http://prisonnewsblog.com/purpose-of-prisons/ Prison News and Commentary Sat, 21 Mar 2009 19:07:56 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 http://prisonnewsblog.com/purpose-of-prisons/#comment-187 Tue, 17 Mar 2009 04:33:59 +0000 http://prisonnewsblog.com/?p=1062#comment-187 Hi Michael Santos, My name is Hassan Khan and I am taking the correction class with Sam Torres at California State Long Beach. I just few questions that I was wondering I could ask, since being in the prison for 21 years do you feel that the prison has served its purpose and changed you for better? Do you think by the prison effectively restricting the telephone use and visiting access would make the prisoner more likely make the person to loose their mind and cause problems in jail or would they accept and try to change themselves so they can earn these privileges? Is it possible for a prisoner to be reformed in prison even if they committed the most horrendous crime? Do you see the people that are in prison likely to change their ways and if so was it because of being in prison? I appreciate you time, and hope to hear from you soon. Thanks

]]> http://prisonnewsblog.com/purpose-of-prisons/#comment-161 Thu, 12 Mar 2009 21:17:03 +0000 http://prisonnewsblog.com/?p=1062#comment-161 Hi Micheal Santos I’m a student in Sam Torres corrections class at Long Beach State, and after reading your article, “Purpose of Prison”, I would love for you elaborate from your experiences as to why you feel that the goal of corrections was not to rehabilitate. Why do you feel that there is such high recidivism rates? I noticed you said that the goal is to protect the security of the institution, not to prepare offenders for law abiding lives upon release, But why is it for most offenders their freedom and rights being taken away is not enough to change their ways and keep them from re-offending, especially those that are in prison for long periods of time.

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