Question

List the advantages and disadvantages of imprisonment as a form of punishment. Give points

Answer 1

Answer:

Pros of prison:

• It allows the government to not only punish criminals, but to remove them from society. A prison sentence means that, without a doubt, that individual will be committing no more crimes for the duration of the sentence, which can be anywhere from two years to one hundred and fifty.

• It allows the government to scale punishments more effectively. A man who steals a loaf of bread gets five years, while a man who robs a bank gets fifty. The disincentive to commit crimes increases drastically as the crimes get more severe. With corporal punishment, there is only so much physical violence you can do to a person. How much more would you flog a bank robber than a bread-stealer? Perhaps you would flog him repeatedly over a period of days? Still, it is simply easier to add more years with the severity.

• It allows for programs of "rehabilitation" and "reeducation" to be administered to convicts. While these programs are ineffective in their current incarnation, they could be improved and made far more effective if prisons were restructured. Corporal punishment, while effective as a deterrent, can not rehabilitate anyone.

• It allows for punishment that is consistent and long-term. Corporal punishment, for its benefits, only lasts for at most a few hours. Prison lasts for years. The convict emerges at the end of the sentence having experienced punishment as a lifestyle, and can be significantly changed by the experience if done properly.

Cons of prison:

• As said in the details, the prison environment is often conducive to criminalization rather than rehabilitation. However, a reformation of prisons could fix this.

• Prisons are very expensive, as said in the details.

• Prisons become difficult to manage as the number of prisoners in the same institution increase.
• Whereas taking four thousand men and flogging them before returning them to their homes is not so different from flogging ten thousand, taking four thousand men and providing for their food, clothing, guarding, and shelter for years is far easier than increasing the number being imprisoned to ten thousand.

• Prisons require centralization, which at its core is inefficient and costly. Floggings can be done individually and anywhere, so to be most efficient the convict would probably be flogged right outside the courthouse then let go.
• This only requires paying a couple officers for a half hour of guarding and then beating the convict.

• Prison is glorified by many criminal and semicriminal cultures. I doubt any criminals glorify being flogged.

• Prisons can easily become corrupt when they form an isolated culture among the guards and administration.
• Floggings are public and one-time things, and are in no way conducive to corruption.

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Answer 2

Answer:

positives:

1. It allows the government to not only punish criminals, but to remove them from society. A prison sentence means that, without a doubt, that individual will be committing no more crimes for the duration of the sentence, which can be anywhere from two years to one hundred and fifty.

2. It allows the government to scale punishments more effectively. A man who steals a loaf of bread gets five years, while a man who robs a bank gets fifty. The disincentive to commit crimes increases drastically as the crimes get more severe. With corporal punishment, there is only so much physical violence you can do to a person. How much more would you flog a bank robber than a bread-stealer? Perhaps you would flog him repeatedly over a period of days? Still, it is simply easier to add more years with the severity.

3. It allows for programs of "rehabilitation" and "reeducation" to be administered to convicts. While these programs are ineffective in their current incarnation, they could be improved and made far more effective if prisons were restructured. Corporal punishment, while effective as a deterrent, can not rehabilitate anyone.

4. It allows for punishment that is consistent and long-term. Corporal punishment, for its benefits, only lasts for at most a few hours. Prison lasts for years. The convict emerges at the end of the sentence having experienced punishment as a lifestyle, and can be significantly changed by the experience if done properly.

negatives:

1. Is said in the details, the prison environment is often conducive to criminalization rather than rehabilitation. However, a reformation of prisons could fix this.

2. Prisons are very expensive, as said in the details.

3. Prisons become difficult to manage as the number of prisoners in the same institution increase. Whereas taking four thousand men and flogging them before returning them to their homes is not so different from flogging ten thousand, taking four thousand men and providing for their food, clothing, guarding, and shelter for years is far easier than increasing the number being imprisoned to ten thousand.

3. Prisons require centralization, which at its core is inefficient and costly. Floggings can be done individually and anywhere, so to be most efficient the convict would probably be flogged right outside the courthouse then let go. This only requires paying a couple officers for a half hour of guarding and then beating the convict.

4. Prison is glorified by many criminal and semicriminal cultures. I doubt any criminals glorify being flogged.

5. Prisons can easily become corrupt when they form an isolated culture among the guards and administration. Floggings are public and one-time things, and are in no way conducive to corruption.

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