The Role of Rehabilitation in Criminal Justice
When talking about rehabilitation, it shouldn't be for the drug addict alone, we think rehab is for only drug addicts while prisons is for the Criminals, if you have ever been to prison to check on someone or been to any police station then you will agree with me that the way they are treating those people is inhumane, not all of them are criminals, we have some innocent people just because they do not have a good lawyer to proof their innocence keep them in prison.
The only thing I know that is constant is change, a hardened criminal can change if they are taken care of with love and with the word of God, it is not all of them who love to be criminals, most of them always feel sober when they are caught and blame their misfortune on their parent, maybe they lack parental love or one thing lead to the other.
Prison should be a correctional center as it implies but not the kind of prison we have in this country, it is a place where they contact many diseases before they are free, prisoners are now used as slaves, cutting grasses in the city, and this is not right at all.
Prisoners should be taken care of as human beings not neglected for years and when they are free they will now be unless for themselves and idle, I would say that prisoners should be occupied while in prison, they can have a college or better still employ people who will be coming to teach them a skill, like baking, hairdressing, tailoring and so on, by doing this they will understand how to live on their own when they are free, I think that is part of rehab.
Helping them is one of the major gifts they can have, their years will not be wasteful, they will put their mind to whatever skill they choose to learn rather than abandon them inside the prison and let most of them suffer for what they know nothing about, I had the opportunity to visit one of the rehab centers in my city, most people that are in this center are very influential people, they are daughters and sons of ministers and they are very useless, they are drug addicts and they always paid heavily for this service but prison is free in my country while can't drug addicts be in prisons too, so that they will know that it is a serious offense to be a drug addicts or baron in the country? This will not be possible because these people are well known and they always bribe their way out.
I believe that criminals can be rehabilitated, even if he is a chronic criminals, with words of encouragement and showing love to them m, they can change and with the word of God and constant prayers, no one prays to be in this kind of prisons that we have in this country, my sister will always say that a spoiled and rusted wristwatch or bangles are better than new handcuffs.
Those criminals I am talking about are fraudsters, and armed robbers not murderers, while you kill someone and expect the law to pardon you, there should be an instant judgment for anyone who kills, no second thought at all but talking about armed robbers they can still change and most of these people are not really whom they think they are, but I can not justify such behavior, crime is a crime, no matter what led you to it, but every criminal can change if they are taking care of with love and there should not be any segregation. Let us show love to criminals as well, they are part of us.
This is my entry for this week's episode of hivelearners community prompt of #hl-w117e03 which the topic is DO YOU BELIEVE IN REHAB?
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Nigerian prison is the worst place to be, I don't pray for anyone to go there, cause that place is a place of torment and nothing more, like you've said, prison should be a place where those inside can learn things even if it's a skill so when they come out, they can earn a living without going back to their former lives.
Rehabilitation is essential stage in life where every criminal should pass through because it gives hope for a better living and tomorrow likewise society
The entire issue surrounding the prison system is very complex. If we stop to analyze, nothing is done the way it should be, and many injustices end up happening.
The mercy of God has kept us. I want to agree with that criminals can be rehabilitated no matter the condition. They might become useful tomorrow.
The situation in most of our prisons is very terrible. They just treat these people like they’re not humans. It’s really sad.
They also deserve to be shown love. A little bit of humanity wouldn’t hurt.
I believe what we see in movies about how criminals are treated overseas is the truth. Those people believe in correcting these victims in love, training them in different skills and giving them a good shelter, so that when some of them are released, they would have gained some thing. Not the prisons in my country would provide that. The warders are good at judging and condemning them, treating them like animals. Above all, feeding them unhygienic meals. They need to be corrected in love and this may change some of them and turn a new leaf.
Nigeria prison is the bad prison I even seen, the way they treat there prisoners are very bad they will treat them as if they are all animals without showing any pity for them, also I think criminals should also be rehabilitated no matter the situation.
My dear Nigeria prison is the worst place anyone should go. There is need to rehabilitate criminals
It is actually called a correctional center but what we have here is far worse than a place where convicts are to be rehabilitated. Most of them even learn more crimes while in there. Some of them were put in there due to no crime but conspiracy and wickedness of man. Just like you said, they are humans like us and should be treated as one.
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Last week,a friend shared how her mom was arrested for a crime she knew nothing of. It was really tough and the woman even testified of innocent people rotting in the jail for life and the way they're being treated, hmm!
They also deserve love like the humans they are. Thank you for sharing.
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