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The Prison System


History:
Modern day jails and prisons function with the same basic principles as was used in England and America in the eighteenth-century, even though the jails had little to do with punishment in England. In America there was very little difference between the two corrections systems, a noticeable difference however was in the use of capital or corporal punishment. American courts handed out the death sentence much more frequently than England’s courts did. There were people even then that fought against torture, mutilation and death for convicts, there was a law for a time that only allowed the death sentence in pre-meditated murder cases this law has been used and lifted over time. However, this is much as it is today.
Purpose:
The general purpose of the American prison system is to protect the public and punish criminals. Where there are many views on how to do this, but the prison system remains the largest part of our punishment. Jails and......

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