It has been said that the purpose of the prison system is 4 fold: to isolate danger from society, to rehabilitate, to punish, to deter future offenders. Are all of these goals relevent? Is our current system working towards all of these goals or just concentrating on some?
2006-10-31 21:55:31 · 8 answers · asked by Brandon 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
A penal society/colony, like Australia used to be, could work, and they could live normal lives while being isolated and possibly rehabilitated, but it may not be a deterrent.
A labor camp system would serve to isolate, punish, and deter, but it might not rehabilitate.
Substituting corporal punishment to our current system would punish but not isolate.
2006-10-31 21:57:55 · update #1
Well you cannot tar all Western prisons the same as some are hard labour others holiday camps. Most hardened criminals say they learnt the finer points of crime in jail.
I myself believe it should be a deterent, not run in accordance with some minority group on prisioners rights, but by victims groups.
2006-10-31 22:00:37 · answer #1 · answered by graeme1944 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sure, there's always ways to improve. With every New Governor here in California, the prison system changes. Schwarzenegger's made changes intended to rehabilitate (drugs) rather then warehouse inmates.
2006-10-31 22:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by BeloyeMore 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Free Rent. Free health care. Free food. Cable TV. Probably the best deterrant is the fact that Bubba might think you are cute..
2006-10-31 22:20:05 · answer #3 · answered by jessica m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I'd like to see solitary confinement for all people sent to jail. No TV, no radio, no other people to talk to. Just a plain cell, healthy food, water, toilet, bed, maybe some spiritual reading material.
2006-10-31 22:06:13 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
western prisons are too easy, criminals could care less about going because its too easy. bring back corporal punishment and crime rates will drop. but we cant do that because "everybody" has rights. what a joke
2006-10-31 22:00:10 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
those goals are relevant but are not being pursued today. i think prisons are becoming social clubs these days.
2006-10-31 22:06:01 · answer #6 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Let em all out, Chaos and Anarchy, thats the answer.
2006-10-31 21:57:03 · answer #7 · answered by dingdong 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
send them to prision and therpy
2006-10-31 21:59:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋