Because there is no time, staff or funding available for anything but warehousing.There are programs in prison that can and do help offenders better themselves. Some examples are anger management,...
In colonial America, punishments were severe. The Massachusetts assembly in 1736 ordered that a thief, on first conviction, be fined or whipped. The second time he was to pay treble damages, sit for...
Prison is a containment area for those who have ABUSED the privilidge to live under the laws and rules provided. When these ABUSERS are placed in the one area against their will, abuse is only the...
Dorthia Dix also known as Dragon Dix led the prison reform in America's second great awakning. Before this reform movement children and adults where put in the same jail after Juvinille detention was...