Prisons and Sentences

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My wife works at the State Correctional Facilty. We were talking last night about how prisoners are released from prison. They are given their personal possesions, a bus or train ticket, some money, and escorted out the door, to go where they need to go. I thought, Ok. So I asked her about Parole, and this is when I had something explained to me that I didn't realize before.

I have alway been annoyed to hear about people that get sentenced to 20 years, and 10 or 12 years later, they get paroled. I've always thought that that sucked, they should have to serve the whole sentence. Well, she explained to me the reason they parole people, besides overcrowding. If a person is released on parole, we can keep an eye on them, they have to report to the parole officer once a month or more, can't leave the state without permission, and if they break any laws, they go back in. Well, if a person serves the whole 20 years or whatever, when they get out, they are truly free, can go where they want, don't have to report to anyone, and it is very easy for them to return to a life of crime. So, if we let them out early, we can ensure they return to a law abiding life, where if they serve the whole sentence, they can go do what they want.

Ok, a bit of a ramble, but I found it interesting.
 
if they are released on parole, and they break the law, do they get back to jail with a new sentence, or they just get back to complete their "complete" sentence?
 
That depends on what they do, if it's serious, they will be charged with it, and have it added to their sentence, while still having to complete the original sentence. If it's a minor thing, like leaving the state, they will probably just have to complete the original sentence.
 
They usually get a new sentence, for the new crime, as well as having to complete some time for the parole violation.

It's still a crock, though. Someone else just got victimized because this cocksucker didnp;t serve his full term. Who knows, we may have gotten lucky and the shit would've died before he got out.

Yes. I have some frustration with the justice system.[/siz]
 
That's the way I used to feel too, Homelan, but now I'm starting to change my attitude. If they serve the full sentence, they can still go out and victimize someone, but we can't keep a real close eye on them.
 
And, once they lose parole once, they chances of them being paroled a second time are slim to none.
 
This is the price we pay for having a corrections system that doesn't encourage the inmates to make corrections/adjustments in attitude, thought process education etc... People complain and insist that there's no way they're going to pay for the education of an inmate. You're paying either way. The question is do we want to educate them or institutionalize them. If all we do is keep them locked away with nothing to do when they finally get out they'll just be looking for a way back in. Whether it's selling drugs, robbing a 7/11 shooting your family member. Of course another alternative is to lock them all up and throw away the key. But then you'd better be prepared to spend Billions more on prison systems and faculty. The simple fact is that the most cost effective solution is to educate inmates. In successfully educating one inmate you might not only end his life of crime and teach him how to make a respectiful living, but that person will suddenly be influencing other inmates and spreading the wisdom. Just like dominoes. These problems are only being compounded by institutionalizing and hardening inmates. Self respect does wonders for the soul.
 
even thou, you don't have to pay that much for their education, just give them some books and make sure to apply a few exams a month.

Also, prisioners should be employed in some kind of manufacturing process, so they pay for their meals.
 
That is precisely what my wife does at the prison, she works for the ITC dept. Intensive Theraputic Community, they train these inmates to be people again, it's somewhat unpopular, as the inmates in the program don't have to live in locked cells every night, they live in more of a dorm setting, and are treated more like people than animals. The floor is still locked from the rest of the prison, and they still have to follow all the rules of the institution, plus they are not allowed TV's, Radios, or reading material, other than what is supplied by the ITC program, which is self-help books, anti-drug literature, that kind of thing. It works, the ones that have gone through the program and gotten out, only 2% have repeated, compared to 25 to 30% otherwise.
 
Exactly. It's been proven again and again that these programs work yet most of our prisons are still ruled by inmates rather than the guards. And when i say education i mean 8-10 hours a day of classes 5-6 days a week. basic education, drug treatment, anger management, self-help classes, classes that teach you where to access resorces on the outside. Pound it into the brain whether or not they need it all that way you don't miss anyone.
 
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