Rehabilitation In Prisons

When considering if a man is truly rehabilitated or not, where do we begin? What should we look for in this man to aid us in unfolding the truth? First, we should start by identifying rehabilitation. Rehabilitation is being restored to health or normal life by training and therapy after imprisonment, addiction, or illness. There are millions of inmates incarcerated in prisons across the US and in reality they do not all become rehabilitated before being released. However, Jonathan Wayne Nobles displayed, in several instances, that he had truly transformed into a new man by the radical positive change in his behavior, the attitudes and behaviors toward him by others, and finally, the empathy, love, and respect he began showing to the people

around him.
When Jon was first incarcerated in Ellis One Unit, he displayed a lack of respect for himself, the other inmates, and the faculty. He secluded himself from everyone else in the facility and even exhibited threatening and violent behavior to the point of cutting himself and attacking a guard. However, before the time of his execution, he had blossomed into a new man. He began to display a completely different kind of behavior. He started attending twelve step meetings, being kind to others and even became a Dominican and ministered to the other inmates in hopes that he could help them in some way. Jon was going to be executed soon and nothing could change that, so for what reason would he have changed his behavior so dramatically in such a positive way? Because he had a profound change of heart, that is why. He was becoming truly rehabilitated.
Maybe more evident than his own behavior, the way people around him began to treat him speaks volumes on his behalf. Once Jon had changed and became a helpful and caring man everyone around him could easily tell. Do you know how difficult it is to rebuild your reputation once it is ruined and to regain the respect of those you have mistreated? Well, I do, I also once committed unspeakable acts and was forced to become an inmate in a state penitentiary. While I was there I served my sentence, repaying my debt to society and I was truly rehabilitated as well! Once released it took years making good choices and doing the right thing before even my closest family and friends would consider treating me like a human being again. Can you imagine honorable Jon must have become to re-earn the respect of everyone around him?