This is all good info, and true, as far as I know. It makes me sad to read it, though, because it cannot apply to people in prison. My brother is in pretrial detention, and there is no way anyone in a justice dept. facility can accomplish any of these suggestions for emotional health. I've read that the stress of prison ages people quickly. I think incarceration, itself, the condition of being locked up and away from the outside world, family, friends, and other things one loves, is sufficient punishment without creating crowded and otherwise inhumane environments where people must serve their sentences for years, often for decades. Not only does it affect the detained/incarcerated, but it also affects their families and friends. We still love them, even if we don't like what they did. Read this article. Every bit of it is true, and The Economist is a respected international publication.
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This is all good info, and true, as far as I know. It makes me sad to read it, though, because it cannot apply to people in prison. My brother is in pretrial detention, and there is no way anyone in a justice dept. facility can accomplish any of these suggestions for emotional health. I've read that the stress of prison ages people quickly. I think incarceration, itself, the condition of being locked up and away from the outside world, family, friends, and other things one loves, is sufficient punishment without creating crowded and otherwise inhumane environments where people must serve their sentences for years, often for decades. Not only does it affect the detained/incarcerated, but it also affects their families and friends. We still love them, even if we don't like what they did. Read this article. Every bit of it is true, and The Economist is a respected international publication.
http://www.economist.com/node/16640389
July 24, 2010 - 12:09amThis Comment
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