History of Penitentiaries

Purpose and History Paper of Penitentiaries

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The development of prisons date as far back to the early Roman times, which forms of punishment were being used for offenders suspected or convicted of criminal activity. Prisons have developed and modified the effectiveness and appropriateness of punishment over time to function the way they do in today's society. The correction process is among three of the major components of the criminal justice system, but could not be successfully complete without the police and the courts. There are two types of systems that prisons use to design and enforce punishment among offenders - Pennsylvania and Auburn. The systems tweaked and modified the original ideas, in order to form a prison system that would be effective...