Institutional Corrections

In Chapter 11, we learned that institutional corrections has a long and controversial history. In what is known as the “Brutal Years,” punishment was strictly corporal, which essentially meant that punishment was harsh, physical, and public. Some examples include caning, whipping, and branding.

With new developments, punishment became more “humane” after a push by William Penn. Rather than relying on a physical and public display of punishment, people instead, began to be housed in singular cell units. One of the most extreme forms of isolation that a prisoner can get is solitary confinement. Informally, solitary confinement has been known as “the hole,” “SHU”, and “AdSeg”

Based on the material from lecture and reading, what is the purpose of solitary confinement? In other words, what do prisons hope to achieve by housing inmates in solitary confinement? What is one  example that can send a person to solitary confinement? 

Next, please watch the two short video clips. The video clips offer insight into what solitary confinement entails. In one video, it is an investigative report into a New Mexico prison. The clip follows how one inmate served as the “model inmate” for solitary confinement. In the second video, it is a documentary clip that goes inside a Maine State prison. There, the video shows a rehabilitative push to assist an inmate who is currently in solitary confinement. The videos have strong language.

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