"Pro-Rehabilitation Act"

The government (expenditures)

Prisoners

Family of prisoners

Victims of violent offenders

Family of victims

People searching for work

Citizens, after prisoners finish their sentences

Prison faculty, administration, and the institution as a whole

Provide better quality education & healthcare for prisoners

Buy quality product for cooking and provide
higher salaries for prison educators

Provide more resources for ex-convicts seeking to
re-integrate into society

Reduce rates of recidivism

Help long-term prisoners re-integrate into society with the required skills

Improve the mental health of prisoners

Help prisoners find their role in the world

Benefit the economy by causing an influx of skilled workers

Destigmatize prison

Image of prison changes from that of a criminogenic milieu to one of rehabilitation and improvement

Prison institutions not abiding by the Pro-Rehabilitation Act will be fined $750 000 and must show an intent to change infrastructure in compliance with the act or be closed down

$5800 per prisoner in any given facility (double what is being paid right now, which is approximately 1% of the correction system's budget) for education

$200 million to improve the quality of prison healthcare in the province of Canada

The "Pro-Rehabilitation Act" would fall under constitutional law.

John Howard Society of Ontario

Toronto Prisoner's Rights Project

PASAN