Sometimes prison can feel like a public rec center. You can take gardening classes. You can train a seeing-eye dog. You can learn to play a musical instrument.
The rationale: These things are healing and rehabilitative.
The counterargument: They just make more cultured criminals.
Actually vocational training may be more practical then cultural training. I have heard that some have been known to commit crimes and deliberately get caught, just to get back to prison because they aren't trained to earn a living.
Posted By: jason taylor on September 24, 2009 5:53 PM
Yeah, I like the job training offered in prisons. Rehabilitation *can* work for those who want to change.
Posted By: Ben W on September 24, 2009 5:01 PM
How about "they make busy criminals". Who are busy doing other things besides telling stories of their crimes. That at least has some advantage.
Posted By: jason taylor on September 23, 2009 10:09 PM
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