1-15-2017
In Class Peer Response Activity.
Response From:
APUS 2nd Master’s Degree Student
Miss. Bayo Elizabeth Cary, AA, BA, MLIS
Cell: 1-352-872-4774
Email: mumbaibayo.cary@yandex.com
Question: Is it possible, to rehabilitate, a terrorist?
In week one I posed the
question: Why should we focus on the rehabilitation of the terrorists
themselves instead of rehabilitation of the societies? Why should we focus on
the rehabilitation of the inmates instead of rehabilitation of the families?
Furthermore, how successful are we in rehabilitating terrorists and/or inmates?
It is a lofty question to ask. -Eliizabeth Buck
The question of reforming
a “terrorist,” is based on more, than just the basics of reacidification. The
problem, when it comes to reform, and a “terrorist, extends beyond: petty
criminal activity, or, a minor felony. Terrorism, in the US, is categorized, as
a: Federal Crime, and can be legally addressed, in a court system-in many ways,
separate, from the traditional US court room, because, it is such a serious
crime by nature-against: America.
Different countries, have chosen to
respond to the question: “Can terrorists be reformed”-in much different ways.
As of, 2015, the country of Australia-as led, by the then, PM Malcom Turnbull,
believed, that the strictest of measures, should be levied against terrorists,
convicted in Australia (Wroe and Kenny 2015, “Sydney Morning Herald”):
Convicted terrorists
would be treated like paedophiles and kept behind bars even after their
sentences have expired under a bold plan to be put before the federal and state
governments on Friday. The proposal,
which is set for discussion at Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull's first Council
of Australian Governments meeting of state and territory leaders, is being
pushed by Liberal MP Dan Tehan, who heads the parliamentary joint committee on
intelligence and security matters. (Wroe and Kenny 2015, “Sydney Morning Herald”)
Australia, presents
itself-to the media, and to the rest of the world, as being a conservative
country, and, the decision, to extend sentences, of terrorists convicted in
Australia-is of sound judgement. Terrorists, are oft times, as “mentally ill”-at
least, as pedophiles-or worse, and lengthy research, has gone into, the
question: “Are pedophiles reform able?” According to, empirical research study
after study-it has been clearly determined, that, adults, who sexually abuse
children-are never able to alter their behaviors towards children-significantly
enough, to re-enter society, and to ever interact with children again:
"The best way we can
do this is by treating terrorists like paedophiles, as both prey on innocent
and vulnerable people in society," he writes. "Terrorists who are
imprisoned and who end their terms unreformed have to be treated as an ongoing
threat." (Wroe and Kenny 2015, “Sydney Morning Herald”)
I live in the United
States right now, and, within the state of Florida-touted as a conservative US
State. In Florida, because pedophilia, is not a behavior, that can be
rehabilitated, my state-sterilizes men, who are convicted, of child sex abuse,
as well as, segregating sex offenders, into separate neighborhoods-away from
children. In fact, individuals who
consent to terrorism, and, who support terrorist activities, are as dangerous,
and as un-reform able, as any pedophile-anywhere, and therefore-a short leash-must
be utilized, to keep the remainder, of society-safe.
I think that, maintaining a “terrorist,” in
an institutionalized environment-indefinitely, may be the only safe response
possible, to terrorism. However, some countries, like the US, have tried to
utilize various techniques of prisoner reform, for reintegration, into society.
It is my opinion, that: Gitmo, is not been run legally, and by US, or
International Geneva Convention Standards-although, I have not been invited, to
investigate, and to report-myself-yet. The US states, that there are flights
currently, from some major cities in the US, to Cuba. I speak Spanish well, and
therefore, I am looking into the possibility, of visiting Gitmo, Cuba, to
collect-as a voluntary self-designed APUS internship, information and
intelligence, about-what is really happening, at: Gitmo.
As a market economy, the US is based on
money. For enough money-anyone, can buy their way, out of a US institution.
People who work at US: jails, prisons, mental hospitals, and even Gitmo-accept
cash, and then, provide the buyer, with a key, to the exit door. To say, that a
criminal in the US, is: “locked up for life”-is never true. If you happen to
come by enough money-then, USD-can be, your ticket to freedom.
In most-if not all, US major
cities-as per my own investigations, through traveling in America-people, stand
around, at busy intersections, with a tray full of keys. Sometimes the keys are
to: vacation homes that are not being used, sometimes to a storage unit
belonging to a deceased, sometimes to an apartment that has been left empty for
unknown reasons, and sometimes, for a: jail, or prison cell door, etc. In
America-if you have enough money to offer, you can probably buy-almost
anything-far more, than just keys-and that is a serious problem for America, as
well!
Is America, really safer if
terrorists, are placed in an institution, and then, through terrorist networks,
the man/women, eventually a masses, enough money, to buy a way out? In Florida,
when someone commits an unusually heinous crime, then, that individual, is sent
to: “death row.” In my opinion, terrorism, is such a severe crime, against the
US, that-it should be warranted, as: “a death penalty crime.”
When a person, is unconscionable
enough, to wreak a dangerous havoc, against their own country, and at the
peril, of their own friends and family-then, that individual-should suffer the
greatest loss possible-that of life! There are no real reform possibilities,
for terrorists-in the US, or anywhere in the world. Gitmo, Cuba-which run by the
US, terrorists escape to freedom-all of the time, and, that-re-endangers
society, and puts the US, and the reminder of the world-at too high a safety risk.
Canada's spy service,
CSIS, has raised concerns about the spread of extremist views within the prison
system, noting in a 2012 threat assessment that "studies have identified
that Islamist extremists have been further radicalized in prisons in countries
such as Canada. (Quan 2013, “Leader Post”)
Some countries, like
Canada, have noticed, that-in fact, the time spent by terrorists, in
confinement, in institutions, such as: jails/ and prisons-has only made, those
particular institutions-far too dangerous, for the general population to
function in, and, for the staff, to run safely.
References
Quan, Douglas. 2013. “How best to rehabilitate
terrorists in prisons?”
Leader Post, Sask,
Regina, January 5. Accessed January 15, 2017. file:///C:/Users/Mumbai%20Eliza/Documents/APUS%20Respone%202%20Peer%20Week%202%20How%20Best%20To%20Rehabilitate%20A%20Terrorist.pdf
Wroe, David and Kenny, Mark. 2015. “Plan for
terrorists: reform or die in jail.”
Sydney Morning Herald,
December 11. Accessed January 15, 2017. file:///C:/Users/Mumbai%20Eliza/Documents/APUS%20Week%202%20Peer%20Response%202%20Terrorist%20Should%20Reform%20or%20Die%20in%20Jail.pdf
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