The Pros And Cons Of Prison Reform
To reform prisons we need to make the prison system more fair. The prison system is biased. There is bias towards prisoners who have disabilities. People who have disabilities shouldn’t be treated unfairly just because they’re not perfect to do something. Southern Poverty Law Center. Alabama Violates the Rights of Prisoners with Disabilities. “Prisoners with disabilities also have reported that they are excluded from work release programs due solely to their disabilities. One prisoner was sent to a work release program, and then told that he could not participate because he is blind.” Plane and simple, prisoners with disabilities are not allowed to work. I completely disagree with this. This is not a way of making prison fair. This makes the
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Prison should be a place where prisoners should feel good about themselves. They don’t deserve any changes. Others believe prisons should not be reformed, though in reality the U.S prison system needs to be reformed by building new and better prisons and making it more humane and fair. Society has the right to punish especially to those who have committed crimes. They believe it’s retribution meaning a balance inflicted pain. Criminals deserve to suffer for what they have done. They also deserve unpleasant consequences. Joycelyn M. Pollock believes that prison should not be reformed. He wrote an article about, ‘The Rationale for Imprisonment’ and in that article it stated, “Plato argued that punishment is a benefit to the person because it improves their souls or characters (cited in Murphy 1995, 17). Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), the classical advocate of utilitarian punishment, believed that punishment could be calibrated to deter crime.” This implies that punishment improves your character traits. In other words it is referencing that if you get punishment, you’ll learn not to do it again. Though is this fact. Within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Within five years of release, about three-quarters (76.6 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Of those prisoners who were rearrested, more than half (56.7
Prison should be a place where prisoners should feel good about themselves. They don’t deserve any changes. Others believe prisons should not be reformed, though in reality the U.S prison system needs to be reformed by building new and better prisons and making it more humane and fair. Society has the right to punish especially to those who have committed crimes. They believe it’s retribution meaning a balance inflicted pain. Criminals deserve to suffer for what they have done. They also deserve unpleasant consequences. Joycelyn M. Pollock believes that prison should not be reformed. He wrote an article about, ‘The Rationale for Imprisonment’ and in that article it stated, “Plato argued that punishment is a benefit to the person because it improves their souls or characters (cited in Murphy 1995, 17). Jeremy Bentham (1748–1832), the classical advocate of utilitarian punishment, believed that punishment could be calibrated to deter crime.” This implies that punishment improves your character traits. In other words it is referencing that if you get punishment, you’ll learn not to do it again. Though is this fact. Within three years of release, about two-thirds (67.8 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Within five years of release, about three-quarters (76.6 percent) of released prisoners were rearrested. Of those prisoners who were rearrested, more than half (56.7