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The idea that imprisonment 'corrects' prisoners stretches back to some of the earliest texts in history

  • Written by J. Nicholas Reid, Professor Old Testament and Ancient Near Eastern Studies, Reformed Theological Seminary
The idea that imprisonment 'corrects' prisoners stretches back to some of the earliest texts in historyHymn to the Goddess Nungal, on display at the Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures at the University of Chicago.Daderot/Wikimedia Commons

Prisons are places of suffering. But in theory, they aim for something beyond punishment: reform.

In the United States, the goal of prisoner rehabilitation can be traced back, in part, to the 1876 opening...

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