Summary Of Released And Restored By Ruth Karlsson

Ruth Karlsson is the director of Released and Restored program. Her topic was about helping the inmates in prison to become humble educated people, so they do not return to prison. Her first main point was making us college students understand the huge problem we have with the Nebraska state prisons. She first explain how many state prisons there were in Nebraska, which was ten. Then Karlsson want us to understand how many people are in prison…5,3000. Karlasson tells us that Nebraska was sued for having too many inmates. She says that 67% if those inmates are release, but back for the same crime. She also mentions that Nebraska does not want to pay for education the inmates so they do not come back. Therefore, we see the problem that faces

The theme is that the job of the Released and Restored is intimidating, but rewarding. The assistant talked about how her job was to teach the inmates about job interviews, money, and anger management, and she enjoys the men classes. However, the assistant was overwhelmed and still is when she has to walk into the prison. She is nervous and advices that you be aware of your surroundings. She is only 22 years old and the people she teaches are much older than her, which makes it hard for her. Nevertheless, she makes connections with people in the prison, and she keeps in contact with the people when they are released. This shows that the Released and Restored people cannot be emotional for the prison is a tough place, but it has a lot to offer. The last major them Karlsson gives is that all prisoners are regular people, and that we should encourage inmates to do good things rather than stereotype them. In the classroom, she pointed out that there is no special look for inmates. They are regular looking people, and stereotyping inmates or trying to “fix” them decreases their self-esteem. Instead we should show them they are a person and that they have to believe it. How would you feel if you were judged instead of being

With Elliot Liedow’s studies, he showed that society affects how people live their lives not that the people choose live a certain way. We learned that the 67% inmates come back to prison for the same reason, because the social network of Nebraska does not want to pay for the education for the prisoners. Being a criminal is all the inmates know, because they never learned about job interviews or how to manage money. It is not the inmates fault, it is the society around them that judge and refuse to help. Self-esteem is the belief that one is a good and valuable person. The inmates probably did not start off with self-esteem, because their society always told them they are worthless and are going to end up like the rest of the criminals. However, Released and Restored try to but that self-esteem back into the inmates by educating them and making them understand they are good and they are valuable. Karlsson made it clear to the students that we cannot judge people based on the social stereotype, because for one it takes the self-esteem away, and that all prisoners are regular looking