nd facts, on why imprisonment is not beneficial for all concerned. They stated that in some areas, young men consider imprisonment as a rite of passage or a badge of honor. Furthermore, disapproval is expressed about how the government spends more tax dollars housing prisoners than it does on school budgets, libraries, parks and others. They go on to point out that incarceration helps contribute to crime when a person becomes an inmate in prison, he or she must follow "the laws of the jungle". Only the strongest of the prisoners can survive the violent environment in prison. Therefore, when a prisoner is released, he or she takes this violent attitude with them. People such as Joanne Page, who have worked with recently released prisoners, find them shaped by the behavior they learned in prison. Professionals relate their anti-social behavior to post-traumatic stress disorder. They also feel that prison conditions make it hard for the prisoner to make the transition from incarceration to freedom. Moreover, a large portion of male offenders who receive longer prison terms that their crime calls for disrupts their family structure and hurts the workforce when they return. They also state that incarcerating a non-violent, "small time" criminal does not help to keep the crime rate down because there are plenty of other "small time" criminals to take the place of the ones in prison.According to "The Council on Crime in America", imprisoning those who choose to commit crimes serves society by showing that justice is being fulfilled. Retribution, they say, is a powerful way to show how justice works for law-abiding citizens. Incarceration is the only form of retribution to serve justice righteously. This viewpoint is taken because imprisonment takes the criminal off the streets so their crimes cannot be committed time after time. Living in lonely, violent, Spartan conditions is a punishment these criminals deserve. Society at lar...
