Prison in Pa after decades of growing are now hopefully going to be turning the tide, currently there are over 58,000 men and women in the state’s prisons, however due to the rising costs (over $74,000.00 a year to house those in the geriatric prison). Pennsylvania (both sides of the aisle) is now ready to change the way business has been done, it’s time to emphasize less the punishment and more the rehabilitation.
We at Aleph Institute, with over twenty years of working with this population, maintain that the focus has to be on rehabilitation, and that means working with the individual on case by case basis, holding their hands.
We work with the individual helping them with productive employment, housing, medical help, ensure they have decent clothing and that they have food and most important they feel part of a community which is there to help them and work with them thru their transition to being a productive part of the community.
The government would be far ahead of the game, both fiscally and productively, with working with agencies like Aleph in making this world a better place.