This method may deter ex-convicts from retuning back to prison. The problem would be if prison is supposed to be a place that provides many rehabilitation programs, why is it a greater percentage of prisoners going back to jail soon after release? Inmates are given a choice to attend educational programs when they all should be mandatory. There are ways to reform prisoners to prevent them from recidivism. The problem with prisoners and their mentality to do wrong once released, may be caused by lack of education, inability to gain lawful employment, accessibility to drugs, institutional trained mindset, or lack of family support.
Education is a means of preventing criminal behavior and preventing recidivism. Education programs are given to inmates only because it is believed that criminals lack academic, vocational, and social skills that are needed to be successful in society. If one lacks these areas, he or she would turn to crime in order to survive. Most criminal acts are