Quotes about Rehabilitation

Lashes and wounds scour evil, and beatings cleanse the inmost parts.

Then they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden. The cities that were once ruined, desolate, and destroyed are now fortified and inhabited.’

Once in a mental hospital, a person grows used to the the freedom that exists in the world of insanity and becomes addicted to it.

She did not question God's supernatural power, but how to go about convincing God of her sincerity? Faith wasn't like a muscle that could be enlarged through rehabilitation exercises.

America is the land of the second chance - and when the gates of the prison open, the path ahead should lead to a better life.

It is not the prisoners who need reformation, it is the prisons.

The galleys make the convict what he is; reflect upon that, if you please.

The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.

When you come off of injuries, you don't want to rush things.

One of the tests of the civilization of people is the treatment of its criminals.

'Getting smart on crime' does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

At first the solution was to build more prisons and cram more people into them, but that soon became prohibitively expensive. (Here Ed flicks through a few more slides.) Not only that, it resulted in platoons of prison graduates with professional-grade criminal skills they were more than willing to exercise once they were back in the outside world.