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Justice, Crime, and Ethics by Braswell et al.--Chapter 16 Prison Ethics

I discuss briefly the problem of for-profit prisons.

BrianGlenney
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Justice, Crime, and Ethics by Braswell et al.--Chapter 16 Prison Ethics

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  1. Prison ethics Chapter 16 JCE

  2. From last class…. to this class Prisoners interact with corrupt practices in prison: both systemic (solitary) and personal (guards). Prisons themselves have significant disconcerting conditions and aspects

  3. Prison Ethics: The Who and What • Most incarcerated are non-violent offenders (<9% inmates in Federal) • Disproportionate minorities (5 to 7 times more likely for African Americans.) • Prisoners deprived of “safe, lawful, industrious, and hopeful conditions (305).” • Poor treatment for mental illness. • Slave labor (Chain gangs in Alabama are ~80% African American) • Elderly prisoners (55+) constitute ~10% • Women prisoners constitute ~7% • “For profit” prisons rising to ~16% • Overcrowded prisons (15 states at or above capacity)

  4. “For profit” prisons rising to ~16%

  5. For-Profit Prisons: Theoretically problematic Like any profit-driven business, prisons invest in efficient means of incarceration rather than “correction” or even “retribution.”

  6. For-Profit Prisons: Theoretically problematic • Ethically, prisons are either for retribution (deontology), correction (utilitarian), incarceration (police sub-culture), or restoration (care ethics). • For-profit prisons are for profit. • Thus, for-profit prisons are not ethical.

  7. For-Profit Prisons: Theoretical Response ~2) For-profit prisons are for incarceration. Public prisons are woefully overcrowded and expensive. Private prisons provide a system for warehousing prisoners (e.g. private storage).

  8. For-Profit Prisons: Theoretically problematic? Rebuttals to the “incarceration” response??? Do “for-profit” prisons fit police sub-culture ethics?

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