ough difficult to measure, including an increase in education or the ability to hold a quality job, would also indicate that a program is achieving its goals. Programs that claim to fulfill these measures include, shock incarnation, prison boot camps and the extended use of the parole system. (University of Cincinnati, Division of Criminal Justice)Both shock incarcerations (SIs) and boot camps take place while offenders are still serving their custodial term. SIs place new offenders into a very intensive prison sentence that is harsher than the standard sentence for a particular crime, but for a shorter period. For instance, an offender might normally receive fivehundred hours of community service or the option of entering an SI that would require a jail term that amounted to less time served than the community service program. The offender is segregated from the regular population, but is still subjected to the realities of prison. The Criminal Disposition Commissions Alternatives to Incarceration Committee found this imperative for the success of SIs. They say, Shock programs are purported to give felons sufficient experience with prison to deter them from crimes without risking Prisonization and its accompanying effects (Coyle, p. 3). By segregating the prison population and keeping the SI members isolated, offenders are less likely to become hardened. When offenders are subjected to the long-term reality of prison, they can develop a rejection of society called prisonization. It is very difficult to re-integrate an offender after they have become hardened to the penal system. Segregation from the main prison population also means that offenders do not have as great of an opportunity to develop a network of criminals. Such sentences work by giving a new offender a startling view into penitentiary life without the effects of prisonization.Boot camps are similar to SIs in that member offenders are isolated from the rest of the...
