Prisons are not just for punishment. They should be for rehabilitation and reformation because the prison that emphasizes industry, productivity, and education will lead the way in preventing crime in our society. Those words very aptly sum up the philosophy of Zebulon Brockway, a leading prison reformer and inspirational spirit of the 19th century. He’s been called the father of American parole and a recognized leader in scientific prison reform. For 40 years of his career he was the highly influential superintendent of two model prisons – the Detroit House of Corrections and the Elmira Reformatory in Elmira, New York (Fuller, 2013). Although very little is known about his personal life, because he chose to share almost no details of his
