Isolation And Punishment

Isolation, punishment, and reform can ideally work together when dealing with criminals. Isolation is the removal of prisoners from society to preserve the lives of other people, and avoid future harm. Punishment is the imposition for the crimes against society. Reform is the attempt to improve what is wrong in the way the prisoners are acting inside and outside prison. The most effective method in prisons is reformation. Dealing with prisoners with violence would not necessarily prevent them from going back to their illicit ways, but only condemns the criminals’ ways. Prisons should not only be about punishment, but also about rehabilitating prisoners to be productive, law abiding citizens. By comparing the three extremes purposes of the criminal justice system, it will show the psychological and emotional benefits in focusing on rehabilitation, rather than solely seeking to punish, and isolate. …show more content…
They may have committed crimes, horrendous crimes, yet many of them can become better. Even though punishment is occasionally necessary for discipline and preserving the safety within prisons; it does not mean there are not alternative and better ways in maintaining the safety in prison. Society has mistreated that prison is a humane punishment, to the point of inhumanity and cruelness. A good strategy can be seen in Bastoy prison, where violence is not needed to reform the prisoners. Bastoy offers a lot of benefits to the prisoners, and therefore makes them want to correct their ways. “It emphasizes self-control instead of the strictly regulated regimens common in most prisons.” (Spiegel) On the other hand, punishment is common in Rikers Island. Being sentenced should be a punishment in itself, however,