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Should American Prisons Be Rehabilitated

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Cody henry
English 121
Professor Karle
22 October 2015
American prisons and Rehabilitation
A prison is a place where people are held legally for punishment of a crime that they have been sentenced for. One of the goals of prisons should be the rehabilitation of prisoners. The United States is currently facing an overcrowding problem in there prison system (Rader). The American prison system has a poor approach to the rehabilitation of prisoners. The United States needs a better approach to how they hand rehabilitation of prisoners young and old. One of the questions is “can everyone be rehabilitated?” Another question is “should everyone be?” And finally “how should they be?” These are all important questions when it comes to the subject of

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