Restoring a person's ability to achieve success when they leave the prison walls promotes public safety, builds our economy and, most importantly, is the right thing to do.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
We can agree that keeping serious criminals in prison is an effective means of preserving public safety, but we must also recognize that the axiom of 'putting people in jail and throwing away the key' does not apply to all offenders universally and can actually be counterproductive.
Without turning prison life into something more meaningful, prisoners are more likely to reoffend.
America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.
I am a firm believer that upon release, ex-offenders should be afforded a second chance to become productive citizens by providing rehabilitation and education that will help them join the workforce.
It's a monstrous idea to put people in prison and keep them there.
I know what it's like to be ignored, and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being thrown away. There is no sense of rehabilitation. In some places, they are trying to do things. But, in most cases, it's a holding cell.
All prisons that have existed in our society to date put people away as no human being should ever be put away.
Prisons don't rehabilitate, they don't punish, they don't protect, so what the hell do they do?
The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.
After one has been in prison, it is the small things that one appreciates: being able to take a walk whenever one wants, going into a shop and buying a newspaper, speaking or choosing to remain silent. The simple act of being able to control one's person.