Of course there is truth to the statement that most people incarcerated in the prison system are there because they deserve it. The operative word here is "most". This means that not all are meant to be there. If this is the case then prison literature might give some of them the hope they need to survive and to one day be free.
This is however one of the main reason people are somewhat against inmates reading some of what they are allowed to read. It is not the fact that they are reading that people object to, but rather the material they are allowed to read. People think that because they are in prison and therefore being punished that they should not be allowed to read law books, erotic books, or other material that some find offensive.
In this country you might be "innocent until proven guilty" but if you are "proven guilty you are surely not innocent". Or at least that is the prevailing thought amongst most of society these days. The fact of the matter is that over the last year in Illinois alone there have been two people released from incarceration because they were later found to be innocent.
While it is a happy day that they have finally been set free, they have unfortunately already served 17 and 22 years respectively and that is time that they cannot get back.So when you think about these cases you have to wonder if there was anything that could have been done differently for them or to them that might have changed the situation.
Of course the other side of the argument fights for the civil rights of inmates. These people claim that no matter what, they are paying for their crime and they should have the right to read whatever is given to them. In such cases law books are found to be appropriate because everybody should have the chance to know why they are incarcerated according to the law.
So much so that they can influence others not to give to their book dilemma. When it comes down to it it sometimes takes the municipality that the jail resides in to take the initiative. In the cases that saw large donations or any donations of significance come into the jail systems they were all started by the government officials locally.
There are cases of big donations taking place every now and again but those are too few and far between to be of any help to enough of the prisons to make a difference. This being said, when it does happen there are cases of the books being either too far gone, damaged, or of the wrong types of materials.
Aside from just giving the prisoners something to do the libraries on the grounds of a prison are harmless. Or so many people think. There are cases of prisoners using the information within those books to mount their own defense and an appeal to their original sentencing. Why some people think this is wrong I am not sure. There are also people who are jailed but are innocent, so prison literature might serve a purpose.
This is however one of the main reason people are somewhat against inmates reading some of what they are allowed to read. It is not the fact that they are reading that people object to, but rather the material they are allowed to read. People think that because they are in prison and therefore being punished that they should not be allowed to read law books, erotic books, or other material that some find offensive.
In this country you might be "innocent until proven guilty" but if you are "proven guilty you are surely not innocent". Or at least that is the prevailing thought amongst most of society these days. The fact of the matter is that over the last year in Illinois alone there have been two people released from incarceration because they were later found to be innocent.
While it is a happy day that they have finally been set free, they have unfortunately already served 17 and 22 years respectively and that is time that they cannot get back.So when you think about these cases you have to wonder if there was anything that could have been done differently for them or to them that might have changed the situation.
Of course the other side of the argument fights for the civil rights of inmates. These people claim that no matter what, they are paying for their crime and they should have the right to read whatever is given to them. In such cases law books are found to be appropriate because everybody should have the chance to know why they are incarcerated according to the law.
So much so that they can influence others not to give to their book dilemma. When it comes down to it it sometimes takes the municipality that the jail resides in to take the initiative. In the cases that saw large donations or any donations of significance come into the jail systems they were all started by the government officials locally.
There are cases of big donations taking place every now and again but those are too few and far between to be of any help to enough of the prisons to make a difference. This being said, when it does happen there are cases of the books being either too far gone, damaged, or of the wrong types of materials.
Aside from just giving the prisoners something to do the libraries on the grounds of a prison are harmless. Or so many people think. There are cases of prisoners using the information within those books to mount their own defense and an appeal to their original sentencing. Why some people think this is wrong I am not sure. There are also people who are jailed but are innocent, so prison literature might serve a purpose.
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