Why Do People Give Up In Prison?

Prisons are places where people give up their freedom, privacy, control and sometimes even their dignity. Losing your minds in prison is a common occurrence due to the restriction of movement and isolation that many prisoners experience. There are many people around them but they feel alone because they are away from their friends and family. If they are in prison for a lesser crime or a crime committed out of necessity then they feel alone in their ideals because they consider themselves a “regular” person. Prisons are most commonly used to hold criminals but they also house other people such as the mentally ill, prisoners of war, and even people that are unable to pay their debts. Those that are unable to pay their debts or the prisoners
A prison sentence is a punishment for those who commit unlawful acts but they also act as a deterrent to any other people that may be thinking of committing a crime. They set an example. There are even tv shows set inside a prison where young adults are taken into the prison to scare them onto the right path. The prisoners usually cooperate and scare the kids. They might tell that what they would do to them if they would wind up in prison with them. Sometimes telling them their story and what prison is like is enough to scare them. When most people think of prisons they think of maximum security prisons because those are the prisons that are more broadly advertised. The TV show Orange is the New Black is an example of a prison TV show set in a maximum security prison. When an incident occurs in a maximum security prison the inmate is isolated for several days as punishment. In isolation a prisoner is usually confined to a small room with no human contact for several days. They are served food and water but the quality of the food is sometimes lower than the food served to the prisoners that are in the regular