Negative Impact of Prisons in Canada (Essay Sample)

Negative impacts of prisons
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Over the past century the use of prison to control crime has increased tremendously. Prisons are often considered to reduce crime, recidivism and make the community a safe place to live. Proponents of incarceration believe that when criminals are imprisoned the society becomes safer because prison teaches offenders that crime does not pay. However, there exist various researches and studies that argue that prisons have more negative effects than positive ones. Prisons have been labelled to have negative effects on the incarcerated, their children, family and community. Many have argued that prisons increases recidivism instead of reducing it. According to Mary Campbell, retired Canadian director general Corrections and Criminal Justice, “the revolution age in Canadian prisoner’s rights”, the courts have affirmed clearly that the incarcerated do not by virtue of their incarceration lose human rights guarantee such as freedom of religion, conscience, and freedom of expression (Zehr & Gohar, 2013). However, in most cases. The prisons have denied prisoners various rights and gas had negative