Opening/Attention:
- Arts bodies with expertise in criminal justice are facing closure.
- The question is: "Should Canada use music and art to rehabilitate prisoners?”
- Many studies and research have been gone, and they found out that art have a strong affect to the prisoner's lives, especially in helping them move away from crime.
- Therefore, my answer is yes.
Spoken Link: To beginning with, let hear the feeling and the thinking of prisoner who has experienced this kind of rehabilitation.
Emotion/Story:
- “How does the art support a positive life? It gave me an aim in life!”
- Rehabilitation through the art is a powerful thing. It makes you think differently.
- If you …show more content…
Young people can often become inspired and find new pathways open to them which they never knew existed."
Spoken Link: On the other hand, there are so many opposite opinion.
“Rebuttal”:
a) Wasting money on arts projects is senseless.
- The main point of prison punishment is rehabilitation then gives back to the society.
- Art education can change the prisoner, such as improved self-awareness, communications skills and developing a positive sense of self.
- The Reimagining Futures research shows that it relates to the process of desistance from crime.
b) We should develop resettlement programs, which can help them get a job.
- A plan have a variety of educational activities, including are education, will dramatically improve the success of resettlement program.
- In addition, the offender might well find employment in an arts-related industry.
c) We should cuts to arts budgets, and increase focus on job-focused training.
- That's mean art classes in prison education departments, and many long-established arts charities with expertise in criminal justice settings, are facing …show more content…
Spoken Link: To sum up.
Closing/Call to Action:
- This is not a simple luxury entertainments, this is rehabilitation.
- In those classes, they are just anything they want to be.
- What is the point of cutting their chance, while what we want is create a crime-free future?
- Brian Fischer said: "Given an opportunity, inmates can, and will, step forward on their own and make significant changes in their