Punishment has become extremely crucial if a law has been violated, no matter the importance of the law there will always be a consequence that follows the act of disobedience. For most, that punishment is prison. According to Christianson, "A prison is any institution or device that holds a captive in custody." Even though from country to country prisons and sentencing differ, they all have the same end goal, and that is to lock up criminals and prevent further destruction to the community. Jails, what we call prison today, were the first modern structure that was ever built in Colonial America (Adpsr) and the early eighteenth century marked the modern foundation of prisons. Prisons have undergone necessary changes since they have first came
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The answer is no. According to an analysis done by Hurd, prisons do not work at all. People are sent to prisons for two reasons: to be punished for their crime and to be rehabilitated. Not only do prisons neglect to rehabilitate inmates, they do not even attempt to prevent criminal behavior. Criminals are being piled up in jails yet the crime is still increasing within the community. The inflation of imprisonment does not decrease crime at all. In addition, there is a extremely high risk that inmates will become a recidivist once they complete their sentence and leave prison. ¨More than 25,400 former inmates who were either released outright from federal prisons or placed on probation in 2005, the 60-page report found almost half (49.3%) had, within the next eight years, been arrested again” (Zoukins). As imprisonment rates are increasing, overcrowding is rapidly becoming a major issue in prisons today. Overcrowding forces inmates to share cells, which violates their personal space. By allowing criminals to spend extended amounts of time with one another, the chances of learning other ways to commit crimes are exceedingly high. Therefore, defeating the entire purpose of removing them from society. Over the years, prison has become a convenience rather than a form
The answer is no. According to an analysis done by Hurd, prisons do not work at all. People are sent to prisons for two reasons: to be punished for their crime and to be rehabilitated. Not only do prisons neglect to rehabilitate inmates, they do not even attempt to prevent criminal behavior. Criminals are being piled up in jails yet the crime is still increasing within the community. The inflation of imprisonment does not decrease crime at all. In addition, there is a extremely high risk that inmates will become a recidivist once they complete their sentence and leave prison. ¨More than 25,400 former inmates who were either released outright from federal prisons or placed on probation in 2005, the 60-page report found almost half (49.3%) had, within the next eight years, been arrested again” (Zoukins). As imprisonment rates are increasing, overcrowding is rapidly becoming a major issue in prisons today. Overcrowding forces inmates to share cells, which violates their personal space. By allowing criminals to spend extended amounts of time with one another, the chances of learning other ways to commit crimes are exceedingly high. Therefore, defeating the entire purpose of removing them from society. Over the years, prison has become a convenience rather than a form