| As in nearly all things, America has been of two | | | | can read well |
| minds | | | | and wants to do so, they can learn anything else |
| concerning the rehabilitation of criminals. One | | | | they so choose. |
| camp believes | | | | This opens a world of options previously |
| the more severe and lengthy the punishment, | | | | denied.Lives of total dependency in cages help no |
| the less opportunity | | | | one. Not keepers, |
| a criminal will have to re offend. Lock them up | | | | the prisoners or the society trying to protect |
| and throw away | | | | itself. To treat |
| the key. Statistics prove this camp wrong and | | | | a person as though they will never have an |
| alternatives are | | | | opportunity for |
| far from their concern. They are the law and | | | | revenge and then releasing them with hearts full |
| order people who | | | | of fear, |
| have a strong appeal to a society that fearfully | | | | resentment, anger and rage, guarantees that |
| sees itself as | | | | society will pay a |
| victims.The other camp wants to rehabilitate | | | | price for the way they treat people who were |
| criminals but can seldom | | | | most often fellow |
| raise the needed economic support to initiate and | | | | victims, long before they turned to crime.In |
| evaluate | | | | Orwellian double speak, society talks of caging |
| rehabilitation programs. These are folks who | | | | people as |
| know that no life | | | | criminals paying a debt to society. The fact is the |
| is beyond redemption or incapable of productive | | | | reverse. |
| work.Rehabilitation has failed so often because it | | | | Society is creating a debt to the offender, |
| rests on the idea | | | | turning a marginal |
| of stripping every right from a person, throwing | | | | life into a hopeless and useless life. Society is |
| them in a cage, | | | | restricting a |
| isolating them from the larger society and | | | | person from any opportunity to contribute to |
| destroying any sense | | | | the society he or |
| of personal identity or value. Treating people | | | | she offended; allowing no opportunity to support |
| worse than | | | | a family for |
| animals is not conducive to self improvement. | | | | which they may be responsible; innocent victims |
| Rehabilitation | | | | of terrible, |
| must begin by not caging non violent offenders. | | | | thoughtless social policy.Society has so long |
| House arrest, | | | | applied this cruel punishment that its debt |
| victim restitution, fines, counseling and work | | | | to the criminal element cannot be paid. Just like |
| habilitation will | | | | the debts owed |
| prove much less expensive to society than | | | | Native Americans and the descendents of |
| caging and produce a | | | | African slaves. We can |
| better outcome.Anti social behavior grows out of | | | | go ahead and live our lives as though no debt |
| confusion and | | | | existed and we do. |
| misidentification. That is, anti social people believe | | | | America will pay in blood, terror and plague - |
| they are | | | | death and |
| someone different than who they are at their | | | | destruction. It is a sad thing we have so chosen. |
| core. They are | | | | Divine justice |
| books judged by their covers; judged by people | | | | does not allow for life in cages or a few living |
| only interested | | | | well from the |
| in covers. They come to believe and behave as | | | | misery of many.The rehabilitation of social |
| though they are | | | | offenders will not prevent the |
| the covers others have created for them. They | | | | judgment of a dispassionate, unrepentant people, |
| are the products | | | | long past due. |
| of other people's expectations and imaginations | | | | It could create pockets of mercy within that |
| as so many of us | | | | judgment. Perhaps |
| are. Unfortunately, the expectations of many role | | | | you and I will know a little of that mercy. |
| models were | | | | Perhaps you and I |
| low and easy to fulfill. Let society help the victims | | | | will make some effort to end a social injustice |
| of low | | | | that is |
| expectations to distinguish between who they | | | | worldwide and ages old. Perhaps you and I will no |
| are and who they | | | | longer |
| have been told they are. This explains their | | | | ignore the problems some are paid to hide from |
| confusion to them | | | | us. Perhaps we |
| and alleviates it. Clearing this confusion makes | | | | actually do know right from wrong. Perhaps |
| good candidates | | | | knowing the |
| for rehabilitation.Rehabilitation begins by helping an | | | | difference, we will choose what is right. Perhaps - |
| offender find their true | | | | but no one is |
| identity. The tools trained counselors now have | | | | betting on it.(PUBLISHERS! Free Promotion Here - |
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| continue until literacy is achieved. Once a person | | | | |