Research suggests that the majority of criminals who are sent to prison commit crimes when set free. What are the reasons? What can be done to solve the problem?

It is believed that a large proportion of criminals are known to re-offend after they have been released from

prison

. Several factors have driven

this

trend, which is not without solutions. There are two primary reasons why many criminals who have served their sentences, commit crimes again when set free.

First

,

prison

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the prison

is popularly regarded as

institution

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an institution

whose purpose is to punish wrongdoers. There is a public outcry against being soft on crime, and some argue that only the full weight of the law will act as a deterrent, even though it is not working. By the same token, a few resources allocated to

prison program

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the prison program

prison programs

to help offenders to make a fresh start in society.

Second

, prisons are overcrowded and often violent places, where the most hardened

criminals

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criminal

influence and intimidate other inmates, form a network to break the law in the future.

For example

, a criminal

prison

gang, called PCC do in Brazil. Despite some obvious reasons

of

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for

this

phenomenon, it will unlikely to be not without measures. The logic behind

this

is that the provision of higher-quality schooling to

law-breakers

someone who violates the law

lawbreakers

, allowed them to develop necessary skill sets, which could boost their employability later. Given a simple fact that those with better employment outcomes have

lower risk

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a lower risk

of displaying antisocial

behaviors

manner of acting or controlling yourself

behaviour

or turning to a career of crime. Another step is segregating the most dangerous convicts, in order to prevent an intimidation and bullying, from which offenders are released as even more expert criminals. In conclusion, a host of root causes behind re-offending crime have been identified.

This

development has resulted in various measures to mitigate delinquency.