Arguments Against Incarceration

Incarceration is a common form of punishment in addition to having to pay a fine under the law for people who commit a crime. Depending on the severity of the crime, prisoners can sit in prison for years and years. In a worst case scenario, they can even sit in prison till death. This can be problematic because once they do come out of prison, they often have a hard time adjusting and it is likely that they will commit the crime again. However, at the same time, it is debatable to say that these prisoners deserve these kinds of punishment and that the whole point of the prison system is to isolate them from the world because they did commit a crime. I chose this topic of the effects of incarceration because it is interesting to note whether putting criminals in jail does any good and will it actually stop them from committing crimes. According to the United States Department of …show more content…
They would just not need to sit in prison. Another strength of this recommendation is that it doesn’t apply to murderers as they do have a chance of murdering someone while they are out there doing community services. So, there is no need to worry about murders being let loose to do community services. There are also parole officers just in case criminals decide to act up. Nevertheless, a weakness to this recommendation is that even though the purpose of this is to reduce people from going back to prison once they are out, it might not actually do so. Criminals might find doing some time in prison and community service as not a problem as long as they do what is required to not serve double the time in prison than they were originally given. If they think this way, they might not be learning from the mistake that they made, which means that they might also end up back in prison. This wouldn 't necessarily reduce crime