PUBLIC SAFETY INSTITUTIONS

Evaluating public safety Institutions - Prisons

Evaluating public safety Institutions - Prisons

Preamble

In comparison of 1980, at this stage population in U.S prison has more than tripled, creeping up to the two million mark. Therefore, it resulted in overcrowding, health care issues, and a general failure to help and reform prisoner (McMurray & Patel, 2000). Since the first American penitentiary was built in 1817, criminals have to do their jobs in expectations of decreasing idleness and helping prisoners learn to make a constructive input for society. Within two years, however, this concept of productive rehabilitation was turned into a cheap-labor-for-hire ...