Failure Of The Prison System

In today’s society, a prison is supposed to serve the role of correcting and preventing the unruly behavior of citizens who have broken certain penal codes. Prisons are traditionally supposed to instill fear in its captives in order to prevent further immoderacy. However, the prison system seems to have become lax in the way they manage their inmate population. Due to the lack of an immediate trial, the imposition of probation or light sentences, the lack of good role models and schooling of useful skills, and the shortening of sentences due to overcrowded conditions, prisons are not properly serving their purpose to correct and prevent unlawful behavior. For the average burglar, if they are caught, they will probably not go to trial for a year or two afterwards. This punishment is a failure because in order for punishment to be effective, it must be expeditious. Delayed trials may cause the prisoner to feel more comfortable and feel like the crime they committed was not serious since nothing is being immediately done to punish them. In order to correct this, trials must be immediate. If this is done, the attempt of imparting positive punishment through a criminal trial will be more fruitful. …show more content…
This is an inferior punishment because it, once again, does not guarantee the seriousness of the justice system. It is consequently a failure of positive punishment because it may not instill fear in the prisoner and could promote recidivism. In order to improve this situation, the appropriate sentence, with little room for leniency, must be imparted upon the defendant so it will be guaranteed that the prisoner does not commit the crime again; along with the affirmation of the consistency of the sentence throughout its duration, this will cause the positive punishment to be