Shock Incarceration & Boot Camp Programs Shock incarceration in “boot camps” have been around quite some time as a substitute for sentencing young offenders instead of sending them to prison. These boot camps have some advantages to them but also have some disadvantages as well. Some positive aspects of boot camps are that the offenders are not being sent to overcrowded prisons, at this boot camps the offenders are mandated to participate in programs that will rehabilitate these youthful offenders, the boot camps help teach discipline and positive behavior and has proven be less costly than incarceration in a standard prison. One disadvantage to boot camps is that they are considered as a quick fix and that these youthful offenders will be
