Why Do Prisons Need Social Reform?

In the United States, People feel that prisons exist for punishment and not to counsel convicts. That may be true that Prisons are in use for punishment. They also have an important contribution to make by reducing repeat offenders by engaging them in rehabilitation programs and work training. Society is trained to think that by locking criminals in a place away from society we would benefit. To even make it worse studies show that about 60 percent of Americans are against social reform because they have drawn a conclusion, that once a felon, always a felon. There are many prison inmates who come from broken homes and have mental problems that went undiagnosed and untreated. The problem is that prison’s do not try to teach inmates how to move
There is a large number of offenders who are entering today's prisons. Just imagine trying to put 10lbs. of potatoes in a 5lb. bag and making it all fit. It just doesn’t work! It is almost impossible yet still happens inside our prison’s. Prison officials make confused, angry, and psychotic individuals stay into a six-by-ten cell. (Pettiinico, George. 31) People who commit crimes are the product of society. They are a tell-tale sign that prison’s demand reform. Taking away someone’s freedom is punishment enough, there is no need to make harsh penalties for non-violent offenders. The only impact that this will have is huge costs for tax-payers and an overall more dangerous
My belief is that unless you’ve done time yourself, have a family member who’s been branded a criminal and can’t get work, can’t find housing, or even denied food stamps to survive, unless the system directly touches you, it’s hard to ever imagine that something of this magnitude could even exist. Lack of knowledge prevents any type of push or movement toward change. The system is so deeply rooted in our social, political and economic society. That it is hard to even imagine any drastic change ever happening or how to make it happen. If the government put the money it costs to keep someone in prison to good use beforehand, for example in low income neighborhoods and provide programs and places to go for those who would eventually end up doing wrong. To sum it up if more was put into the people before they got in trouble with the law then a great cost to the system would be