After-care programs, boot camps, and alternative schools are some of the ways in which the government is approaching the problem. After-care programs provide supervision and counseling. They are also supportive of ex-cons to stay in school. Boot camps are set up to instill a sense of discipline and prepare them for re-entry into the school environment. They also equip them with the tools to resist the pressures to go back to their former life of crime.
Alternative schools are the third way that reformers are being assimilated back into society.
These schools provide individual attention and a structured environment. Dr. Barry Krisberg, president of the National Council on Crime and Delinquency, in San Francisco, said that school is an essential element to the success of ex-cons. If you fail in school or you drop out, you're not going to get a job except in the drug trade. But the vast majority of kids who exit the juvenile justice system never enter school and certainly never enter school successfully. While there have been attempts to reintroduce young ex-cons back into society, with better morals, some would like to implement legislation to keep them behind bars for longer periods of time.