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Andres Rivera

Mr. Powers

English 1302

9-13-2023

Rehabilitation in Prisons. Final Draft

Day, Andrew. “At a Crossroads? Offender rehabilitation in Australian Prisons.”

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Vol 27, No. 6, 2020, PP1-9.

In this article, the author writes about how rehabilitation is at a debate on whether

taxpayers should be getting taxed more to introduce more rehabilitation and if our money

towards these programs impacts the re-imprisonment rates in Australia. The author speaks on the

statistics, the amount of money being invested, the physiological needs of prisoners, the outreach

to support these people, the way prison life is for inmates, and the rehabilitation methods to

introduce ex-offenders back into society. Nevertheless, the article basically is an insight on

whether or not more tax money should be invested into rehabilitation programs and to inform

people how it impacts the re-imprisonment rates.

Forrester, Andrew. “Improving access to psychological therapies in prisons.” Journal of

In this article, the author speaks about how mental therapy is important to maintain and

how it affects inmates in their daily lives. Changing these individuals who have problems is

important to our society is what the author tries to reinforce throughout his article and talks about

the changes that could be made to aid this change to furthermore therapy and help inmates have a
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healthy lifestyle and mindset. Many prisoners have something wrong with themselves mentally

and that is what the author tries to get across that these people must get the help they need, and it

is in the best interest of society to help these people change.

Helmut Kury, Sławomir Redo, and Evelyn Shea. “Women and Children As Victims and

Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration : Suggestions for Succeeding Generations.”

Suggestions for succeeding Generation, Vol 2, No 1, PP 5-860.

In this article, the authors write about how as a society we can help promote a better

society throughout our generations. The authors cross through ways that ex-offenders re-entered

society and how the process was and what tools they used to help them succeed. The authors

bring in many points to help offenders get better and how people can help them. They mention

how important it is to care for one another and bring up points in which they explain great ways

to help you get back to a regular lifestyle.

Hoan N. Bui. “The Impact of Network Relationships, Prison Experiences, and Internal

Transformation on Women's Success After Prison Release.” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation,

Vol 49, No. 1, 2009, PP1-19.

In this article, the author writes on the steps a group of women that were successful after

their prison release and what helped them achieve a successful life in society and how

rehabilitation in prison aided them to adjust to modern day society. The author speaks on the

factors that helped aid them such as rehabilitation programs, parole, social networking, and self-

preservation. They provide statistics showing the different perspectives and the way the women

were before prison.

McNeill, Katie-Marie. "A Re-Education on how to Work: Vocational Programs in

Kingston-Area Prisons.” Scholarly Journal, No. 89, 2022, PP1-28.

In this article, the authors write and research on how vocational and trade job training

impacts the post-prison life of offenders. Specifically, for the offenders in Kingston prisons. The

authors talk about the reformatory system in Canadian prisons and explain how re-entry into

society for ex-offenders is smoother and they now have a skill that could get them somewhere.

The authors explain how prisoners at an early age even made money working and made money

for prisons at the time. Overall, they go through the expenses, history, advantages,

disadvantages, and statistics behind work rehabilitation among offenders.

Muñoz, Jaime P., et al. “The Scope of Practice of Occupational Therapy in U.S. Criminal

Justice Settings.” Occupational Therapy International, vol. 23, no. 3, 2016, pp. 241–54.

After reading this article, the authors write about how therapists help inmates in prison get

mentally better and the process in which they go through. Throughout the article, they give facts,

statistics, and details on how these effects impact prisoners. The point that this article tries to get

across is that therapy in prisons is crucial and being that we are in a modern era we should see how

important mental awareness is for our offenders and society trying to forget about them is wrong.

Overall, I agree with the authors, that there should be more awareness for our inmates and the overall

effect of their prison experience really affects their entire lives.

O'Brien, Patricia. ""Just Like Baking a Cake": Women Describe the Necessary

Ingredients for Successful Reentry After Incarceration." Families in Society, vol. 82, no. 3, 2001,

pp. 287-294.
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In this article, 18 women were interviewed and described how they were able to have a

successful re-entry into society and what factors led them to get there. They speak on how

important self-preservation is inside prison and what advantages they used to come over

disadvantages. The authors provided data on what crimes were more prominent at the time of a

certain era. The article contains data that provides the questions asked to the ex-offenders and

gives us a look at how their responses truly impacted their successful re-entry into society.

Seigafo, Sheldon. "Inmate’s Right to Rehabilitation during Incarceration: A Critical

Analysis of the United States Correctional System." International Journal of Criminal Justice

Sciences, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 183-195.

In this article, the authors write about prisoners' rehabilitation and why they should have

the right to have rehabilitation programs. The author includes data from court cases to show why

the corrections systems’ rehabilitation programs are yet to be funded in a vast way. The authors

write about why rehabilitation programs are important and how they affect the post-prison life

for offenders. The author includes research done to prove that these rehabilitation programs do

have an impact on ex-offenders. Overall, the author supports Rehabilitation and believes that we

should invest more money and programs into helping offenders get back into society with a

lower re-imprisonment rate.

Tomer, Einat. “The wounded healer: self-rehabilitation of prisoners through providing

care and support to physically and mentally challenged inmates.” Journal of Crime and Justice,

Vol. 40, No. 2, 2017, PP 204-221.

In this article, the author writes specifically about Magen Prison. A prison that houses

mentally ill inmates. The prison is based on mental and self-rehabilitation which the prison

provides for these inmates. They get counseling and programs that help them “renunciate their

life of crime” (205). The author provides data and history to help show how effective these

rehabilitation programs are and expresses his findings and the different opinions and responses

people bring up. This article overall helps correlate rehabilitation with people with mental

illnesses, and mental problems in general.

Zivanai, Eugenia, and Gilbert Mahlangu. "Digital Prison Rehabilitation and Successful

Re-Entry into a Digital Society: A Systematic Literature Review on the New Reality on Prison

Rehabilitation." Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, PP1-12.

In this peer reviewed article, the authors speak about how technology is an important

consideration for rehabilitation for ex-offenders reentering modern day society. The article grows

through situations in which once an offender gets released from jail after so many years, they

experience difficulties when obtaining a job and learning to adapt to modern-day technology. So,

in a sense what the authors are trying to get at is that introducing technology is a step to

rehabilitation to our society especially when ex-offenders are now able to communicate with

their family and friends through a technological platform. They are also able to look for jobs

with apps such as Indeed that help you find a job with the help of a device. With a device you

can also view cars for sale, apartments, and homes! As the world has changed in comparison to

30 years ago, we no longer have our traditional forms of living and have now adapted to a device

that helps us save time and money from anywhere you get signal. The authors use credibility

from examples such as mentioned how “Scholars” can agree that technology is essential to social

conduct, job seeking, health and business (7). The authors also had a key factor showing a chart
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that had correlation of digital technology with post prison life (8). Which then provides statistical

evidence to show that correlation. The author also showed a cycle effect that shows that after

offenders receive digital technology rehabilitation throughout the cycle, they have a better re-

entry into society and have an enhanced post-prison life (9). From reading this article, the

authors did a great job of researching rehabilitation in prisons with a concentration on digital

technology. They backed up their information, provided concrete evidence, and used logos and

ethos.
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Works Cited

Day, Andrew. “At a Crossroads? Offender rehabilitation in Australian Prisons.”

Psychiatry, Psychology and Law, Vol 27, No. 6, 2020, pp 1-9.

Forrester, Andrew. “Improving access to psychological therapies in prisons.” Journal of

Helmut Kury, Sławomir Redo, and Evelyn Shea. “Women and Children As Victims and

Offenders: Background, Prevention, Reintegration : Suggestions for Succeeding Generations.”

Suggestions for succeeding Generation, Vol 2, No 1, pp 5-860.

Hoan N. Bui. “The Impact of Network Relationships, Prison Experiences, and Internal

Transformation on Women's Success After Prison Release.” Journal of Offender Rehabilitation,

Vol 49, No. 1, 2009, PP1-19.

McNeill, Katie-Marie. "A Re-Education on how to Work: Vocational Programs in

Kingston-Area Prisons.” Scholarly Journal, No. 89, 2022, PP1-28.

Muñoz, Jaime P., et al. “The Scope of Practice of Occupational Therapy in U.S. Criminal Justice

Settings.” Occupational Therapy International, vol. 23, no. 3, 2016, pp. 241–54.

O'Brien, Patricia. ""just Like Baking a Cake": Women Describe the Necessary

Ingredients for Successful Reentry After Incarceration." Families in Society, vol. 82, no. 3, 2001,

pp. 287-294.

Seigafo, Sheldon. "Inmate’s Right to Rehabilitation during Incarceration: A Critical

Analysis of the United States Correctional System." International Journal of Criminal Justice

Sciences, vol. 12, no. 2, 2017, pp. 183-195.

Tomer, Einat. “The wounded healer: self-rehabilitation of prisoners through providing

care and support to physically and mentally challenged inmates.” Journal of Crime and Justice,

Vol. 40, No. 2, 2017, pp 204-221.

Zivanai, Eugenia, and Gilbert Mahlangu. "Digital Prison Rehabilitation and Successful

Re-Entry into a Digital Society: A Systematic Literature Review on the New Reality on Prison

Rehabilitation." Cogent Social Sciences, vol. 8, no. 1, 2022, pp1-12.