Certification over Incarceration

Sierra Thurman
Professors Name
Course Title
November 14, 2013
Problem
Tour any ail cell an! ta"e note of #hat you fin!$ The %eneral &o&ulation ten!s to have a
fe# thin%s in common$ The most &rominent factor is that most of the men an! #omen #ho are
incarcerate! ten! to have a &reviously establishe! recor! of &etty crimes$ 'lthou%h the (e!eral
)ureau of Prisons states that the avera%e inmates a%e is forty years ol!, the more violent
criminals are, on avera%e, t#enty*five years ol!$ This is an a%e at #hich many in!ivi!uals are
!elvin% into their careers or !efinin% themselves$ +here !oes that leave those #ho have foun!
themselves behin! bars #ho are alienate! from the free!om an! necessities re,uire! to ma"e this
evolution- They are left as a statue of time, a remin!er of a &ast from #hich many of them #ill
never be allo#e! to recover$
To the %eneral &ublic, &eo&le #ho lan! themselves in ail are &eo&le #ho !eserve their
sentences$ The )ureau of Prisoners sho#s that more than .0/ of criminals are loc"e! a#ay for
!ru% relate! offenses, most of #hich are committe! in the attem&t to attain #ealth or to
financially thrive$ Such hol!s true #ith other offenses li"e ille%al immi%rants, robbers, an!
e0tortionists$ This sho#s an almost !irect lin" bet#een socio*economic class, #ealth, an!
criminality$ Therefore, there must be a more effective an! results !riven alternative to ail that
#ill affor! criminals the chance to rectify or further &revent their errors by brea"in% this lin"$
The 1Certification over Incarceration2 &ro%ram is a one that focuses on not only
e!ucatin% in!ivi!uals, but allo#in% them to ta"e this e!ucation to a hi%her level by achievin%
#or"in% certifications$ )ecause the tar%et %rou& consists of &etty criminals cau%ht u& in
monetary !iscre&ancies, these certification #ill ma"e more these criminals more a&&ealin% in the
#or"force an! more ca&able of le%itimately earnin% moneys so as to !eter them from future
crimes$ 1Certification over Incarceration2 #ill be run by &rofessionals in both the e!ucational
an! #or" #orl!s so that these violators are not only %uarantee! a sufficient e!ucation to e0cel
further in life, but they are also &aire! #ith ob &lacement officers at no cost$ Seen as a ste& to
financial free!om, 1Certification over Incarceration2 #ill be the barrier bet#een #or"in% for a
!ollar or robbin% for !ollar$
Goals-Objective
The obective of 1Certification over Incarceration2 is to sho# &ersons on the !o#n*si!e
of the la# that there are #ays to sufficiently receive an am&le amount of e!ucation an! trainin%
that #ill ai! in the &rovision an! survival of themselves an! their families$ 3ur %oal is to &lace
all in!ivi!uals, #ith sentences of seven years or less an! #ho are #illin% to coo&erate #ith the
system, into the &ro%ram as to start their #or"force trainin% an! certification as soon as &ossible$
'!mission into the &ro%ram #ill be base! u&on &sycholo%ically analy4e! surveys, tests, an!
other e0ams that can !etermine #hether or not the in!icte! &erson #as actin% !es&erately or
maliciously$ The latter #ill automatically be !is,ualifie! from the 1Certification over
Incarceration2 &ro%ram because actin% #ith malice sho#s no un!erlyin% 1%oo! !ee!2 of the
criminal act$ 5o#ever, those #ho have been foun! to &erform out of !es&eration #ill be
a!mitte! into the &ro%ram seein% that they #ere only loo"in% for a means to survive$
6eterminin% #ho is ,ualifie! an! truly !evote! to the &ro%ram is e,uivalent to
!eci&herin% #hether or not an inmate is rea!y for early release or a 15alf*#ay 5ouse2
submission$ Not only !oes it affect the success of in!ivi!uals in the lon%*run, but it also increases
the success an!, ultimately, the &otential su&&ort of the 1Certification over Incarceration2 itself$
+e #ant to assure that everyone is benefitin% from #hat the &ro%ram has to offer$ (or instance, it
#oul! be an honor to %ra!uate &ersons from the &ro%ram #ith teachin% certifications #ho, in
return, coul! become lea!ers an! e!ucators to future &ro%ram &artici&ants$ 3ur %oal is to create
as many em&loyment o&&ortunities as &ossible so that more in!ivi!uals #ill turn to a stea!y an!
le%al life versus revertin% bac" to a life of crime an! u&roar$
Methods
The success of this &ro%ram #ill reflect the &ro%ression of &artici&ants 7in terms of
course#or"8, the number of %ra!uates #ho #e can cultivate on a yearly basis, an! the
establishment of #or"force liaisons$ 'ttractin% &eo&le to the &ro%ram #ill re,uire heavy
a!vertisement an! su&&ort #ithin the system$ 9e%al officials an! resi!ents are nee!e! to en!orse
an! hel& fun! the trainin% ma!e available, the resources for the trainin%, an! the accessibility of
em&loyment situations$
)ecause this &ro%ram is e!ucational, it #ill be con!ucte! accor!in% to a state re%ulatory
curriculum an! relative certification stan!ar!s accor!in% to the s&ecific area of stu!y$
Partici&ants #ill be re,uire! to stu!y an! re,uire! to volunteer in their choice of stu!y: thus, they
#ill be able to !evelo& the &ro&er relationshi&s nee!e! to access em&loyment o&&ortunities$ +ith
this in min!, the te0ts, the trainers, an! the em&loyment #ill be !e&en!ent u&on ho# many
cor&orate an! authoritative fi%ures are #illin% to invest into the effort, albeit time or fun!s$
Evaluation
If #e can %et at least .0/ of the convicte! %ra!uate! an! at least 100/ of the community
involve!, then #e #ill have alrea!y establishe! a %uarantee! see! of success$ The easiest
mar"in% of success #ill be evaluate! by the amount of &ro%rams that are offere!$ This reflects
the system an! the communitys ability to #or" to%ether for a %reat cause$ The amount of
atten!ees of the 1Certification over Incarceration2 &roect #ill reflect a number of &romisin%
in!ivi!uals #ho have a stron% an! note! !esire to be &lace! on the ri%ht &ath$ ;!ucational
e0aminations an! em&loyment evaluations are the most &rominent #ay to !etermine #hether or
not the 1Certification over Incarceration2 &roect is a success$
<ust as &artici&ants are screene! an! e0amine! u&on a!mission, they must be evaluate!
an! test u&on %ra!uatin% the &ro%ram or before em&loyment$ It #ill be the same as if in a
technical or colle%iate institution, an! it #ill be the same em&loyment evaluation as if bein%
observe! by on*the*ob mana%ement$ The e!ucators an! em&loyers are consi!ere! ,ualifie!
in!ivi!uals #ho can !etermine #hether or not &ro%ram &artici&ants are &re&are! to %o to the ne0t
ste& in com&letin% the &ro%ram, #hich is the certification, em&loyment, an! release$
Conclusion
The bul" of inmates are those #ho sim&ly ma!e the #ron% !ecision in #hat to !o so that
he or she may survive$ 'fter observin% their res&onses to &rofessionally &sychoanalytical e0ams,
&ro%ram s&ecialist can !etermine #hether or not they are 7for lac" of better #or!s8 #orth
investin% time, e!ucation, an! trainin%$ +e are tryin% to create le%al citi4ens by enforcin%
e!ucation an! em&loyment as a tic"et to financial stability an! in!e&en!ence$ Not only #ill the
1Certification over Incarceration2 &ro%ram "ee& &eo&le off the streets, but it #ill also hel&
stabili4e our economy be "ee&in% our &enitentiary systems from becomin% overflo#e! an!
bur!ene!$