Can Prisoners Be REFORMED?

Is the Solution Part of the PROBLEM?


"Demeaning and demoralizing prisoners is the worst way to prepare them for the world outside." -AN EDITORIAL IN THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION

IN MANY Cases prisons simply act as a restraint-and a temporary one at that. When a prisoner is released, has he really paid for his crime? What about the victims or their loved ones?  "I am the mother of a murdered child," pleaded Rita when the convicted killer of her 16-year-old son was released after serving only a three-year sentence.   "Please stop for a moment. Think. Can you begin to imagine what this means?" As Rita's case illustrates, tragedy often lingers long after the courts have finished their business and the headlines have faded.  

The issue is of concern not only to those whose lives have been touched by crime but also to everyone else. After all, whether released prisoners have been rehabilitated or simply hardened by their experience behind bars has a direct bearing on your peace of mind if not on your very safety. 

Note: Food for thought. One of the Ten Commandments in the Bible is "Thou shalt not kill/murder.    Also, it says,  vengeance is mine saith the Lord.  Jehovah God is against murder or someone being killed. So,  the prisoners who are in prison for murder, if they don't repent or change their ways, when the time comes, Jehovah God will do what is necessary to punish these people. And he can do a lot more damage than any human or prison on this earth can do to anyone if he needs or wants to.   This verse from God about vengeance is his and his only, not for others to do it for him.   

Next time: Can Prisoners Be REFORMED?/Is The Solutions Part of the PROBLEM?

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