Purpose And History Of Corrections: The Early Prison System
Purpose and History of Corrections
Jessica Malone
CJA/223
January 27, 2013
Jeffery Newton
Purpose and History of Corrections
For most, luckily corrections have come a long way since the days of torture and the rack. In the following, history of punishment will discussed as well as the things that drove the reform of punishment. As punishment evolved so did the use and prisons. The following will dissect the early prison systems and how they matured over time. Two early systems, the Pennsylvania system and the Auburn system were used and will be compared against each other. Finally how prison labor impacted, and has always been involved in corrections will be discussed.
To understand how far society has come on the subject one must …show more content…
These two systems were the Pennsylvania system and the Auburn system. The Pennsylvania system was known as the separate and silent system. This system focused on hard work and internal reflection by the inmates. According to “Encyclopedia Britannica Facts Matter” (2013), “It has been called a penal method based on the principal that solitary confinement fosters penance and encourages reformation.” This system allowed for no interaction between inmates and drove the mental illness numbers through the roof. Inmates were expected to conduct manual labor by themselves in their very small cells which resulted in minimal work output. The Auburn system although it started being modeled after the Pennsylvania system it ended up very different. Known as the congregate and silent system it focused on still enforcing silence strictly but allowed for workers to work together in a factory like setting. This was a vast improvement from the Pennsylvania system especially in the decreasing in mental illness problems. The Auburn system allows for much more production from the laborers at the prison in return bringing more money back into the
Jessica Malone
CJA/223
January 27, 2013
Jeffery Newton
Purpose and History of Corrections
For most, luckily corrections have come a long way since the days of torture and the rack. In the following, history of punishment will discussed as well as the things that drove the reform of punishment. As punishment evolved so did the use and prisons. The following will dissect the early prison systems and how they matured over time. Two early systems, the Pennsylvania system and the Auburn system were used and will be compared against each other. Finally how prison labor impacted, and has always been involved in corrections will be discussed.
To understand how far society has come on the subject one must …show more content…
These two systems were the Pennsylvania system and the Auburn system. The Pennsylvania system was known as the separate and silent system. This system focused on hard work and internal reflection by the inmates. According to “Encyclopedia Britannica Facts Matter” (2013), “It has been called a penal method based on the principal that solitary confinement fosters penance and encourages reformation.” This system allowed for no interaction between inmates and drove the mental illness numbers through the roof. Inmates were expected to conduct manual labor by themselves in their very small cells which resulted in minimal work output. The Auburn system although it started being modeled after the Pennsylvania system it ended up very different. Known as the congregate and silent system it focused on still enforcing silence strictly but allowed for workers to work together in a factory like setting. This was a vast improvement from the Pennsylvania system especially in the decreasing in mental illness problems. The Auburn system allows for much more production from the laborers at the prison in return bringing more money back into the