Prisons Vs. Public Shaming In The United States

In recent times courts and legislators are preferring public shaming rather than prisons. Courts are engaging substitute ratifications. On the contrary shame is not highly valued in the United States like it is in Asia and some other places where shame affects reputation. The United States is a cultural where consent, approval consensus is highly valued. The American Culture is highly involved in being evaluated by others. In the United States, individuality is highly praised. Such as accomplishment in work, school, and Individuality. The new shaming through social is an alternative to behavior. For those who want to improve society and want their children to behave, then public shaming is the answer to misbehaving. Public shaming can be …show more content…
Whenever someone stands outside with a cardboard in hand they are immediately embarrassed because they are being put in the spotlight. For example, when someone steals a T-Shirt from their local Wal-Mart; Wal-Mart has the thief carry a sign saying “honk three times if you think stealing is wrong” and many do honk. This public humiliation makes any thief feel guilty of their actions. Half of thief’s that have been publicly shamed do not commit the same crime twice. Public Shaming is a better standby because it disciplines and engages many do not want being humiliated. Public Shame is a better standby for imprisonment because penalty is more expensive for society to pay for non-violent crimes. The United States prison facilities are overloaded with inmates. Inmates that are half in gang related crimes and the other half for nonviolent crimes. The prisons are getting overcrowded and it is irreverent to ignore that prisons are getting …show more content…
Bootcamps are a great way to publicly shame youth because they are asked to go to public parks and workout in public. Whenever they act up they are shamed by screaming what they did wrong. In recent studies youth boot camp has showed improvement in helping youth stay away from trouble. The first juvenile boot camp began as a study for the state of Louisiana. Most boot camps are correctional for youth who help parents and, they function as a removal for juveniles who are delinquent. Governments would benefit from youth boot camps because it would save them money in Juvenile halls. It would also discipline youth and make them better citizens for society and which is why government should invest in youth camps. Youth boot camps would help many juveniles fix their behavior and actions. It has showed great improvements to youth. The boot camps helps adolescents show integrity, when you speak to your fellow sergeant. When the youth does something inappropriately they are disciplined in front of everyone. I have seen my brother go through this program and it has helped him be more responsible. It gave him a mirror image on how life would be and the struggle that he would go through if he continued with his bad choices. He would have to go through extreme workouts and would speak only when his sergeant spoke to him. “Aye, Aye sir”. Although, public shaming does have some consequences it