Imprisonment

Question 1

Describe an argument quote for abolishing prison

Answer 1

“Prisons are an expensive way of making bad people worse”

Conservative Home Secretary Douglas Hurd, 1990

Question 2

What is the average cost of prison for one person for one year in Scotland

Answer 2

£35,325

Source: Scottish Prison Service Annual Report and Accounts 2016-2017

Question 3

Describe the emergence of the modern prison

Answer 3

Reforming movement 1800s, Improvement of prisonconditions, Moral reform of the criminal through religion, hard work anddiscipline

Punishment not of the bodybut the mind

Self regulation and discipline, training them because someone COULD be watching.

Question 4

Describe the purposes of punishment

Answer 4

Deterrence/prevention - prisons don’t deter
Incapacitation (public protection) - not all prisoners are dangerous, people reoffend
Retribution (punishment) - loss of freedom, no material goods (individuality and self expression), deprivation relationships, fear (other violent people), impact on future job prospects
Reform and rehabilitation - does it work?