Prisons do more harm than good. Do you agree?

Prisons do more harm than good. Do you agree?
I'm really sure about what to write about this, the poonts i have so far are that prisons do harm by teaching people to act aggressively to get what they want and that it helps in rehabilitation.

Any more points?

- prisons actually do more harm because the criminals are stigmatised for life and it is difficult for them to integrate back in the society.

- since in prison the criminals are grouped together,they are prone to act violently and be rebellious

- it would be more apppropriate for them to help in the society than being jailed for e.g do social and forced manual works for a certain period of time so as to get a lesson from their mistake

- on an economic point of view, the government has lot of expenditure on them for their living and instead of building so many prisons, the same money could be used for other social purposes

- some criminals are even bullied and raped while being in prison which can contribute to make them even more hostile as once they have been victimised they can in turn become the tormentor.

NO I DON'T BELIEVE THEY DO MORE HARM THAT GOOD. SOMETIMES IT TAKES BEING TAKEN AWAY FROM EVERYTHING & EVERYONE JUST TO GET UR LIFE STRAIGHTENED OUT. FOR EXAMPLE, A DRUG ADDICT WONT JUST STOP DOING DRUGS JUST BECAUSE, BUT IF HE IS TAKEN AWAY AND CAN'T GET THEM, WHAT OTHER CHOICE DOES HE AHVE BUT TO STOP DOING DRUGS. IT MAKES YOU REALIZE WHATS IMPORTANT & WHATS NOT, WHO R UR FRIENDS AND SO ON... HOPE THIS HELPS

I think it is just impossible to argue that they do more harm than good, because without them we could not be protected from those who would violate the rights of others.

The only way to eradicate prisons would be to put every offender on some rehabilitation program. But if there was no unpleasant punishment for committing crimes, people could violate the rights of others all the time and then enjoy their rehabilitation.

So, prisons are necessary. The real question is this: Prison does more harm than good for the following types of criminal offenders: ________, _________, and ___________.

Name three types of people who end up in prison but really should not be in prison.. for example, people with mental disabilities. You can write about certain circumstances under which prisons do more harm than good for particular people.

:-)

Ok i did what you told me. Thank you! (: