Solitary confinement (in fact almost the entire US prison system), is punishment based. I have written several papers on solitary confinement and the US prison system in general, so I was wondering if you thought (as a person with first-hand experience) if the punishment model works in any way as a deterrent to crime?
How did a system based on punishment effect you and your other inmates in ways of thinking, acting, violent outbursts, etc.? Did it make violence more common, was there any reward system for good behavior?
Were there opportunities to be released from solitary and did you take them and get sent back or were you never offered the choice?
Poland (I'm pretty sure) moved to the rehabilitation model in the late 80's early 90's, since then they have seen a marked decrease in multiple offenders and crime in general. Do you believe that rehabilitation, such as job training, anger management, social skills, and so on would have a positive impact in American prisons and do you think this is something that could be easily implemented with the current prison population?
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Thanks for doing this AMA first of all.
Solitary confinement (in fact almost the entire US prison system), is punishment based. I have written several papers on solitary confinement and the US prison system in general, so I was wondering if you thought (as a person with first-hand experience) if the punishment model works in any way as a deterrent to crime?
How did a system based on punishment effect you and your other inmates in ways of thinking, acting, violent outbursts, etc.? Did it make violence more common, was there any reward system for good behavior?
Were there opportunities to be released from solitary and did you take them and get sent back or were you never offered the choice?
Poland (I'm pretty sure) moved to the rehabilitation model in the late 80's early 90's, since then they have seen a marked decrease in multiple offenders and crime in general. Do you believe that rehabilitation, such as job training, anger management, social skills, and so on would have a positive impact in American prisons and do you think this is something that could be easily implemented with the current prison population?
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