Society's Prisons

Paper Summary:

This paper explains that society's current focus regarding the role of prisons is on revenge and incarceration. However, the paper argues that society must break out of this idea, which leads to overcrowded prisons and a high rate of recidivism. Instead, society must view prisons as rehabilitation institutions. The paper then describes prison rehabilitation, training and support systems, which the writer thinks should be society's expectation of prisons. The writer believes that the exploitation, inhumanity and injustice of work in chain gangs need to be brought back into public consciousness.

From the Paper:

"Some states differ on what they think there prison system should accomplish. Many states believe that they should serve as a rehabilitation institution. However, the state of Florida believes that there first mission is to protect society by incarcerating convicted offenders, then there only after that they will offer the offender means to an education, training, and some work experience and provide counseling. For the states that do believe in the rehabilitation process, they have many programs in place within there prisons."

Sample of Sources Used:

• A Canvas Incarceration Compound In-Tents (2004). Joe Arpaio for Sheriff. Retrieved September 20, 2005, http://www.reelectjoe.com/issues/display_issues.cfm?ID=1870884114
• Alternative Budget Suggestions for the State of Arizona Relative to Criminal Justice (2002). American Friends Service Committee. Retrieved September 19, 2005, http://www.afsc.org/az/altbudg.htm
• Private and Public Sector Prisons-A Comparison of Select Characteristic (2004). Federal Probation. Retrieved September 19, 2005, http://www.uscourts.gov/fedprob/June_2004/prisons.html
• World North America (2002, August 8). Prison and Beyond. Retrieved September 20, 2005, http://www.economist.com/world/na/displayStory.cfm?story_id=1270755

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