Many criminals are poorly educated and unable to find suitable jobs after release. I generally agree that carrying out prison educational programs can lower the recidivism rate, although there exist other effective methods.

Prison education can teach and improve criminals working skills as well as offer them opportunities to obtain qualifications. This will help them find a career upon release, thereby making them less likely to recidivate. Release prisoners commit crimes often because they find it difficult to regenerate into society after a long prison term. The first and essential step for the integration is to get a stable occupation. If they are allowed to receive job training and pursue a degree, they will leave prisons with new-learned or upgraded skills, like repairing light bulbs and pipes. And then, these people will become assimilated into local communities rather than criminal habits.

Simultaneously, education can alter prisoners’ attitudes about getting something for nothing as well as recognize the value of effort. Some young offenders break laws because of a desire to earn money as fast as possible. When their salaries can not afford fashionable luxuries, they may tend to rob or steal to meet their vanity. Launching mental education in prison will deter this unhealthy mentality and help them rebuild proper consumption concepts.

Although providing education is a useful approach, it is not the best one due to no one-size-fits-all solution. Many juvenile offenders or first-time offenders can understand legal responsibilities through this training. However, for those recidivists or murderers, this method is invalid to correct their behaviors and reform their thoughts. Only by keeping them isolated from society, as a harsh penalty, can crimes be fought in an effective way.

In conclusion, prison education promoting inmates’ living quality after release can reduce the crime rate, but not the best one. We should take various measures according to different situations.