The Dominion - Peter Collins

Ball and Chain

hillarybain — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 21:27:49 +0000

It is not only poor conditions inside of prisons, or the expansion of prisons, that should be criticized, but the very idea of using incarceration as a solution, says Peter Collins, a prison justice advocate. “At the end of the day, regardless of how pretty or how ugly a prison is, it’s still a prison. Deprivation does not work, you simply can’t rehabilitate someone inside of a cage”.

Ball and chain

Tim McSorley — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:45:44 +0000

It is not only poor conditions inside prisons and the expansion of prisons that should be criticized, but the very idea of using incarceration as a solution to crime, says Peter Collins, a prison justice advocate. “At the end of the day, regardless of how pretty or how ugly a prison is, it’s still a prison. Deprivation does not work, you simply can’t rehabilitate someone inside a cage”.