Re-entry and Rehabilitation in the Jamaica Department of Corrections

Re-entry and Rehabilitation in the Jamaica Department of Corrections

Re-Entry in Jamaica Department of Corrections

The concept of re-entry in United States is not that old as it developed roughly a decade ago. Re-entry programming is established by the department of justice to help offender in learning the skills of life needed to become law abiding citizen and success in community. This programming provides various options such as drug rehabilitation, pre release program, work program and vocational training (Andrews, 2006).

The idea of reentry in Jamaica is somewhat unclear and non-existent. There are some measures required by government to be taken. Government can make this concept exist in the society by establishing financial mechanism that will pay for reentry and settlement program long term financing. Mechanisms such as a reentering national investment fund, national saving accounts program, and a Jamaican reentry program fund may help. These measures are very important to be taken because most of the returnees are willing to do better with their life and improve it in a positive way. Not only government but communities also need to participate in the entry process (Day, 2006).

Rehabilitation in Jamaica Department of Corrections

Within the field of corrections, there are several theories as to the most effective theory or philosophy in the case of the Jamaica task force, retribution, incapacitation; deterrence and rehabilitation are being advocated by various members. In this paper, the position will be taken that rehabilitation is the proper philosophy for the Jamaica corrections system. Moreover, going beyond this recommendation, the actual theory to be followed in rehabilitation will also be presented to show exactly how rehabilitation can be effectively put into practice. Explanations that Rehabilitation is the Right Course of Action the effectiveness of Rehabilitation is further discussed when the philosophy of Rehabilitation is explored in more detail (Davis, 2004).

First, the popular tendency for those in the field of corrections to simply throw up their hands and claim that nothing will ever work properly must be completely dispelled. Admittedly, there is no one course of action that is absolutely guaranteed to work, but there is proof that rehabilitation works in many cases and some methods rarely, if ever, work at all. The backbone of rehabilitation is the sort of reaching out to the prisoner during their time of confinement in order to facilitate those (Andrews, 2006).

Rehabilitation of Criminals

The rehabilitation system in Jamaica ...