The most important problem faced by the ex-convicts who are returning to society after they have fulfilled their serving period in prisons and detention centers in Turkey is finding a job and getting integrated into society. Workshops in prisons and detention centers are aiming to prevent this problem in the period of punishment and to ensure that the individual become suitable to participate in the society. The main purpose of this research is to reveal how much workshops in prisons and in detention centers are fulfilling this function. The annual activity reports of these workshops in Turkey between the years 2010 and 2019, the statistical newsletters of the Turkish Statistical Institute (TurkStat) and legal regulations are being examined during the research. In conclusion to the research, it is being observed that the activities carried out by the mentioned workshops and the number of convicts utilized from the services are not serving to the mentioned purpose sufficiently. The problems causing these results have been summarized under the headings of personnel deficit, financial structure problems and activity problems. It is being envisaged that the elimination of the mentioned problems will make significant contributions to the realization of the goals of these institutions.