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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Savant" data-source="post: 177450" data-attributes="member: 546108">Is there a decent rehabilitation system in place now? I doubt it, but not posative.. Do I think we NEED a good rehabilitation system in our prisons to help reduce repeat offenders? YES..Not long enough, if they are present.. As I understand it there is pretty much a minimalist attempt at 'rehabilitation'.. things like an access to a GED is considered access to rehabilitation, but I don't think that is enough..This isn't a 'yes or no' question.. There are people of all walks of life that are "innocent bystanders".. is that societies fault? not directly, as such.. Do I think a lot of "innocent bystanders" in bad neighborhoods are casualties of a war based on actions of "society"? yes..Again, depends on what you mean.. I think a rehabilitation program could have seriously good beneifits if they are implimented properly.. Is that happening now? I don't directly know..Na, that's not a biased statement <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> .. Again, it depends on the true nature and implimentation of rehabilitation.. I don't really think our current system is based on actually trying to let people have what they need to "fix themselves", it's more based on bleeding as much money out of the government as they can, like any other business.. The very nature of "rehabilitation" means there is an honest effort to try and better someone that needs the help.. I don't really think that happens in our current system.. The rate of recidivism for non-****** crimes is not that high.. From what I gather, most 'repeat offenders' get convicted of a different crime, normally something harder than the original offense.. I could be wrong though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/smile.gif.1ebc41e1811405b213edfc4622c41e27.gif Again, not a yes or no.. it's a let take or get back.. and, if the gov would give a break down of it's expendetures, there is a very good chance I'd say "give".. keep in mind that I think it's pathetic that they ask me to donate a dollar to the presidential election fund when all of the candadates are usually multi-millionares..As a point of note, do you realize that the current state of affairs with the Iraq situation can cost us over $50 BILLION dollars, just to have some of those countries let us put planes/troops on their land? By contrast, our prison system gets less than $100 million a year (if I recall correctly what I read a few weeks ago).. With ~250 million people in the country, I'd be happy to over DOUBLE what goes to trying to educate/rehabilitate criminals if it meant only $1 per person in this country..As for the government asking us where our money goes, we get no say (other than our elected officials, which might not be the person that got the most votes).. All we can do is hope like hell that once we put people in office that they keep the general populous in mind.. course, that isn't what happens.. but..k.. you asked for "yes/no" answers, and I've walked past that //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif I'll shut up now //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif</blockquote>

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