Why another offence after being punished? What measures can be taken?

      An unbearably painful subject is that a high proportion of ex-criminals are about to commit crimes again after serving their first punishment. While there are several reasons for this tendency, such as social and educational background of the offenders, the overdone disapproval of the society or their inability of rehabilitation, a number of effective measures can be taken by governments to tackle this problem.

      The way many people see it, there are two objective reasons for commiting reoffends. 

     Firstly, the prison system itself can make the matters worse. It’s mostly connected with the ‘bad company’: criminals are put together in cells and while they are locked up, they may even plan crimes with other inmates. Secondly, offenders simply do not have any other means of earning money, as they are in crisis, penniless, without proper education skills to maintain a job. What is more, a criminal record makes it difficult to find a job.

     To tackle this problem, the punishment system should have not only a strictly punishing effect, but also an educational one, trying to rehabilitate the criminal behaviors of the offenders.  

     In addition, jails need to have some trainings to help them integrate into society after serving their punishment, change their criminal behavior.

     They can even learn some practical skills, so that can be hired for a position in future. Moreover, the can learn how to use their skills for serving the society after releasing from prisons.

    Besides, there has to be a positive feedback on behalf of the society, as people’s disapproval regarding those with criminal background is sometimes one of the problems of the offenders’ inability of reintegrating into the normal society, turning over a new leaf.

     In conclusion, both sides have to do something about it. The offenders should try their best to prove that they are worth of rehabilitation and the society should give them all the proper chances for this to happen.