Prisons in the US

Does imprisonment lower crime? Most people believe that imprisonment is the most effective way to reduce crime rate. That prisons are the best institutions for confining and punishing people who have been convicted of crimes or people who are awaiting trail. Prisons punish criminals by restricting their freedom. For example, prisons limit where prisoners can go, what they may do, with who they can associate. There are prisons with different degree of security, prisons for …

…them to find a good job or place to live so they turn back to crime. Prisons are only effective for a serious criminals, who are dangerous to our society, or who fail to succeed in a community correctional programs. Otherwise prisons are not proving their effectiveness in lowering crime rates, they failed as a correctional institutions helpful with reintegration. Alternative correctional programs would be cheaper, more humane and more effective rather than expensive prisons.