Pressing for Prison Reform
The prison system is just as corrupt as the prisoners inside them. We live in a world where it is deemed acceptable to punish a criminal by taking away their humanity, and only release them when they find it themselves. We must reform the flawed prison system; only then can we correct the criminal way of life. Today, it is not uncommon to hear intrusive and abhorrent events that happen behind bars, including excessive violence, sexual harassment, health violations, and misconduct of legal power. Many human rights violations have occurred and been accounted for, supporting the idea that guidelines and handbooks simply are not effective. We must, at the very least, hold the legal systems accountable, reform the failing …show more content…
Not only do we follow the ideals set by the founding idea of containing an abusive person, yet we have improved the individual 's experience. As a society, we have increased the benefits of the individuals who are behind bars by leaps and bounds. Comparing the treatment of prisoners today, to prisoners of the past. Many state that our current prison system has been reformed sufficiently, arguing that the implementation of “United Nations standard Minimum Rules for the treatment of prisoners, Universal Declaration of human Rights, code of conduct for law enforcements Officials, and Basic principles for the treatment of prisoners” (“Why Promote Prison Reform?”). Is protecting the prisoners sufficiently. Yet, even with all the laws and guidelines that have been passed to protect the individuals behind bars, and on probation. Many individuals are left vulnerable, and easy to …show more content…
By many who have witnessed how the prison runs first hand, luxury is what they say comes to mind. According to John Sutter, he notes, “It feels more like a resort than jail, and prisoners here enjoy freedoms that would be unthinkable elsewhere” (Sutter). Sutter’s response is like many others that have viewed the prisons in Norway, both Bastoy and Holden, infamous for the royal treatment of prisoners. Sutter took note of the prison, announcing that “there’s a beach where prisoner’s sunbath in the summer, plenty of good fishing spots, a sauna and tennis courts” (Sutter). However Norway’s prison correctional officers and guard deny that the treatment of the prisoners is luxurious and resort style, they believe “the treatment of inmates at Halden is wholly focused on helping to prepare them [prisoners] for a life after they get out”
The prison system is just as corrupt as the prisoners inside them. We live in a world where it is deemed acceptable to punish a criminal by taking away their humanity, and only release them when they find it themselves. We must reform the flawed prison system; only then can we correct the criminal way of life. Today, it is not uncommon to hear intrusive and abhorrent events that happen behind bars, including excessive violence, sexual harassment, health violations, and misconduct of legal power. Many human rights violations have occurred and been accounted for, supporting the idea that guidelines and handbooks simply are not effective. We must, at the very least, hold the legal systems accountable, reform the failing …show more content…
Not only do we follow the ideals set by the founding idea of containing an abusive person, yet we have improved the individual 's experience. As a society, we have increased the benefits of the individuals who are behind bars by leaps and bounds. Comparing the treatment of prisoners today, to prisoners of the past. Many state that our current prison system has been reformed sufficiently, arguing that the implementation of “United Nations standard Minimum Rules for the treatment of prisoners, Universal Declaration of human Rights, code of conduct for law enforcements Officials, and Basic principles for the treatment of prisoners” (“Why Promote Prison Reform?”). Is protecting the prisoners sufficiently. Yet, even with all the laws and guidelines that have been passed to protect the individuals behind bars, and on probation. Many individuals are left vulnerable, and easy to …show more content…
By many who have witnessed how the prison runs first hand, luxury is what they say comes to mind. According to John Sutter, he notes, “It feels more like a resort than jail, and prisoners here enjoy freedoms that would be unthinkable elsewhere” (Sutter). Sutter’s response is like many others that have viewed the prisons in Norway, both Bastoy and Holden, infamous for the royal treatment of prisoners. Sutter took note of the prison, announcing that “there’s a beach where prisoner’s sunbath in the summer, plenty of good fishing spots, a sauna and tennis courts” (Sutter). However Norway’s prison correctional officers and guard deny that the treatment of the prisoners is luxurious and resort style, they believe “the treatment of inmates at Halden is wholly focused on helping to prepare them [prisoners] for a life after they get out”