The United States legal system today is set up so that when a
person commits a crime they are prosecuted and ultimately incarcerated.
The idea behind the legal process is to create a sequence of events that is
meant to degrade the criminal and remove any social rights he or she may
have had while on the outside. For example, prisoners have this vague
notion that they are entitled to any basic rights while in prison, that is
wrong, but because of the fact they think that way law-abiding and
upstanding citizens are outraged. Prisoners are sent to prison or jail
because they committed a crime, something that was considered
unacceptable and wrong in society. Therefore, they are sent to prison or
jail to pay for what they did, to be punished. However, a lot of these
prisons and jails that prisoners are being sent to are made to be too
comfortable and too accommodating. Prisoners are being entertained
rather than being reformed. They are entitled to programs such as arts &
crafts, music, television, occasional live performances, and leisure
sports. Along with these activities prisoners are entitled to programs
such as education and trade instruction. (ttp://www.questia.com/Index.jsp?CRID=prisoners_rights&OFFID=se1)
The reason many citizens are so outraged by these programs is
because they are not offered in free society as much as they are in
prisons. In many prisons, prisoners are served 3 hot meals a day. Also, at
jails and prisons prisoners have an open courtyard, where they have
access to weights, basketball, and other recreational activities. While
incarcerated prisoners can earn their GED, access books and computers,
this is wrong. These prisoners are getting three meals a day, a roof over
their heads, warm beds, cable television, recreational equipment, jobs
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