Many prisoners that reside in the United States are not being treated fairly. The treatment that some prisoners in the US receive violates the Eighth Amendment, the amendment that strongly goes against using cruel and unusual punishment when it comes to punishing someone. And with prisons being overcrowded many prisoners have poor living arrangements where there are thirteen people or more in one room. (“Prisoners’ Rights:”). This shows that some prisoners are being denied basic human rights and that the prison is no longer a place where a criminal could do their time and rehabilitate. The United States Government should reevaluate its prison systems to make prisons a place where an inmate can get their life back on track free from inhumane
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Jail time should be a period of rehabilitation and preparation for the re-entrance to society. Instead many prisoners feel scared and hopeless while inside of their jail cells. Some people believe that prisoners are being denied their rights as a basic human being in prisons, and that prisons have gone from a place where a criminal could rehabilitate their life to a place where they are being punished. Treating prisoners with extreme harsh and cruel behaviors is not a way to help someone become a good citizen when they come out. People against prisoner rights argue that anyone that is in a prison deserves to be punished because they committed the crime that put them into prison, and while prisoners may deserve a punishment there is a fine line between punishment and cruel and unusual punishment (“Prisoners’ Rights:”). But prison is not deterring crime for long-term inmates. In fact, when long-term inmates get out there is a thirty-five percent chance that they will go back in prison in under a month. A study from two criminal justice studiers shows proof of jail time not being effective: “One-fifth of the people arrested the week before their 18th birthday were rearrested within a month. By contrast, only a tenth of the people arrested a week after their 18th birthday were rearrested within the same time period.”
Jail time should be a period of rehabilitation and preparation for the re-entrance to society. Instead many prisoners feel scared and hopeless while inside of their jail cells. Some people believe that prisoners are being denied their rights as a basic human being in prisons, and that prisons have gone from a place where a criminal could rehabilitate their life to a place where they are being punished. Treating prisoners with extreme harsh and cruel behaviors is not a way to help someone become a good citizen when they come out. People against prisoner rights argue that anyone that is in a prison deserves to be punished because they committed the crime that put them into prison, and while prisoners may deserve a punishment there is a fine line between punishment and cruel and unusual punishment (“Prisoners’ Rights:”). But prison is not deterring crime for long-term inmates. In fact, when long-term inmates get out there is a thirty-five percent chance that they will go back in prison in under a month. A study from two criminal justice studiers shows proof of jail time not being effective: “One-fifth of the people arrested the week before their 18th birthday were rearrested within a month. By contrast, only a tenth of the people arrested a week after their 18th birthday were rearrested within the same time period.”