Rehabilitating criminals can create a great deal of discussion. On one side people may say ‘why should we give them programs after they have harmed the community.’ On the other said those inmates are released back into the society. According to Office of Program Policy and Analysis & Government Accountability (OPPAGA), ‘90% of the inmates are sooner or later released from prison.’ Another reason for the rehabilitant programs and other treatment is because, “The department screens inmates entering the system, and has determined that over two- thirds (68%) have less than ninth grade literacy proficiency and most were unemployed before incarceration; over 60% of the inmates also have a history of substance abuse, and 16% have been diagnosed with some form of mental illness” (Corrections Rehabilitative Programs Effective, But Serve Only a Portion of the Eligible Population at a glance). These rehabilitating programs are meant to prepare the inmates before they are released back into the society. These programs are being set up and operating at different prison across the nation. One must unquestionably ask how much money is being spent on these programs. According to OPPAGA’s report, “In Fiscal Year 2006-07, the Legislature appropriated over $2.1 billion to the Department of Corrections; of this, $36.4 million or 1.7% of the agency budget, was allocated to correctional education and substance abuse programs. The department was unable to identify the level of funds allocated to sex offender treatment within the department’s health services budget”(Corrections Rehabilitative Programs Effective, But Serve Only a Portion of the Eligible Population at a glance). Money being spent may seem a lot but the reports also say that there isn’t enough funding for these kinds of programs across America. There are various different programs but the four major programs on the article are, ‘Academic education, Vocational education, Substance abuse treatment, Sex offender treatment.’ These programs are meant to be helpful for the inmates when they are released and to protect society hoping the offenders don’t commit the same or any new crimes after their release. Studies show that most of these programs works and the lower recidivism rates. Studies showed that upon completion of “Vocational Training, at the two years Re-Offense Rates were 13.8% compare to those who didn’t complete the program had rates at 18.9%” (Corrections Rehabilitative Programs Effective, But Serve Only a Portion of the Eligible Population at a glance). Those who completed the ‘GED Program the Return to supervision or prison was at 29.8% to those who didn’t complete the program at 36.4%.’ The result may not seem, as staggering as one may have hopped but any decrees in crime or recidivism rates is better than nothing. The numbers were similar when looking at the Male substance Abuse programs. Those who completed the programs had ‘return to prison rate of only 16.1% compare to the non completers at 21.8%.’ But does the program help every case, the data showed that substance abuse and other cases might have some success but not all of them have the same good fortune. Programs for male perpetrators of domestic violence in the batterer’s programs don’t have the same result as the other groups. According to the article, Programs for Men who perpetrate Domestic Violence: An Examination of the Issues Underlying the Effectiveness of Intervention Programs, “it has been estimated that worldwide approximately 8.7 million women are victimized by a current or former intimate partner each year (Roberts and Roberts 2005), it is perhaps only in relatively recent years that domestic violence has become widely accepted as a serious and widespread issue.” The rise of domestic violence is in the rise and if there aren’t any programs that can help the offenders than the crime will only rise. The problem isn’t that there aren’t programs for these offenders, it’s that the programs isn’t working. The reason for the failure of the programs according the article is, “they have developed rather independently from other treatment approaches with offenders. Approaches that rely heavily on an individual deficit model (such as anger management) are typically regarded as lacking sufficient psycho-educational content on gendered power and stereo- typed gender socialization to be effective with domestically violent men” (Programs for Men who perpetrate Domestic Violence: An Examination of the Issues Underlying the Effectiveness of Intervention Programs). Although the article doesn’t give exact number it’s assumed that programs for domestic violence don’t have success. Domestic violence is a public/civil case, which can endanger people in the society. The research shows that some rehabilitating groups, education and treatments are helpful to inmates but not all have equal success. The successes of most programs are good signs and Department of Corrections would like to add additional classes to help the inmates. The money being spent by the government is helping a lot of inmates but if the same money was being spent to help the poor, minority and low-income families/cities that those people might never end up in prison. According to United States Census in 2013 there were 13.2% African-American in the U.S. While the number of African American are very small close to 40% African American were behind bars. According to Huffington post, “One in every three black males born today can expect to go to prison at some point in their life, compared with one in every six Latino males, and one in every 17 white males, if current incarceration trends continue” (Huff Post). In 21st century when the discrimination can be seen clear as crystal and we can see that there is discrimination is happening. The programs have great success inside the prison but the success rate could be even higher if the programs were built in our deprived communities.