http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/media/social-worker-california-needs-to-spend-more-to-rehabilitate-inmates.html NASW Communications Network - Social Workers speak out on television, movies and other media Wed, 08 Feb 2012 18:45:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/media/social-worker-california-needs-to-spend-more-to-rehabilitate-inmates.html#comment-1885 gayle Sun, 31 Jan 2010 10:15:11 +0000 http://www.socialworkersspeak.org/?p=2022#comment-1885 I completely agree with Ms. Meyer . My boyfriend was returned to jail 1st time on minor parole violation and now 2nd parole violation left him in there for 6 months , he is to get out in April 2010. Since he has been in there he falls back into what I call " jail mentality ". He recently sent me a horrible email due to things he cooked up in his mind because I had not written in 3 days . He ended up apologizing profusely and saying he was not a nice person and such. He did comment when he first got out he was seeing counselors but he had to beg to get that help . I just hope when he gets out this time he will be able to see counselors again as that really helped him and us. I have said all along that on these minor parole violations jail was not the answer . It only turns back all the good and progress one has made and then getting out again might just seem so completely overwhelming . Are we in the business of setting up ex-inmates to fail ? It sure seems that way to me . This system we have esp. in CA needs to be updated , modernized and fixed . But will we ever really see that happen ? I certainly hope so but maybe its just wishful thinking . I completely agree with Ms. Meyer . My boyfriend was returned to jail 1st time on minor parole violation and now 2nd parole violation left him in there for 6 months , he is to get out in April 2010. Since he has been in there he falls back into what I call ” jail mentality “.
He recently sent me a horrible email due to things he cooked up in his mind because I had not written in 3 days . He ended up apologizing profusely and saying he was not a nice person and such. He did comment when he first got out he was seeing counselors but he had to beg to get that help . I just hope when he gets out this time he will be able to see counselors again as that really helped him and us. I have said all along that on these minor parole violations jail was not the answer . It only turns back all the good and progress one has made and then getting out again might just seem so completely overwhelming . Are we in the business of setting up ex-inmates to fail ? It sure seems that way to me . This system we have esp. in CA needs to be updated , modernized and fixed . But will we ever really see that happen ? I certainly hope so but maybe its just wishful thinking .

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