Institutionalized

Personally I know no one that has been in jail or prison. I only know of stories that I hear. I live within 20 miles of 2 prisons. I have 2 cousins that work as electricians in 1 prison and a brother in law that works as a prison guard in another (near NYC). I do believe that statement is true. I think if people have been in for a long part of their life and they have no family or outside help once they are released they may do something to land them back in prison- It only makes sense- It is what they know—Kind of like their home. It’s sad! A lady my mom works with- her daughter is a cook in the prison. She is supposed to have a prison guard with her when they leave the kitchen to go get supplies and food. They were slacking off one day (imagine that)... And she went in the elevator alone to go down to the big fridges. There was a prisoner who had seen her- He was up for release the next week- He got in the elevator with her and told her how sorry he was but raped her! She yelled for help- the guards thought she was messing around. The prisoner told her that he didn’t want to leave- Needless to say she doesn’t work there anymore- Neither do the 2 guards that were in that location (glad about that) and the prisoner is still there serving more time for rape! What a sad sad life!

Yes, I think that this is very true when you get accustomed to that life thats all you know.

Hi Kat, yes they do call this institionalized as the repeat offender do find it exceptionally difficult to live a normal life as they are used to the life behind bars, and I do think that this cycle can be changed if they are given more of a chance by not only the rehabilation programs but from others giving some of these offenders a second chance in life as most of them when they cannot cope due to people not accepting that they are going to change their lives this is where the main problem lies.