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Criminal Justice
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Criminal Justice
Many people believe prison belongs to useless people who cannot obey the law of the
land. However, this is not true because many prisoners have demonstrated that a jail is a place
where people learn to become better people in society (Szifris et al., 2018). However, there is a
need to encourage education among inmates considering the correlation between illiteracy and
crime. While in prison. The inmates need to get an education about life, enabling them to
become better people in the future. People are taken to jail to transform and become better
people. Many inmates find it challenging to interact with other society members when released
from prison because they believe that society will judge them for what they did in the past.
Inmates need to be educated on how to boost their self-esteem once released from prison because
society will always judge them for their past deeds (Butterby et al., 2020. However, the
community should learn to accept inmates once released from prison because they are human
beings. Society should abstain from judging people for their mistakes in the past.
Religious education plays an essential role in reforming prisoners. While in prison,
inmates tend to learn the importance of obeying God, their creator, and the commandments God
gave to people. Surprisingly, some prisoners become preachers while in prison, which helps
spread the gospel in the correctional facilities. Inmates who become preachers can transform
much life because they understand the wages of sin better. However, life in prison is not easy
because prisoners are denied freedom of movement, which is a fundamental human right
(Sanders, 2020).
Correctional facilities model people to become better. Inmates learn technical skills such
as carpentry and masonry, which help them earn a living when out of prison. Most prisoners
prefer self-employment when out of jail because it is challenging to secure formal employment.
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Many employers do not want to employ people with a criminal record which makes the life of
ex-criminals complex (Ellison et al., 2017).
Religious education plays an essential role in bringing hope to the inmates. Many inmates
learn that they exist for a purpose in the world, thus fighting negative thoughts (O'Brien et al.,
2021). Some inmates are innocent and thus have difficulty coping with life in prison. With
religious education, the inmates tend to learn that they have been imprisoned for a purpose, and
therefore they should not blame anyone for whatever happened. Religious and life education is
essential to the inmates because it makes them better people.
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References
Butterby, V., Collins, C., & Powell, D. (2020). 'I urge you to hear me': Changing prison
education for the better. In Caliban's Dance: FE after The Tempest (pp. 140-146).
Trentham Books.
Ellison, M., Szifris, K., Horan, R., & Fox, C. (2017). A Rapid Evidence Assessment of the
effectiveness of prison education in reducing recidivism and increasing
employment. Probation Journal, 64(2), 108-128.
O'Brien, K., King, H., Phillips, J., & Dalton, P. (2021). ‘Education as the practice of freedom?’–
prison education and the pandemic. Educational Review.
Sanders, A. (2020). Leadership in prison education: meeting the challenges of the new system.
Szifris, K., Fox, C., & Bradbury, A. (2018). A Realist Model of Prison Education, Growth, and
Desistance: A New Theory. Journal of Prison Education and Reentry, 5(1), 41-62.
