Once she's in jail, we should be preparing her to rethink her life and gain the skills she will need to become a responsible citizen. That's a very troubling issue for me. The climate, in general, is, I think, a reaction to growing violence in the community and pervasive fear. I think people are simply fearful of offenders on the street, and see prison as an answer. Those of us working in system understand all to well that simply putting a violent offender will not solve the problem.
People fail to realize that most offenders are in prison for a relatively short period of time.
If we fail to provide an opportunity for prisoners while they are institutionalized to rehabilitate themselves, they will emerge even more violent. I'm not sure that we can ever make the public truly understand that. The level of their anger presently is just to deep. Our next question for Warden Roberta Richman comes from Gumby1618 and is a follow up. Every prison does different kinds of programs.