a. I do believe that it will become too expensive to incarcerate so many individuals for a long period of time. When an individual commits a crime it is the systems belief that if you incarcerate him/her for a lengthy period of time they will have learned their lesson. However, there are individuals that will remain the system for life. So with these type of prisoners there is more creation in maximum security prisons in order to keep them from escaping. An example of this is Pelican Bay, Santos describes it as, and “The bed, desk, and stool are made of poured concrete. Toilets are specially designed in a way that does not allow prisoners to flood their cells in protest. Architects designed sink and showers built into the cell with push buttons to regulate the flow of water” (47).
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take extra measures in order to prevent prisoners from “acting out.” Yes, these prisons do keep the rest of society safe from the most dangerous offenders, but at what cost? Santos furthers his discussion of these prisons by describing ADX Florence, “High- security prisons require heavily fortified walls, ceiling, and floors and sophisticated electronic systems to monitor every aspect of every prisoner’s life. Administrators spent over sixty million dollars to build ADX Florence” (47). Sixty million dollars to hold just over 400 prisoners does not seem effective. A solution to this may be spending more money on labor, therapy, and recreational activities such as art in order to help normalize prison life. Some prisons do have these activities, but it is not a big aspect of their everyday operations. If prisoners have a sense of everyday life it will encourage rehabilitation instead of being in survival mode everyday for the rest of their
take extra measures in order to prevent prisoners from “acting out.” Yes, these prisons do keep the rest of society safe from the most dangerous offenders, but at what cost? Santos furthers his discussion of these prisons by describing ADX Florence, “High- security prisons require heavily fortified walls, ceiling, and floors and sophisticated electronic systems to monitor every aspect of every prisoner’s life. Administrators spent over sixty million dollars to build ADX Florence” (47). Sixty million dollars to hold just over 400 prisoners does not seem effective. A solution to this may be spending more money on labor, therapy, and recreational activities such as art in order to help normalize prison life. Some prisons do have these activities, but it is not a big aspect of their everyday operations. If prisoners have a sense of everyday life it will encourage rehabilitation instead of being in survival mode everyday for the rest of their