Current Events > I have to write a 3 page paper on if prisons should punish or reform.

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And I have to back up my opinion with facts. But there aren't any facts just more opinions.
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There must be studies and research papers that you can cite. If not about prisons then about the effects of punishment vs positive reinforcement.
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There must be some facts/statistics on how how many people reoffend when punished or reformed. Use other countries data too if you can.
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Use statistics to see if punishment vs reform cause a change in patterns on repeat offenders and stuff like that

Talk about the stanford prison experiment and the private prison industry is you're pro reform
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neither, it should protect other people from violent criminals
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Wikipedia says:

According to the US Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), 2,220,300 adults were incarcerated in US federal and state prisons, and county jails in 2013 about 0.91% of adults (1 in 110) in the U.S. resident population. Additionally, 4,751,400 adults in 2013 (1 in 51) were on probation or on parole.
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