How people are treated in prisons?

Millions of Americans are incarcerated in overcrowded, violent, and inhumane jails and prisons that do not provide treatment, education, or rehabilitation. Incarcerated people are beaten, stabbed, raped, and killed in facilities run by corrupt officials who abuse their power with impunity.

Do prisoners lose their human rights?

Inmates generally lose their right to privacy in prison. They are not protected from warrantless searches of their person or cell. While inmates do retain their Due Process rights and are free from the intentional deprivation of their property by prison officials, this does not include any form of contraband.

Do you think prisoners should receive good treatment?

I do not feel they should receive good treatment: punishment should be adequate for the crime committed, but the prisoner should not be in threat of starvation, abusive treatment from other inmates or staff, or fear of medical neglect. Prisoners are in fact human beings and of course punishment was much worse in ancient times.

What is the problem with prison conditions?

Having said the above, it is not prison conditions that is the main problem, as people can adapt to their surroundings. The major problem in jails or prisons is that many prisoners can not simply do their own time.

What are some examples of unethical treatment of prisoners?

There are a variety of ethnicities, backgrounds, and classes of individuals incarcerated. Prison overcrowding contributes to a lot of the unethical treatment of prison inmates. When the prisons are overcrowded, inmates are not segregated amongst other inmates of their same security levels or risks.

What is prisons overcrowding and why is it bad?

Prison overcrowding contributes to a lot of the unethical treatment of prison inmates. When the prisons are overcrowded, inmates are not segregated amongst other inmates of their same security levels or risks. Sometimes these conditions make it easy for crimes to be committed within the facility or institution.

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