Zachary+Craig,Annual+Project

=Some people think that prison is the answer to helping deter crime. But does prison time actually lead to reform? I do not think that prison time does leads to reform for the following three reasons. Tough prisons make criminals worse. Prison system has given up on rehabilitation. Innocent people get put in prison.=

=Firstly, I do not think that prison time leads to reform because tough prisons make criminals worse. When in prison criminals learn new tricks to doing a crime. Some criminals commit crimes while incarcerated. The talk in prison is all about who will do what to who and what they have done.While in prison criminals hatch new schemes and plan about crimes they'll commit when their released.=

=Secondly, I do not think prison time leads to reform because the prison system has given up on rehabilitation. In California there are plans to cut $250 million from the rehabilitation program. They think that cutting the rehabilitation programs now are a bad move because of the pressure from federal courts on the overcrowding prisons. These rehabilitation programs were made to help criminals get a better state of mind so they can hold down jobs and etc. At eight prisons rehabilitation programs will be closed and 12 will remain and up to 900 staff members will be laid off.=

=Thirdly, I do not think prison time leads to reform because innocent people get put in prison. A man named Micheal Williams was sentenced to life with no chance of parole. He was sent to one of the nations deadly prisons. 24 years later Williams DNA was tested at different labs and it was determined he was not the man of the crime.= = = =In conclusion, prisons do not reform criminals. They are unhelpful due to the cuts of rehabilitation programs. Many people are falsely convicted of things they haven't did.=

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