Are

Prisioners
sent to jail to
be
reeducated?

By Jeniffer and Marta

The answer to the
previous question is no,
prisons do not re-educate
people!
There are many factors that can lead a person to decide to
commit a crime. Some of the most common factors include :

• Socioeconomic status
• Peer pressure
• Substance abuse
• Mental illness
• Emotional factors
• Lack of opportunities
 Prisons: Reform or Punishment?

• Prisons have failed to achieve their goal of

rehabilitating convicts and helping them become
law-abiding and productive members of society.

• 68 percent of prisoners released return to prison

for committing a new crime within three years of
leaving (US Department of Justice).
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f t h of t
month after being released for the same crime in the countryside e S en
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“In Catanduva (SP), a son stabbed his mother to death. The me
suspect had left prison under the same benefit, that of temporary ,
release. The suspect, who is believed to have killed his mother
by stabbing her, was arrested in Fronteira (MG) over the
weekend and is expected to be transferred to Catanduva (SP).”
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already had two police records for violence against women.” em sted ree cr stum
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Putting people in jail will not stop crime, but will only stop criminals for their
sentence time. By fixing the root of the problem being their psychological
behaviour, then crime would significantly decrease as well.
How to prevent people from going to prison and encourage
them to follow the right path?

• Education and Awareness: • Mental Health Support:

• Early Intervention: • Community Support:
• Mentoring and Support: • Restorative Justice:
• Access to Resources:
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Why Punishment and not Reform?

• Prison is to punish;
• Prison isn’t a vacation;
• Prison isn’t comfortable;
• Prison can lead to death;
• Prison can lead to castration;
• Prison needs to be a nightmare to a person think a lot
before to do a crime.