This document summarizes and quotes an article about prison overcrowding and correctional programming. It includes two quotes and two paraphrases from the article. The quotes discuss the need to address prisoner rehabilitation and that women often engage in crime for different reasons than men. The paraphrases note that ignoring prisoner rehabilitation issues will lead to worse outcomes in the future, and that female criminals often turn to prostitution and feed addictions to support their children.
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1. DB Unit 3 ENG105
Prison Overcrowding
Georgienna Bethel
Professor K. Williams
American InterContinental University Online
October 24, 2009
Quotation 1: "If we do nothing to address the problems offenders bring in with them now, then nothing
will change to improve the state of corrections in this country in the future."
Author: Kaiser, Randee M. (Apr. 2004), Article Title: Correctional programming: A value-added
service. Periodical title: Corrections Today, Volume 66, (Issue 2) pages 8(2) , Database: Academic
Search Premier, 01902563
Paraphrase 1: If we continue to ignore the crimes that criminal induce into our society why does the
law continue to waste hard earned taxpayer money to incarcerate these particular individuals ultimately
if we continue to ignore all the warning signs the outcome of years ahead will be devastating.
Title: “Correctional programming ", Apr. 2004
Quotation 2: "It is recognized that the majority of women who become involved in deviant behavior,
including crime and drug abuse, do so by different pathways and for different reasons than men."
Article Title: Correctional programming: A value-added service. (Apr. 2004), Periodical title:
Corrections Today, Volume 66, (Issue 2) page 8(2), Database: Academic Search Premier
Paraphrase 2: The statistics show that more females who participate in criminal acts and chemical
addiction nine times out of ten turn to prostitution to support their habits and most often feed their
children.
(Author: Kaiser, Randee M., Apr. 2004)
References
2. Kaiser, R. M. (2004, April). Correctional programming: a value-added service. (M. D. Services,
Ed.) Corrections Today , 66.2 , p. 8(2).