how can criminals be reformed
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It depends on mindset, some criminals wouldn't reform regardless of how much you spend on reform programs there will always be a significant percentage whose life is a cycle of jail and criminal recidivism.That said the majority of the criminals could be reformed if given the incentive and the opportunity.The main problem that offenders face, when it comes to deciding on a career or a life of crime, is that many criminals are excluded from the traditional career path due to their criminal record, often from an early age. A new system needs to be in place so that a criminal record background check, especially for small time offenders, is only relevant to the career path they follow. For example, people caught selling drugs can't work as a pharmacist, people accused of fraud can't work as an accountant or financial advisor, people accused of sex offences can't work in care homes, public swimming baths, etc. This is just a few examples. I met someone who was moving from the private sector to the public sector, working training prisoners. He was in his thirties and despite having no other convictions he was refused the job because he stole a watermelon from a market stall when he was sixteen. This is clearly ridiculous. If you are arrested for being in possession of one joint when you are eighteen that can stop you from getting any decent job in the future, which leads me to my next point.The number of criminal offences needs to be addressed to meet the changes in society. According to UK home office statistics nearly sixteen percent of young people smoke cannabis. There is no way that we can call a sixth of young people criminals, but we do. It's just a matter of luck who gets caught and who goes on to have a successful career. About half the police forces in Britain won't arrest for possession of small quantities. The other half will. If I lived about twenty minutes north of here I would go from an area where the police aren't bothered to an area where they seek out and prosecute end users.Cannabis is the main example of this type of legality lottery in the UK, and it is no way to run a fair legal system. The fact is that if my local constabulary tried to target the end user they would never get any other work done as they cover Bristol with it's large Rastafarian population.If this was a genuine effort to reduce the possession of cannabis to something less than criminal then I would applaud it but in reality it's just a question of managing resources. It doesn't change the fact that we wrongly call sixteen percent of the next generation criminals