1. A Prison Reformation
The focus is increasingly on rehabilitation as a means to reduce recidivism or prisoner relapse to crime. ... With such high rates of recidivism, many critics argue that the American prison system should be rehabilitating prisoners while incarcerated. Many of these prison officials agree that the first six to nine months of a convict's release are far more crucial to stopping recidivism and achieving rehabilitation than any number of years in a prison cell (McElreath 157).There is unfinished work and educational steps that need to be taken, so prisoners do not return to crime. ...
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