Throughout this assignment I will explore the UK’S penal system, explore the good and bad points about it and compare it to a complete contrast of a penal system namely Norway’s, I will explore the differences between the two penal systems and then come to a conclusion as to whether I feel that imprisonment in the UK works as a response to offending. Over the years the United Kingdom has used a variety of different methods as punishments for offending, The UK Penal system currently operates in a punitive way, meaning that it is focussed on punishment rather than rehabilitation, in the UK we have gone from an extreme form of punishment, using Capital Punishment which was abolished under all circumstances in 1998, to placing offenders in Prisons as a punishment for their crimes.
A prison is ‘a building to which people are legally committed as a punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial’ …show more content…
Whilst I cannot directly link that to the prison systems of each country there is a sharp difference. Perhaps what we are doing inside prisons is what is causing the problems, Prisoners are split into categories, low risk, medium risk and high risk, whilst in custody they have the opportunity of work medium risk and low risk prisoners will have the opportunity to work in the prison workshop, paid, making clothes or other useful goods, some Low risk prisoners may also be offered the chance to work in the community. Prisoners get fed three meals a day and have access to basic gym equipment and an outdoor yard. From the details I have found I do not think that the prison system once an offender is inside the prison is to
A prison is ‘a building to which people are legally committed as a punishment for a crime or while awaiting trial’ …show more content…
Whilst I cannot directly link that to the prison systems of each country there is a sharp difference. Perhaps what we are doing inside prisons is what is causing the problems, Prisoners are split into categories, low risk, medium risk and high risk, whilst in custody they have the opportunity of work medium risk and low risk prisoners will have the opportunity to work in the prison workshop, paid, making clothes or other useful goods, some Low risk prisoners may also be offered the chance to work in the community. Prisoners get fed three meals a day and have access to basic gym equipment and an outdoor yard. From the details I have found I do not think that the prison system once an offender is inside the prison is to