Penitentiary Ideal and Models of American Prisons

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The American prison system was divided amongst two different types: Eastern State and

Auburn. Both prisons were run in very different manors and my intentions are to explain each

prison and the goals that they had in mind. The penitentiary was designed to be a place where

punishment would be given in a humane way to people who had committed a crime. People who

were incarcerated could receive rehabilitation as well as gain spiritual improvement while

serving their sentence. The prisons should be a place where an individual would do their time as

well as reflect on the events that led them to incarceration and make a choice to change their life

around. Prisons were not made to be a comfortable living space so punishments and...