Criminals

People tend to see people in jail or prison as bad people for life. Yes they may have committed a very serious and horrible crime, but does that mean they are going to be that type of person forever? Well under logical fallacies, people think they are.
Committing a crime to end up in jail or prison is a very bad act. Criminals get years to think about what they did wrong. During this time it helps them think about what they need to do to change into a better person and not do any harm again. This doesnt happen with everyone in prison, but their are people who do change their life around and are not criminals for life. Even though it is always on their record, they can become better people. Labels are almost always put on criminals backs though.
Committing the crime in the first place can make a person bad, but you don't really know what their life is like unless you live in their shoes. That person may have been under the influence of drugs or alcohol which impaired their judgement and did not mean to commit that crime. I have seen in many cases that the suspect was using illegal drugs and they do not even remember committing the crime. It is kind of sad in a way because they do not even remember what happened but yet they have to serve the time for their mistakes. I know that if I committed a serious crime that I would take my punishment time to that about what I did wrong and how to change my life to make myself a better person.
Sttereotyping people who commit a serious crime as being a criminal for life is a common logical fallacy. Even though some people do go off and commit more crimes in their future, their are those people out there who devote their time to changes their life around and become better than who they were before.