Should prison be for punishment or rehabilitation?

Question

I believe the first concern is spiritual. Everyone is entitled to prayer and being prayed for.

Even if someone is the most evil murderer, rapist, serial killer, cannibal, they should be entitled to prayer and being prayed for.

You can send them to death row, but they should be entitled to prayer and being prayed for.

Secondly all prisoners should be entitled to the freedom of religion. If a prisoner can be safely allowed to choose from a library of religious text then that should be permitted if at all possible. It is important for prisoners to have the facility for repentance whether on death row or not.

Thirdly, if there is any chance that a prisoner will be getting out on parole before the age of 65 then if at all possible education and training should be made available to them. The bottom line is literacy. All eligible prisoners should, ideally, have training to learn reading and writing skills.

Beyond basic literacy is GED training. If possible eligible prisoners should get training to hold jobs they can enjoy and how to file their income tax.

Prisoners should not only not be allowed use of computers what to speak internet, but they should also not be allowed to watch television broadcasts that are non-educational. As much as possible all television broadcasts should be educational. Television broadcasts should be educational in a way that supports repentance, literacy, holding a job they can enjoy, filing their taxes, being a good citizen, and being a good neighbor.

A lack of education and training is at the root of all crime. You are welcome to do research to determine the validity of this truth. If there is any chance a prisoner will eventually get out in society then we don't want them going back to crime. If they have sufficient education then this will increase the chances that they will not return to crime.

Forcing prisoners into educational and training programs is a type of punishment in itself. We cannot be overly dependant on fear tactics.

Similary, we should always look to increase and improve public education outside of prisons so that the certain some people will not want to get into jail for the sake of advancing their education.

If I have overlooked anything, please let me know.



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Answer 1

Primarily it is the punishment of the court judgment. So the prisoner has to undergo the punishment for the crime committed, if it is committed out of habit and if it is a big crime. The prisoner who are undergoing the punishment should be given rehabilitation training and lessons so that they do not repeat the crime. Those who have been convicted due to paltry crimes should be released before completion of the sentence after certain rehabilitation training. The Lows need amendments accordingly...

Answer 2

The original purpose of prison was to remove dangerous people from general society. There was no rehab. It simply removed people who authorities deemed dangerous. It is only in the past 50 years that anyone paid attention to rehabilitation. Does it work? Probably not. It becomes a punishment. Although, from what I have seen (never having been in prison), sometimes prisoners live better than low income families outside.

Answer 3

Your punishment sounds somewhat severe. I do not feel you snatch the quantity of affliction men are in after they get kicked in that neighborhood. It's at the equal degree because the worst facet of giving start or possibly worse. Kicking him there till his balls flip to mush is the end result of inflicting a girl to move via hard work a one hundred instances over and not using a affliction alleviation. That is far too harsh. Rather, if you are going for an identical punishment for the crime, you might allow any other dude @ss rape him. I feel it could make extra feel to take a look at to reform criminals alternatively than to simply punish them (which best turns them into worse criminals in most cases). In the approach of reforming them, you'll coach them expertise and feature them do efficient paintings. All the money from that paintings might cross to the lady/girl who he raped. You cannot unrape her. It's now not quite smart to motive the fellow affliction or punish him. It does not advantage anyone. What does advantage every person is to show round this SOB who raped a lady and switch him right into a well man or woman who can attempt to support fix the harm he did to the lady.

Answer 4

Prison is for punishment. Any rehab needed should follow the prison sentence, ie.... Theft charge 5 years prison term, 2 years vocational rehab, 2 years community service youth counseling service for at risk teens.

Answer 5

When someone has slit someones throat, or raped or killed a child, or shot someone in a robbery, I happen to be of the belief that they should be punished. There are some people who are just bad and playing the rehab game only eases the conscious of the one who is doing the rehab.

Answer 6

Prison is used for deterrance.

Specific deterrance as in that person cannot commit the crime again while they are in prison.

General deterance in that someone will not commit a crime in fear of going to prison.

Answer 7

Punishment.

Answer 8

Well the punishment is what I believe supposed to be part of the rehab. Part of rehab is learning the consquences of your poor actions. Prison is that rehab.

Answer 9

I feel prison is for seperating criminals from the general public, it's not for punishment nor for rehabilitation. If it were for punishment the molesters and rapiest would be killed.

Answer 10

Depends on the offense. Lower crimes, such as theft, should be for rehab. Higher level offenses, such as murder and rape, should be strictly for lockup away from society.