Lit Review
In 1965, Gordon Moore predicted that technology would rapidly improve every 18 months, fast forward to 2016 and we have improved so well technologically that it has become something nobody could have ever predicted. We are living in a golden age of technology with innovations being discovered and produced every day. In 2016, we tend to make fun of technology that is only 10 years old because and can never imagine how we could possible survive with relying on such an old device.
If this is the case for modern day society then why is it acceptable to have such old technology in our state and federal prisons? If we are so technologically advanced then why are inmates and staff members reduced to using the bare minimum of devices? Imagine how much safer prisons would be if only they had the right technology to monitor inmates and suspicious activities. Try to picture a society in which we educated our inmates and release them back into society and they do not relapse. This would cut the cost of prisons, improve the economy because more people would be employed, and make it a safe environment. This and more is possible, but that is only if we are able to help educated prisons. To do even that, we would need modern …show more content…
Inmates are able to contact family members and this does help inmates improve their behaviors because they are more motivated to grow and learn from their experiences and want to be released to see their family members again (Borden and Richardson 2008). I believe that the pros do weight out the cons when it comes to challenges. Technology is their to help improve these inmates and the programs are their to prepare them for society. Having such skills and educations will help land a job that will provide them with an income. This all helps reduce the likelihood of the ex-offenders returning to prisons and will help keep them off the
In 1965, Gordon Moore predicted that technology would rapidly improve every 18 months, fast forward to 2016 and we have improved so well technologically that it has become something nobody could have ever predicted. We are living in a golden age of technology with innovations being discovered and produced every day. In 2016, we tend to make fun of technology that is only 10 years old because and can never imagine how we could possible survive with relying on such an old device.
If this is the case for modern day society then why is it acceptable to have such old technology in our state and federal prisons? If we are so technologically advanced then why are inmates and staff members reduced to using the bare minimum of devices? Imagine how much safer prisons would be if only they had the right technology to monitor inmates and suspicious activities. Try to picture a society in which we educated our inmates and release them back into society and they do not relapse. This would cut the cost of prisons, improve the economy because more people would be employed, and make it a safe environment. This and more is possible, but that is only if we are able to help educated prisons. To do even that, we would need modern …show more content…
Inmates are able to contact family members and this does help inmates improve their behaviors because they are more motivated to grow and learn from their experiences and want to be released to see their family members again (Borden and Richardson 2008). I believe that the pros do weight out the cons when it comes to challenges. Technology is their to help improve these inmates and the programs are their to prepare them for society. Having such skills and educations will help land a job that will provide them with an income. This all helps reduce the likelihood of the ex-offenders returning to prisons and will help keep them off the