k striped uniforms as well as returning to chain gangs. Even though they want the prisoners to be punished for their crimes, these prisoners carry their humiliation back to the streets when released, and display anti-social angry behavior. This jeopardizes public safety because these particular criminals are more likely to continue their lives of crime.According to pro-incarceration, forcing rehabilitation programs in prison reduce the chances of offenders repeating their crimes. This is a fallacy because there are too many repeat offenders going through a revolving door prison system. Also, the cost of spending tax dollars on new or upgraded prisons does not seem to work because many new prisons stand empty today. Using incarceration as a deterrent is not working either. Again, there are many repeat offenders who join gangs with friends they had before their imprisonment. Plus, look at the first time offender involved in a capital crime. The threat of prisons did not stop him or her from committing horrendous crimes in the first place. Another fallacy pro-incarceration states is that only the worst of the worst offenders are incarcerated with only a small number of non-violent offenders joining them in prison. This is simply not true. Criminals that have public defenders or are part of a minority group are more likely to be sent to prison than a wealthy white person with a high priced lawyer.Those who are against more incarceration state that women in prison, with children, have little or no help from the fathers while they are incarcerated. Usually these women have many different fathers for their children and did not receive much help in the first place. Grandmothers all around America usually have to take charge of these children, even before the mother is incarcerated. Moreover, they sate that when an inmate is released, he or she is distrustful, unemployable and angry. However, before being released from prison, the...
