Every country has their own rules and regulation. In the ancient time, most of the countries were ruled by the monarchy, where they followed the command of king and queen. On that colony, all the society must follow the order and live under the monarchy rules. Both the early model of corrections versus the modern model we have today have a huge difference in laws, but a model of corrections based on the presumption that criminal behavior is categorized in three factors: deterrence, social retribution, and rehabilitation.
Firstly, the development of the American correctional system did not originate until just before the revolutionary war. As stated in A history of Corrections, “Though the Walnut Street Jail, a portion of which was converted to a prison, is often cited as the “first” prison in the world, there were, as this recounting of history demonstrates, many precursors that were …show more content…
“Moreover, in the larger facilities they were crammed into unsanitary rooms, often without regard to separation by age, gender, or offense, conditions that also led to early death and disease.” (A history of corrections) The prison farm system is the use of inmate labor to maintain large, profit-making prison farms or plantations. Prisoners were required to work and were paid for labor, and early release could be earned for good behavior. communication with other prisoners prohibited. To prevent escapes when the prisoners worked in open areas, they were shackled together in what came to be known as the chain gang. On the other hand, “The oldest standing jail in the United States was built in the late 1600s and is in Barnstable, Massachusetts.” It was used by the sheriff to hold both males and females, along with his family, in upstairs, basement, and barn rooms. Both men and women were held in this and other jails like it, mostly before they were tried for both serious and
Firstly, the development of the American correctional system did not originate until just before the revolutionary war. As stated in A history of Corrections, “Though the Walnut Street Jail, a portion of which was converted to a prison, is often cited as the “first” prison in the world, there were, as this recounting of history demonstrates, many precursors that were …show more content…
“Moreover, in the larger facilities they were crammed into unsanitary rooms, often without regard to separation by age, gender, or offense, conditions that also led to early death and disease.” (A history of corrections) The prison farm system is the use of inmate labor to maintain large, profit-making prison farms or plantations. Prisoners were required to work and were paid for labor, and early release could be earned for good behavior. communication with other prisoners prohibited. To prevent escapes when the prisoners worked in open areas, they were shackled together in what came to be known as the chain gang. On the other hand, “The oldest standing jail in the United States was built in the late 1600s and is in Barnstable, Massachusetts.” It was used by the sheriff to hold both males and females, along with his family, in upstairs, basement, and barn rooms. Both men and women were held in this and other jails like it, mostly before they were tried for both serious and