Parole Vs Parole

2. In the textbook they first start by explaining what parole is, followed by its origin. Parole did not originally start in the United States, it evolved greatly in the 19th century following the practices of the Australians, English, and Irish. The practices in these countries were to essentially move prisoners out of the prisons due to overcrowding, labor shortages, and the high cost of incarceration (Clear). Indeterminate sentencing, on the other hand, gives more control over the time prisoners serve to correctional officials and parole boards. New York was the first to pass an indeterminate sentence law in 1876. This way prisoners were released on parole when the superintendent felt they were ready to return to society (Clear). Both parole …show more content…
It is normally used to enforce home confinement. The offender receives a call from the probation office and is told to place the device on a receiver attached to the phone. The activated devices send continuous signals that are picked up by a receiver (Clear). This monitoring system is much cheaper than incarceration, mostly because as an offender, they are usually responsible for paying any costs associated with using the electronic monitoring. This system is more humane than prison or jail because it allows the offenders to stay with their families and be able to keep a job. However, this monitoring system does need some modifications to become more reliable since offenders are known to be able to remove the monitors without detection and are later caught red-handed at the scene of a …show more content…
Hanging seems too medieval and does not always work on the first try. A prisoner could be hanging while suffocating on their last breath waiting to finally choke to death. Firing squads and even the electric chair seem brutal to imagine anyone having to die that way. The lethal injection is not the greatest invention yet, mostly because it has its faults as well, but it seems like there could easily be a way to create a chemical that will guarantee kill someone with a 0% chance they will suffer. Changing the method does address most of the arguments surrounding the death penalty. There is no such thing as a humane method to put a person to their death. Every form of execution most likely causes offenders suffering. Some methods, such as the lethal injection, could cause less suffering than to be thinking of being gunned down by guards or to be