The only key that a man can be given that can he can only open will lead to his own achievement and success. The key is education. Sydney J Harris said, “The primary purpose of a liberal education is to make one’s mind a pleasant place in which to spend one’s leisure,” I found this quote to be inspiration, acting as a beacon for what we as a society need to contemplate as improvement on the mental health of those who have made mistakes and are paying for them by being separated from more than just other prisoners; in fact the disconnect is from humanity itself. Educational opportunities should really be offered to those who are sentenced to the Ad-Seg part of prison. Currently worksheets and other study materials are offered to the students who have the want to learn but these prisoners are not being taught. A disconnect in the availability of someone who could break things down really interact and teach these criminals would remarkably reduce the stress and mental strain that is associated due to the inability to comprehend something without help. In order for these prisoners to really start receiving the education that they have been offered they should have some type of access to a teacher or tutor who can really answer the questions that they have …show more content…
Yes every criminal that is in the solitary confinement has a reason as to why being sent there, and the purpose of suggesting alternative ideas to how these men and woman can be treated differently is really based off of the inhumane way of punishing a crime. The ideas that are given here I think will only benefit the ever growing population of incarcerated individuals. The exact number of criminals that are serving time in solitary really varies and is hard to really pinpoint the exact number of incarcerated often isn’t even recorded correctly. The whole purpose and intention of incarceration to punish and reform the behavioral aspect of the crime leading to a “rehabilitation.” Under what is expected to happen when a prisoner comes in and shows possible mental complications and the acts in a manner that the punishment equals solitary shouldn’t the mental state of the individual require the attention of someone with a degree is some kind of psychological