The article “Abolish Prison” by Emmanuel Gobry, expresses why jails should be abolished because they encourage gangs to flourish, prison rape to occur, and the lack of political structure. Even though, all jails are doing is encouraging violence. “In Prison, criminals gangs flourish…turning mediocre criminals into harder ones.” (Para 5)This just returns them to the street as wiser criminals. Between gangs and violence, the idea of rape comes into play. “…it is impossible to talk about prison without talking about the prison rape epidemic.” (Para 4) When you leave several grown men in a general area, with no women, something is bound to happen. Because of prison rape and violence, there is a lack of reform in the prison environment. Emmanuel
