"Prisoner Rehabilitation and Recidivism." Issues & Controversies On File: n. pag. Issues & Controversies. Facts On File News Services, 1 Apr. 2005. Web. 21 Feb. 2013. <http://www.2facts.com/article/i1000180>.

My newest source is an article called Prison Rehabilitation and Recidivism.  I found it by using the issues and controversies link on the libraries homepage. This article passes the crap test in its entirety. It was published in 2005 so it is current enough to be considered for an academic argument and it combines and compares information from the mid-eighties up until the time it was published. It is a very relevant source because I would use it as a citation in my research paper and it isn’t to elementary. I think that this source has more authority than all of my other sources because it has a bibliography to go along with it which includes the Wall Street Journal and CBS news which are both well knows sources of credible articles. My only problem is I could not find an author but it came with contact information to find out some information for yourself if you didn’t believe what was in there. The information in the article seems to be reliable. One example of why I believe that the article is reliable is because they use information from the Federal Bureau of Prisons. Another example is I can verify the part about faith based rehabilitation programs working better then most prison programs by past and present experience. I work in a ministry in which I get to see the transforming power of Christ daily in a house full of men that wouldn’t mix any other place. Finally I think the sole purpose of this information is to inform the public about the growing problem that goes on in America. The tax money isn’t used to rehabilitate the criminal it is being used to make more prisons which doesn’t make any logical sense to me.

Summary- All in all I think that this article is meant to be an unbiased informative article to inform the public about a huge problem in America that is getting worse. It offers different points of view including faith based programs which is pertinent to anyone’s recovery.  It also offers a wide array of statistics and includes the sources of the statistics.

Response- The thing that strikes me to the most is a statistic in the beginning of the article saying that 1 in 15 American’s go to jail at some point in their life. The thing that I agree with the most is where it says shows the statistics about inmates who receive drug rehabilitation services and vocational training. This article basically backs up everything that the ministry I work in stands for. Get people off drugs, get them a job and focus on the real problem which is a lack of faith. In the article in the faith based rehabilitation section it talks about the reduction of recidivism by two thirds among inmates who completed a faith based recovery program. This article connects with all of my other sources because it shows that the recidivism rates are higher than ever which means the real problems aren’t being addressed and tax money is being wasted.