Prison Reform Essay Example
De’Corrius Sampson-Young
English 1B
Professor Channing
April 1, 2012
Prison Reform Prison reform is the equivalent of a double edge sword with a spike at the bottom of the handle. It is made to cut for protection, and prevention, but also is made to cut so that things can be built. The sword cannot hunt for you but if used properly you are able to provide food for yourself. Throughout the existence of modern day prisons, people have commented that prison only makes criminals better criminals. Other people have disagreed due to the numerous amounts of people who have come out of prison more successful and became productive members of society. Throughout this essay I will discuss the pros and cons of prison reform by having exclusive interviews with family members that have been or still are incarcerated in prison. I believe I will have a firsthand experience in seeing the true meaning of reform, on both sides of the sword. I made the first part of reform being protection, and prevention, because our system has been based around protecting our society and preventing crime from happening. The reform process behind the walls starts with correctional officers doing their best to protect the inmates from crimes. Thus giving these people a feeling that there are police officers in their community. Part of the protection process is preventing crimes from occurring. This is done by housing inmates with their own race and at times their own denomination of street gangs. The prison also goes to great lengths to segregate inmates according to their danger levels 1-4. Also people who have committed crimes that are frowned upon within the prison community in order to prevent violence. This part of the segregation is called protective custody or special needs. By separating inmates by danger levels this calls for different means of reform through each level. Starting from level 4 in which the most dangerous inmates are housed. The two different designs 180 and
English 1B
Professor Channing
April 1, 2012
Prison Reform Prison reform is the equivalent of a double edge sword with a spike at the bottom of the handle. It is made to cut for protection, and prevention, but also is made to cut so that things can be built. The sword cannot hunt for you but if used properly you are able to provide food for yourself. Throughout the existence of modern day prisons, people have commented that prison only makes criminals better criminals. Other people have disagreed due to the numerous amounts of people who have come out of prison more successful and became productive members of society. Throughout this essay I will discuss the pros and cons of prison reform by having exclusive interviews with family members that have been or still are incarcerated in prison. I believe I will have a firsthand experience in seeing the true meaning of reform, on both sides of the sword. I made the first part of reform being protection, and prevention, because our system has been based around protecting our society and preventing crime from happening. The reform process behind the walls starts with correctional officers doing their best to protect the inmates from crimes. Thus giving these people a feeling that there are police officers in their community. Part of the protection process is preventing crimes from occurring. This is done by housing inmates with their own race and at times their own denomination of street gangs. The prison also goes to great lengths to segregate inmates according to their danger levels 1-4. Also people who have committed crimes that are frowned upon within the prison community in order to prevent violence. This part of the segregation is called protective custody or special needs. By separating inmates by danger levels this calls for different means of reform through each level. Starting from level 4 in which the most dangerous inmates are housed. The two different designs 180 and