niques and other intellectual ways of deceiving people to obtain what they want. Eventually, they too create a threat to society. Parole board panels are overlook these flaws in screening an inmate based on his background, ignoring any development of new habits while incarcerated. Although statistics from state parole commissions show large numbers of recidivism (repeated offenses), parole boards fail to come up with a solution to improve screening techniques. This deficiency puts society at risk for crime once again.Time served in prison does not necessarily reform a prisoner. Too often inmates are not properly rehabilitated from their faults, and instead are further punished by being put in isolated cells for days, or months at a time, and their emotional and mental state are further aggravated. The paroled clients on my caseload at work often expressed how their mind would race with violent thoughts, and confusing desperation while in a small, unfurnished, cold cell in isolation, and being isolated from any other human being or activity twenty-three hours a day. They felt they were not taught how to cohabit in a violence-free environment, nor were they offered psychotherapy to deal with violent confrontations. By not having a proper support system, the parole board is releasing angry, short tempered inmates that can go off like a ticking time bomb when they come upon every day challenges in the outside world. Opponents of abolishing parole may feel that longer prison sentences would create angrier criminals and that parole in conjunction with rehabilitative programs would provide an opportunity to function in a less hostile environment again, but I disagree. Parolees will not function in either setting of prison life or society if they have not learned self-control, if they feel no remorse for their crimes, and are not properly rehabilitated in prison itself.Many people are against abolishing parole because it would overcrow...
