prison reform

In this assignment my classmates and I were instructed to write a reaction paper. We were instructed to react to an article entitled ‘Why Prisons Don’t Work’, written by a Wilbert Rideau, a convicted murderer who is currently living in Louisiana State Penitentiary. In our reaction paper we are to agree or disagree with Wilbert Rideau’s opinion about prisons, we were told that we clearly had to agree or disagree, we cannot both …showed first 75 words of 726 total…

…showed last 75 words of 726 total…sent there become ‘lean mean killing machines’. Do we really want murderers knowing how to operate heavy and dangerous equipment? I do not think so. Another punishment for crimes is the death penalty. I personally am for the death penalty. If you kill someone you are killed. That is what I say. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** Works Sited Sociology text book WWW.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/crimoff.htm www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/spe96.txt