Beginner’s knowledge

-No matter how prison is looked at it is still a place that no one wants to be. Behind the walls of a prison there are horrific things that go one. It is a place outside of society that is set up by criminals. Imprisoned people are not considered to be part of society however just like in society they must play the game of life accordingly to prevent from losing.
-Prisons are holding places; the government puts criminals in a holding place for a certain amount of time. It is almost like TIME OUT!
- Prisoners are giving a strict schedule every day. They must follow the rules and the schedule accordingly or they will be punished. Inmates are told when they can do something, noting is done on their own time or when they want to. The lights in a prison must be out at a certain time. They go to sleep and wake up at when they are told to. The men and women use the restroom when they ask a guard and the guard tells them yes.
-Prisons have been around for many years. They have even been around since the ninetieth century.
- Prisons were created to rehabilitate.
- Prisons are so dangerous and a safe hazard because of the many people that is in one prison. In one prison there could be racist people, homosexuals, and drug addicts; this is not secure for anyone.
- Efforts were made in the United States to abolish unsanitary and demoralizing prison conditions. Reforms included the individualization of treatment, psychiatric assistance, constructive labor and vocational training.
- From 1980 to 1990, the nation's prison population increased by 134% to persons; by 2000 it was 1,381,892 persons, a 79% increase from 1990. From 1970 to 2000 the number of state inmates alone increased 500%.
-There is a huge difference in County jails then in prisons. County jail more like a short term holding place and prisons are more for longer term.
- Some children are put in homes with strangers because their parents are in prison. Few kids are able to stay with family members.
- More than 80,000 women in prisons are mothers and they have 200,000 that are under 18.