Society has a set of high social norms, which are formally written, also known as laws. If one disobeys the rights of others, that individual has broken the social norms and society has the right to punish. The concept proposes that every individual freely and willingly enter an agreement to build up society, but giving up a portion of their individual freedom for the return of some protection. These types of confinements include jail, prison, rehabilitation, parole, and probation. Throughout the decades the correctional system has developed into what it is today, however, where did these practices begin at? What were the beginning stages of the correctional system? The earliest form of confinement (or imprisonment) was started under the
