Rehabilitation Efficiency in the Prison System

Does the prison system effectively rehabilitate prisoners to be released to society? Initially, my research question was “does the prison system effectively rehabilitate prisoners to be released, and after being released what gender is less likely to go back to prison”. The initial research question was too broad and required two separate questions to be answered. The first question to be answered is “does the prison system effectively rehabilitate prisoners”, secondly, finding out which gender (male or female) is less likely to go back to prison. The revision allowed adequate time to find information for my topic, and once the research question was narrow down it became easier to search for information. Looking for information became easier because I narrow the search option, which focuses solely on success rate and failure rate of prisoners after

being released from prison. Initially, when first starting the search yield was well in the double digits, but once narrowing down the topic the results drastically dropped down. The hassle was trying to find articles to interest myself, and be logical while presented it in the paper.
When finding reliable information, the next step was to input articles.

The first article found was by Pizzi, which states the United States has the highest incarceration rate, and incarceration may increase crime. This article is interesting, not because it speaks of the United States having the highest incarceration rate; however, it mentions that incarceration “may” increase crime. While going into the next article I considered government funded programs to help released prisoners to become successful when release and Second Chance Programs came up. The article about Crime Rate appeared, which states crime was down by four percent, violent crime fell five percent, property crime fell four percent, and these numbers are drastically lowering through the years. This article showed the success rate of released prisoners entering society. In the article suggested by Cholbi, people rational committing crimes based on the choice theory- being caught versus the benefits of successfully committing a crime. In this article, the choice theory explains in great details on the justification/ rationale for people to commit

crimes.
Ranking the three sources from most relevant to least relevant, Cholbi is the most relevant and Pizzi is the least relevant. Cholbi article is intriguing because it gives readers of the text the clarification and motivation behind committing a crime; whereas, programs must make a harder impact to motivate released prisoners not to commit future crimes. Pizzi article enlightens the thought that incarceration “may” increase crime, which goes back to the motivation to commit crimes mention by Cholbi. However, the article focuses on the numbers of incarceration in the United States, which “if a correlation could imply causation, then crime rates are extremely high due to the increasing amounts of people being incarcerated”. However, in the article Crime Rates, the writer disagrees and states that specific crimes are decreasing.
Overall, reflecting over my research question I believe it’s a good question to find out. Possible medication to the paper could be Should South Carolina offer a proposal to reduce crime rates. And some Possible proposals to reduce crime rates- offering inmates or ex-convicted felons opportunities to find jobs, developed new skills or trade, and the ability to assess counseling once release. These alternatives can possibly improve not only the society but also South Carolina. To find a program to reduce incarceration, create a positive outlet, and guide inmates to a second beginning would be wonderful. Initially, prison’s mission was to reattribute, incapacitate, deterrence, and rehabilitate intimates.