have turned to illegal activities because of no alternatives to earn a living need to learn a way to earn a wage, such as a trade or vocational skills. Computer skills, for example, are in high demand and someone trained in these could very possibly find work. In addition, governments can offer incentives to employers to attract them to give jobs to newly-released prisoners. This would help people who don’t really want to return to crime achieve a fresh start. As keeping people in prison is an expensive business, governments might find it cheaper to pay these incentives.
To sum up, people returning to crime is a tragedy that should be avoided if at all possible in today’s society. Education and incentives can directly address the reasons for it and could make society a happier and safer place.
It is a sad fact that
criminals
who
leave
prison
go on to commit
further
crime
. There are various reasons for this,
but
there are
also
some
things that can
be done
to
prevent
it from happening.
One reason for this recidivism is due to a lack of legitimate income.
Many
people
turn to
crime
as they cannot find an alternative to earn money. When such person
comes
out of
prison
, it is
very
often
the case that they have the same few opportunities for a legitimate income. In fact, these opportunities will even be
reduced
, as employers are
often
less willing to give an ex-prisoner a job.
Some
people
also
return to
crime
, as they spend all the time of their
prison
sentence with other
criminals
. This is not a great environment for rehabilitation, and
sometimes
even a network of contacts can
be made
to
help
develop
criminal
activities on release.
One
important
way to
help
address this problem is education.
Criminals
who have turned to illegal activities
because
of no alternatives to earn a living need to learn a way to earn a wage, such as a trade or vocational
skills
. Computer
skills
,
for example
, are in high demand and someone trained in these could
very
possibly
find work.
In addition
,
governments
can offer incentives to employers to attract them to give jobs to
newly
-released prisoners. This would
help
people
who don’t
really
want to return to
crime
achieve a fresh
start
. As keeping
people
in
prison
is an expensive business,
governments
might find it cheaper to pay these incentives.
To sum up,
people
returning to
crime
is a tragedy that should
be avoided
if at all possible in
today
’s society. Education and incentives can
directly
address the reasons for it and could
make
society a happier and safer place.