AMERICAN PENAL SYSTEM

American Penal System

American Penal System

Introduction

The American criminal justice system serves as a mechanism to administer societal justice. To ensure societal justice, the legal system deters crime by detaining unlawful violators, eradicating them from society and providing appropriate punishment. It accomplishes these goals the prison system establishment. Unfortunately, the modern U.S. prison system remains severely flawed in its disciplinary administration. In what appears a sad reality, many criminals receive better treatment than the homeless and most other needy Americans. Frankly, the prison system seems more like a fertile playground than place of punishment. The government sequesters superfluous amounts of ...