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<blockquote data-quote="'Chelle" data-source="post: 242703" data-attributes="member: 1161"><p>I don't see how keeping people in jail will make the changes he hopes. I think that serving even more time in prison will only make it harder for a person to succeed in society once they are released. They will have been out of the workforce longer, add that to a prison record, and even more employers will be reluctant to hire them. I believe it's been shown that the longer a person is an inmate, the harder it is to adjust to living outside the regulated prison life. Not to mention the only people to associate with are other criminals. The younger they go in and the longer they stay, the more they learn about how to be a better criminal. Then not to mention the cost of keeping a person in prison, from some quick reading on the net, ranges from about $2500 to $5000 per month, while they spend about $5 per month on parole. It was admitted on one site that the parole system stinks and it's mostly how much they (don't) spend on the system. As I see it, the costs would only rise keeping a person in prison longer. in my opinion it would make more sense to spend even 1/2 of what they'd spend on keeping the inmate incarcerated on better parole and rehab services. The chance of the inmate changing and making a sucessful life in society would be better for the money spent, and therefore less chance of them reoffending. I just don't see that making longer terms would work. I don't think how long a prison sentence you could get goes through their minds when they commit an offence, especially with younger people. It's only a factor once they get caught. Perhaps it would make them work harder at not getting caught.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="'Chelle, post: 242703, member: 1161"] I don't see how keeping people in jail will make the changes he hopes. I think that serving even more time in prison will only make it harder for a person to succeed in society once they are released. They will have been out of the workforce longer, add that to a prison record, and even more employers will be reluctant to hire them. I believe it's been shown that the longer a person is an inmate, the harder it is to adjust to living outside the regulated prison life. Not to mention the only people to associate with are other criminals. The younger they go in and the longer they stay, the more they learn about how to be a better criminal. Then not to mention the cost of keeping a person in prison, from some quick reading on the net, ranges from about $2500 to $5000 per month, while they spend about $5 per month on parole. It was admitted on one site that the parole system stinks and it's mostly how much they (don't) spend on the system. As I see it, the costs would only rise keeping a person in prison longer. in my opinion it would make more sense to spend even 1/2 of what they'd spend on keeping the inmate incarcerated on better parole and rehab services. The chance of the inmate changing and making a sucessful life in society would be better for the money spent, and therefore less chance of them reoffending. I just don't see that making longer terms would work. I don't think how long a prison sentence you could get goes through their minds when they commit an offence, especially with younger people. It's only a factor once they get caught. Perhaps it would make them work harder at not getting caught. [/QUOTE]
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