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== Initial Questions== | == Initial Questions== | ||
#In how far is the prison a product of the process of civilization? | #In how far is the prison a product of the process of civilization? | ||
#Is the prison a success story? In how far? In how far not? | #Is the prison a success story? In how far? In how far not? | ||
#Why is it that for many countries, it is nearly impossible to have a decent prison system? What are the costs of building and running a decent prison system? What does it take apart from money? | #Why is it that for many countries, it is nearly impossible to have a decent prison system? What are the costs of building and running a decent prison system? What does it take apart from money? | ||
#What does a lack of funds, training, and attitude do | #What does a lack of funds, training, and attitude do to prisons and prisoners? | ||
#There is a general complaint that jails and prisons are overcrowded, underfunded, and unfocused these days. But hasn't that always been somewhat true? What does it mean if, as a case in point, almost immediately after the first American prisons were built, the Walnut Street Jail (1790), the Auburn Prison (1819), the Western Pennsylvania Prison (1826), and the Eastern Pennsylvania Prison (1829) were full, and within a few years, they were expanded or new prisons were under construction? | #There is a general complaint that jails and prisons are overcrowded, underfunded, and unfocused these days. But hasn't that always been somewhat true? What does it mean if, as a case in point, almost immediately after the first American prisons were built, the Walnut Street Jail (1790), the Auburn Prison (1819), the Western Pennsylvania Prison (1826), and the Eastern Pennsylvania Prison (1829) were full, and within a few years, they were expanded or new prisons were under construction? | ||
#Is it true that the prison system is suffering from some basic philosophical contradictions making functionality impossible? | #Is it true that the prison system is suffering from some basic philosophical contradictions making functionality impossible? | ||