Why does almost every criminal become a saint after going to jail?

Joir

Plenty of time to think about doing the right thing.

biancajh

It'll either fix you or **** you.

Mickey Mouse Spears

I've worked as a supervisor at a parole office for years, and I don't see that. That's not to say it doesn't happen.

There was a guy on death row at Stateville Pen. in Illinois. He was a leader of a major gang in prison, and was actually pardoned based on DNA evidence exonerating him of the murder he was convicted of. Subsequently, he became the poster child of wrongfully condemned inmates, hooked up with Jesse Jackson, and even ran for Alderman in Chicago. He lost. Since then, he's been arrested on either drug or weapons charges. Aaron Patterson, the prison gang leader turned saint, was back to his old self.

Judy C

It's funny how fast convicts find God in prison. It helps to put on the front that they are " good " to the staff and the parole board. I've seen it too many times. They lose God when they get released. I've seen that too many times also.

prince8814

they don't they just get better at being criminals and don't tell anyone about the crimes they commit. once you realize what got you caught you don't do it again or you do it differently the next time.

Zabe

I don't think they do and the statistics agree that they don't:

# The rearrest rate for property offenders, drug offenders, and public-order offenders increased significantly from 1983 to 1994. During that time, the rearrest rate increased:

- from 68.1% to 73.8% for property offenders
- from 50.4% to 66.7% for drug offenders
- from 54.6% to 62.2% for public-order offenders

# Overall, reconviction rates did not change significantly from 1983 to 1994. Among, prisoners released in 1983, 46.8% were reconvicted within 3 years compared to 46.9% among those released in 1994. From 1983 to 1994, reconviction rates remained stable for released:

- violent offenders (41.9% and 39.9%, respectively)
- property offenders (53.0% and 53.4%)
- public-order offenders (41.5% and 42.0%)

The 1994 recidivism study estimated that within 3 years, 51.8% of prisoners released during the year were back in prison either because of a new crime for which they received another prison sentence, or because of a technical violation of their parole.

Belen

I beg to disagree with your statement. Criminals only act like saints while in prison because they have nothing else to do. They know they will beneft by exhibiting good behavior but that does not necessarily mean that they have changed.

el arracadas

cuz no one cares about them they start reading the bible and then repent cuz the have been through hell in there and they dont want to go trough it while dead

836 by K-9

Because when they appear before a Parole board to get out of prison and finish their time on the street, they can fall back on everything godly that they have learned while being in the "Department of Corrections" and how much they have been "rehabilitated" while being in custody and it shows how much ready they are to be back with society.

Dead man

Torture from other jail mates they become worse when they go to jail.

hanvis

They actually become saintly criminals.

scruffycat

EVERY? You know that's an exaggeration. In a nutshell, some wise up... some don't.

manjunath s

By default human mind does not believe in commtting crime or harm fellow human beings. The distance and obstacles that takes for human being to cross these hurdles to understand determines the quality of human being. The moment a human being realises this will reform and correct. It may be due to good exposure or commit mistakes and learn.

susieq j

They don't trust me on this one

nickle

gives them something to do for about 10 minutes

ulagam

No. That is a sweeping generalisation. Not every criminal who returns from jail, becomes a saint.

flowerpower

The majority of our convicts in the US are drug addicts. Its easy for them to grasp on to religion as another addiction. Incarceration makes you re-evaluate your belief structure, value system and other moral stratigies. Church survice is often the only program available for a prisioner to participate in. Since addiction is already a predispositon, faith becomes an obsession, just like a fix, and a substitute for the withdrawl craving. Even worse, once released and assimulated into the public they often forget their jailhouse convictions of faith and end up right back in jail. Addiction is a physical disease and cannot be cured by finding God. I am not saying that christianity is to blame nor am I trying to be disrespectful to christians, I am only stating a fact that it is often used as a crutch for addicts who cannont handle life without some type of reality alteration, or something to consume the pain.

karunya

Your assembtion is wrong. Some may change again to cheat. All Punishments are to main an order, but with that alone we cannot change one's mind. If we want to change a criminial we should find out what is the cause forced him to do that? and if we give our minimum support like good advice to come out of it they will start thinking and that kind of criminals can change like a good human beings.

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