Our correctional systems have quite a few ways to punish offenders. Some are made to do community service and work to make up for the offense that he or she committed. You also have those who are fined for the offense and must pay the cost by the date requested or there will be other penalties such as, the offender having to serve jail time. There are individuals who report crime that takes place inside the neighborhood to law enforcement. Without such involvement from those individuals the criminal justice process cannot serve the citizens it is intended to protect and punish those who have committed crimes unless this takes place. Offenders are punished by the correctional systems by having to serve time either in jail or prison. The Correctional System also punishes offenders by placing them into half way houses to serve the remainder of their sentence. Offenders can serve time in jail for up to a year and could be considered for probation or actually will be shipped to a prison. Finally, the courts determine whether or not the offender is guilty or innocent and from there the sentence is given to the offender. In most cases, the punishment is issued do to the crime that was committed. Those who commit murder repeatedly get off with fewer sentences than those who are first time drug offenders.
The U.S. Department of Correction’s provides a number of means to rehabilitate our criminal offenders. This includes providing educational vocational training and substance abuse counseling for those offenders. There is a program founded to help offenders known as Lion Heart Foundations. This program is put together to help provide reentry support for those who are serving time throughout the United States providing education, rehabilitation, and gives positive support to offenders. “Corrections professionals report that Houses of Healing is the most effective program they have seen for prisoner growth and