Why minorities are not given the oportunity for rehabilitation and instead they send them straight to prison?
956476
Why don't they just quit breaking the law?
716971
it has something to do with the minority thing. if they are illegal they should have no rights. wish they was legal to pay their taxes.
115387
Often, there are "Halfway Houses" available to help released inmates make the transition back into the "free world" and there are many community groups like "Friends Outside" that are devoted to helping inmates and their families during and after incarceration and the Parole Office can usually assist with housing information... they can be difficult to find, but there are resources available.\nPart of the reason so many return to prison is attitudes like the one above that no transitional help should be available... I say dumping released convicts on the street with no recourse or succor is counterproductive.
454325
Back in the 60's and 70's, there were many court cases on the State's right to hold people who were not a danger to themselves or others, and as a result a lot of people were let out of the institutions, which were really more like jails.  Community care was then needed, because although these people might not have been violent, they could not easily take care of themselves, either.  Also, money talks.  Funding the mental institutions was expensive and this gave the states an excuse to cut expenses.
466465
Some prisions have both systems, and only inmates that are low risk get to spend time with their family. Obviously the reason they seperate eachother is because the are in prision and are meant to be punished, plus it allows them to not be able to exchange items without a guard looking it over. I am sure there is not prision with high risk people the allow them to see their visitors unprotected.
663775
NO, it's not. It's absurdly expensive as the sentences are so long. There's barely any rehabilitation going on, and for the most part too many ppl are admitted for very long sentences who have not done serious crimes. Once you go through hell that most jails are you won't come out the same! And usually you won't come out a better person either! On top of that recidivism rates are extremely high when compared to other countries, i.e. in Europe. Some state prisons have recidivism rates as high as 20-30%. So no, too many do not become productive members of society again. I think there's a problem how the system works in itself, it might be successful at punishing, but not rehabilitation, in either case it should focus in prevention, and not be just a reactionary system. Some states, I think Florida and California will be soon among them if not yet, are spending more, or at least the same for education as prison systems. Now, doesn't anyone think there's something wrong with that? Right now US is jailing more than 2 million individuals... That's equivalent to a small country! There's clearly problems with the system, as well as the the way that society sees it and how they regard crime itself. EDIT: Now that I read some of the responses that makes what I said before even true, putting someone in jail as long as possible is not going to change anything! It's what he does in that jail that matters, not how long he stays there. So, if you think it's a good idea to fill the jails up with criminals, - fill them up, then build more max security prisons at 10 grand a cell, and fill those up as well, just don't come to me when it's time to pay taxes. And pray that once those criminals get out they don't come to you for anything, cause they'll be pissed. It's something to think about when you see the next politician boasting how he'll be tough on crime just cause it's an easy way to get votes, and felons can't vote, so he got nothing to loose, it's the society that does.
133593
Andy Rooney  said on "60 Minutes" a few weeks back:    \n\nWhen 70% of the people who get arrested are black, in cities where 70% of the population is black, that is not racial profiling, it is the Law of Probability. \n\nI don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens...Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door.
289969
yes they get priviledges.\n\nBlacks are incarcerated at a rate that is more than 6 times that of whites for the same crime. In total, between 1980 and 1999, the incarceration rate for Blacks more than tripled from 1156 per 100,000, to 3,620 per 100,000. This is more than 4 times the rate of incarceration of Blacks in South Africa during the apartheid era.The rate of imprisonment for Black women is more than 8 times that of white women for the same crime.The Black male homicide rate is 7 times the white male rate. Black women are 18 times more likely to be raped than white women. The death penalty has been imposed in 682 capital cases since 1995. The U.S. attorney recommended the death penalty in 183 of them-of those cases 26% involved white defendants, 74% "minority." Blacks make up 40% of the death row population. Black men are get jail time 3 times greater than that of white for the same crime.Blacks account for 30% of people with AIDS in America. 54% of children under age 13 with AIDS are Black. HIV/AIDS is the number 1 cause of death for Blacks aged 25 to 44.\nIn recent years, the estimated incidence of HIV/AIDS has declined for every race except Blacks. In 1997, four times as many Latinos and eight times as many Blacks as whites contracted AIDS. Whites with HIV are far more likely to receive advanced drug therapy-a trend that slowed the white death rate from AIDS by 28% from 1995 to 1996, but by only 10% for Blacks. Blacks account for 57% of new infections of HIV and by the year 2005, African Americans will account for 60% of AIDS cases.Whites are two-thirds more likely to receive kidney transplants than others.The Justice Department estimates that one out of every 21 Black men can expect to be murdered, a death rate double that of U. S. soldiers in World War II. A young Black male in America is more likely to die from gun fire than was any soldier in Vietnam.White males with a high-school diploma are just as likely to have a job, and tend to earn just as much as Black males with college degrees. Light-skinned Blacks have a 50% better chance of getting a job than dark-skinned Blacks. Blacks are rejected twice as often for small business loans than whites of comparable credit.
565147
Most don't work due to a reward system for participation that is aimed at the wrong behaviors.  Sentences are reduced and parole eligibility dates are moved up based on PARTICIPATION and not on actual learning.  An inmate can participate in the same drug program several times and receive "comp" time for each instance.  Just the fact that the inmate took the same program several times indicates that he didn't really learn anything or adjuct his behavior but he is rewarded every time he takes it anyway.  As far as being "punished" after release, I haven't seen that as a major problem.  The fact that behaviors didn't change is responsible for a lack of employability and for recividism.  Many drug dealers see incarcaration as a cost of doing business and go along with the program until they are released only to return to dealing.  Prisons are not overly concerned with rehabilitation.  Most programs are started with the goal of attracting federal funds for the prison system, not changing inmates.
905820
There is a minority like any organisation. It just comes through environment or sometimes some incident has coloured their views.
981728
I don't think most rehabilitation programs are successful.  We can't force someone to change-they need to want to change, and even then they may not succeed.  Most programs do not address all needs, and most ex-convicts, have a more difficult time  due to the NIMBY syndrome (Not in my backyard).  Who want's a convict to live next door? Almost no one.
905775
Silly question.  People are punished for all kinds of unjust reasons.  It's like asking why do bad things happen to good people or something.
615702
NO, it does not. It's absurdly expensive as the sentences are so long. There's barely any rehabilitation going on, and for the most part too many ppl are admitted for very long sentences who have not done serious crimes. Once you go through hell that most jails are you won't come out the same! And usually you won't come out a better person either! On top of that recidivism rates are extremely high when compared to other countries, i.e. in Europe. Some state prisons have recidivism rates as high as 20-30%. So no, too many do not become productive members of society again. I think there's a problem how the system works in itself, it might be successful at punishing, but not rehabilitation, in either case it should focus in prevention, and not be just a reactionary system. Some states, I think Florida and California will be soon among them if not yet, are spending more, or at least the same for education as prison systems. Now, doesn't anyone think there's something wrong with that? Right now US is jailing more than 2 million individuals... That's equivalent to a small country! There's clearly problems with the system, as well as the the way that society sees it and how they regard crime itself. Putting someone in jail as long as possible is not going to change anything! It's what he does in that jail that matters, not how long he stays there. So, if you think it's a good idea to fill the jails up with criminals, - fill them up, then build more max security prisons at 10 grand a cell, and fill those up as well, just don't come to me when it's time to pay taxes. And pray that once those criminals get out they don't come to you for anything, cause they'll be pissed. It's something to think about when you see the next politician boasting how he'll be tough on crime just cause it's an easy way to get votes, and felons can't vote, so he got nothing to loose, it's the society that does.
1067915
AMEN! \n\nI am sick of special programs for minorities. Where is the scholarship for the white boy who grew up poor? Certainly he has a much harder time in life than any rich minority.\n\nIf people want to be treated as equals, then they must eliminate the programs that allow them special privileges. Until I see minorities protesting against hiring quotas, hate crime laws, and other such racist things, they will not be seen as "equals". The government has many laws telling me that they are not equal to others, so how can I argue that point?
776114
Its the criminal Justice system that's up the creak. Prisons are full with people who should not be there The mentally incompetent  and sick ( They shut all the mental hospitals) people locked up for not paying fines maintenance (take the money from them when they get paid, receive the Giro)  \n\nThe result is the prisons are overcrowded, so the idiots let out the real criminals on parol to kill rape and rob the rest of us. The problem requires a complete overhaul of the way we punish offenders. Lock up real criminals and get the idle sods who dont pay finds or cause a nusance to work in the community clearing up the mess they make
474772
My opinion is that if people r put in prison, some may just come of with an even worse attitude than they had when they went in. Look at recidivism rates.......
82155
There are criminals who have committed seriously violent crimes who are deemed menaces to society. The object of prison is not only to punish, but to rehabilitate inmates. If an inmate is unable to be rehabilitated, there are two options: life imprisonment without parole, or the death penalty. It is very expensive to legally place someone on death row, It's not as though they are dragged out of court and immediately shot after 1 trial. Defendants are given every opportunity to cast doubt on their guilt, it has not always been this way. In some parts of the world, unfair trials are followed by immediate execution. \nThe death penalty may not be a good deterrent for violent crime but it is a fitting penalty for some and criminals are treated relatively well considering their treatment of the victims of their crimes.