Monday, June 17, 2013

This, Too, is Prison Reform

   If it is wise to offer the prisoner self respect, it is also wise to teach respect of others. It will not be often that the criminal arrives at committing crime without having a shortage of respect for other people. The same as I wondered why building a person's self-respect is not a set part of the prison experience, so I wonder why we do not endeavor, through a set program, that the prisoner is taught respect of others.
   Sending them to jail punishes them. But, if we are to reform them, they must be changed. They will be much more inclined to leave off crime if they have a healthy respect for the world around them, and the people they make contact with.
   No answers tonight. But, what could be done to help instill a respect of others?

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