In what is becoming a common feature of the courts, several young people are being sent to jail each day,Dale Erskinewhether being on remand or sentenced for criminal activities ranging from the pettiest to the most heinous of crimes.This has raised grave concerns among parents and other affected parties in society who frown upon the idea that prison can be the only resort to detour youths from a life of crime.Despite this notion, Director of Prisons, Dale Erskine, in an invited comment on the issue of rehabilitation of imprisoned youths yesterday,NFL Jerseys China Online, said, “There is hope for young offenders regardless of them being imprisoned by the State.”??????????????????????????? .This interview stems from the imprisonment of another youth who was on Friday last sentenced to 50 months imprisonment for armed robbery with a knife. The man who had committed the crime at the age of 17 and is now 18-years-old, was handed down that jail time by Magistrate Judy Latchman after being found guilty of robbing a man and his reputed wife of items worth in excess of $300,000.The atmosphere outside the court after the sentencing was tense, with some folks seeing the punishment as being too harsh given the age of the offender. Persons questioned whether this young man would be able to lead a normal life after his release from prison,Nike Men Air Max 97, or what would he have accomplished to divert him from his ways of crime after his imprisonment.In response to this,Discount NFL Jerseys, Erskine said that the prison organization is a coherently structured system that caters to the needs of young people; it rehabilitates and renews them for the society from which they were once extracted.The prison head said that first, the initiation process (prisonisation) of new inmates,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, specifically young offenders is not a one day process. One must learn to adapt to their new atmosphere and acknowledge the change from civilian life to that of having their freedom taken away.Erskine said that the prison system has an arm that is called the sentence management board, which is responsible for the inmates under its care. He said that there are various programmes devised to mold the needs of inmates.“This board is responsible for the assessment of these youths. It will also assign these persons to respective training programmes which would assist them in developing skills from the outside world.” There are behaviour skills programmes,Wholesale Adidas Hockey Jerseys, Erskine said, that aim to educate offenders on the mannerisms needed for society.Inmates are also offered opportunities to learn job oriented skills. They are trained to manoeuvre in a society that may pose challenges to them.Erskine also said that as part of the prisonisation process, new inmates would go through the registration stage of the initiation process which entails inmates having to be checked in. They would then change their clothing and be assigned to their dormitories or cells. Before this, Erskine said the new prison residents are told of the rules and regulations of the penitentiary. He claimed that the change of the inmate first begins in the lock ups. And the adherence to basic regulations that govern the prisons is the first step to rehabilitating the law breakers.Erskine added that when young offenders are imprisoned, they are placed in a dormitory designating them from the common and regular criminals. He advised that it would not be beneficial for these youngsters to be socializing or be placed in the same areas as the “average” criminal.Young deviant Guyanese can depend on the system to restore them to the mores of society.