Module two has helped me to understand the development of the American prisons and the contributions made to the corrections by the United States. When offenders spend years in prison, people would think that they have learned their lesson right? Inmates who follow the rules in prison are more likely to make bad decisions on the outside. “Back in the community, the “good” inmate was ill-equipped to make good decisions because the only thing they had learn in prison was sit on his bunk and take orders”. (Schriro, 2008) The reason is because if an inmate don’t take advantage his work day or leisure day efficiently, it keeps them away from developing relationships as well as critical skills therefore when they come out of prison it would be harder
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The T stood for thief and the M stood for manslaughter. These letters could be put to shoulders, forehands, cheeks, and hands. The pillory was used as a punishment for offenders. For instance, wife beating, cheating, arson, witchcraft, drunkenness, treason, among others. The pillory was a way for offenders not to hide their face from bystanders and sometime the people from town would throw food or objects at the …show more content…
“Looking up the poor, though, guaranteed they could never earn the money they owed, and this struck many as absurd”. (Lynch, 2011) The New York legislature believed that many poor person may be imprisoned for a long time for a small sum of money. The outcome of incarcerating the poor ruin families because now they had to work for their own which brought damage the public who were Christian charily. There were four general lessons of punishment which were public shame, fines, physical chastisement, and death. As of today, most misdemeanors were punish with fines, but other serious crimes were punished with public shame. “The death penalty loomed large in eighteenth-century statutes”. (Lynch, 2011) One way prisoners could escape from getting the death penalty was to transport them to North American then to Australia for sale as
The T stood for thief and the M stood for manslaughter. These letters could be put to shoulders, forehands, cheeks, and hands. The pillory was used as a punishment for offenders. For instance, wife beating, cheating, arson, witchcraft, drunkenness, treason, among others. The pillory was a way for offenders not to hide their face from bystanders and sometime the people from town would throw food or objects at the …show more content…
“Looking up the poor, though, guaranteed they could never earn the money they owed, and this struck many as absurd”. (Lynch, 2011) The New York legislature believed that many poor person may be imprisoned for a long time for a small sum of money. The outcome of incarcerating the poor ruin families because now they had to work for their own which brought damage the public who were Christian charily. There were four general lessons of punishment which were public shame, fines, physical chastisement, and death. As of today, most misdemeanors were punish with fines, but other serious crimes were punished with public shame. “The death penalty loomed large in eighteenth-century statutes”. (Lynch, 2011) One way prisoners could escape from getting the death penalty was to transport them to North American then to Australia for sale as