Why Prisons Work
Why Prisons Work Today society faces a massive crime rate. Therefore, we have many issues up for debate on how prisons should work, and if our current system is working. I choose to write my essay on “Why Prisons Don’t Work” by Wilbert Rideau because we have two prisons in our area, one located only 40 miles away. ... For example, when he states that prisons are overcrowded. ... Almost is the key word, why should society want to take that risk by letting a one-time murderer out of prison on the chance that murderers almost always murder once. ... It doesn’t work (3, 140). ... I feel that our prison systems does work. ... Rideau feels that prisons should do more to rehabilitate the prisoners (6, 141). ... Most prisons have counselors readily available, if not mandatory. Prisons teach trades and also in some states will pay for inmates to get a college education.