Social reintegration seeks to re-include an individual who, for some reason, had been marginalized into society.
Social reintegration is a notion that refers to including an individual who, for some reason, was marginalized back into the community. The concept is usually used to name efforts to ensure that people who are outside the social system can re-enter.
It should be noted that the process and consequence of reintegration or reintegration is known as reintegration . Reinsertion, on the other hand, is the action of becoming part of a group or group that, for some reason, had been abandoned. The adjective social , finally, is linked to society (the group of human beings who share culture and history).
Social reintegration and the State
In this sense, it must be said that society is understood as a system that provides shelter and containment to its members. People who are part of a society have access to certain basic services that the State must guarantee and that are essential to lead a dignified life: health, education, etc. Individuals who do not have access to these services are therefore marginalized from society.
Social insertion programs aim to ensure that people who are far from social support are included. Social reintegration, in a similar sense, aims to reincorporate those who have left the system .
The State must promote the social reintegration of people who were deprived of their liberty.
Its importance to avoid recidivism
Social reintegration also refers to reintegrating into society people who served a prison sentence and are now free . In this case, the State must facilitate access to employment to minimize the possibility of individuals falling into recidivism and committing crimes again.
In the case of Spain , as established in its Constitution where it is said that custodial sentences will be oriented towards re-education and social reintegration ( article 25.2 ), in prisons resources and projects are established to ensure that prisoners When they serve their sentence, they can easily rejoin society.
Specifically, people who are serving a prison sentence have at their fingertips everything from the possibility of training and having a formal education to learning a job and then having a profession. But not only that, they can also participate in specific intervention programs, they can enjoy the different cultural activities that are organized and they also have the opportunity to take part in the various programs and projects within the sports field that are prepared.
Regarding intervention programs, we have to explain that these are projects, guided and carried out by therapeutic or psychological professionals, who what they do is ensure that prisoners can overcome drug addiction problems to difficulties in controlling their violence or his alcoholism . But not only that, there are also specific programs for sexual offenders, abusers and mentally ill people.
In the same way, it should not be overlooked that other reintegration projects are aimed at women, young people, foreigners and other people who, for different reasons, are at risk of attempting suicide or have suffered some type of violent situation that has marked them. , For example.