essary at all.Treatment of criminals of capital crimes is a debatabletopic. Some feel that they should be treated bad to get revengeat them, others say that they need to be treated like equals.Chapter 2 of the textbook gives the Christian point of viewwhen it says, "The Catholic Church has a long tradition ofrespecting the dignity of those in prison (textbook 35)." Thisquote shows how Christians feel, following the will of Jesuswho once told of how what we do to those in prison, we do tohim. Jesus says if we can treat them well, we are treating himwell. Chapter 2 of the textbook also, however points out thatmany prisons do not take this approach. It talks of "rampantguard violence against prisoners" and "prisoners forced to lie"(textbook 37-38) and other denying of basic rights. One mustwonder if this is necessary to control prisoners. Some say yes,others disagree. Officials in Georgia took a different approachto control its overcrowded prison. Because of the immenseoverpopulation, officials decided to place some prisoners intents, while the inmates debated whether it was "cruel andunusual punishment (Pilcher 1)." When the tents went up,however, prisoners were practically standing in line to get atent. It seems that the tents were air-conditioned while therest of the prison had fans. Also, the tents were nice livingplaces. This very pleasant treatment of the inmates got anunexpected response to when inmates "are willing to behave toget to stay in the unit (Pilcher 1)." It seems that wheninmates are treated with respect and dignity, they act better.Out of the 168 inmates that got tents, only 2 got filed fordiscipline reports (Pilcher 1). This article showed that withbetter treatment, the inmates gave in return better behavior.Maybe the Church is right. Even criminals and offenders ofcapital crimes should be treated with dignity and respect. Lookwhat happened when they were treated how humans are supposed tobe. Now, I am not saying we sh...
