Employment after prison

Just to make it clear I would like to summarize the opposing statement. First, criminals have a high percentage of getting put back into prison because of "Recidivism", or the relapse into a previous crime. The reason why such a large amount of freed prisoners are being sentenced again is because they have nothing to do. So they go back to what they were doing before. If criminals are able to be employed after they have served their time they will not be sent to prison because they have a job and are able to Rebuttal: First off, yes it is true that a large number of criminals are sent back to prison because they have nothing to do. However this has nothing to do with the fact that they are unemployed. For example, If a white man was unemployed does it automatically give him nothing to do and therefore cause him to perform a crime of some sort and be sentenced to prison? Of course not, why? because he is in a surrounding that is safe and far from illegal activities. Many of the inmates are Black and are from Black communities (Based on the Age specific arrest rates and Race specific arrest rates for selected offences 1993-2001 along with the 2000-2014 edition released by the FBI) and despite all the stereotypes that black communities get most of it is true. With an easy access to drugs and alcohol along with the "talk with your fists" attitude it is clear to see that anyone, not just the black community is prone to doing illegal activities. To sum up my rebuttal, Just because freed prisoners have nothing to do because they are unemployed does not mean that is the reason why they go back to prison. The reason why they go to prison is because they are placed back into the surroundings, the society that they came from. Argument 1: Criminals freed should not be employed because of their inability to cope with the outside world. Criminals especially those who have been given long sentences spend their days in a routine schedule. Meal times, free times, lights out have all been routine and has been that way for them for years. When they are freed they are unable to cope with that new-found freedom. If they are unable to cope with just living in the outside how are they to cope with the stresses of having a job that even normal people have a hard time doing. Also because they are unable to cope with the outside world they relapse into the crime that they had previously committed. Based on the studies on Long Term Incarceration done by the John Howard Society of Alberta, it shows that prisoners who have been imprisoned for long periods of time suffer many psychological problems during their time in prison. This includes deprivation of liberty,autonomy, and security. With these psychological problems still in their minds they are sent to the outside world where they are unable to deal with the world that has changed. To summarize, Criminals should not be employed because of their inability to cope with the ever changing outside world due to their long incarceration periods. Cite FBI- Age Specific Race Specific PDF https://www.fbi.gov... (1993-2001) http://www.bjs.gov... (1990-2014) Effects of Long Term Incarceration- http://www.johnhoward.ab.ca...