Rehabilitation In Prison Research Paper

America’s prison system is failing society with the abhorrent inhuman treatment of prisoners and the unreliable rehabilitation programs. The current system is destroying lives and local communities. For a nation that loves freedom, this situation is intolerable and does not cherish the right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. In fact, the correction system is not correcting at all, nearly half of prisoners released are convicted of another crime and end back in prison within three years of release. In failing to correct and rehabilitate the majority of inmates (ADPSR). In the United States a concept to restrict a person’s liberty for a measured amount of time, would itself be significant retribution in proportion to the severity …show more content…
Individuals who have not been successfully disciplined in other areas such as family, school and the workplace would receive rehabilitation while in prison, to function properly in society. French philosopher Michel Foucalt, in “Discipline and Punish: the Birth of the Prison,” analyzed the famous model prison known as the Panopticon. The design of this prison was for prisoners to be observed at all times by being unaware of when they were being watched, with the goal of instilling self-discipline into the prisoner as if they were under constant surveillance, so they can regulate their own behavior through a socially beneficial form of paranoia …show more content…
Prisons have become a popular solution to social ills with economic difficulties and persistent politicians being tougher on crime. Many members of society feel their security is threatened by criminals regardless how safe their communities actually are. The answer for these communities is more maximum security prisons for adults and stricter military style boot camps for minors. Prison spending is growing even faster and now exceeds school spending (ADPSR). Correction facilities across the United States are routinely violating prisoner’s personal safety from intentional physical harm. Prisoners are beaten by guards, shocked with electric currents, raped, immersed in boiling water, along with many other unimaginable torturous techniques, even so far as arranged fights for the guards own personal entertainment. Furthermore, showing just how incapable the current penitentiaries are at protecting the basic human rights of their prisoners. Basic medical care is another human right that is regularly denied to prisoners all over the country. The Human Rights Watch organization has documented the psychological stress and serious mental disorders that are attributed to the extended use of solitary confinement with minimal human interaction, with no mental health treatment available to them afterwards