Talk:Prison reform

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Terrible
This article is absolutely terrible. It's all about "theories of incarceration" and has nothing to say about the prison reform movement of the 1960s and 70s. This is one of the worst articles i've seen on wikipedia. this is horrible i can't believe this web site.

168.103.230.38 10:45, 27 August 2006 (UTC)

True, this article is missing vital parts, but I find the "Theories of incarceration" section very informative. Should it be renamed? 82.40.160.80 13:38, 6 September 2006 (UTC)


 * Perhaps moved. I'm pretty certain there's another article on the subject.  However, the theories of incarceration section doesn't cite any sources, although you could probably find sources for it.

I moved a large portion of the article -- that which dealth with the goals of imprisonment -- to the general article on prisons. PSlave 01:13, 7 October 2006 (UTC)

To add
If you can, please add to these topics:


 * History of prison reform (with specific examples, like reform at Westgate prison).

Thanks. StuRat 22:37, 22 September 2005 (UTC)

Perhaps the last paragraph under the United States Example subheading should be expanded (or removed all-together?) given that it is only one sentence long and it is not made clear how exactly Johnny Cash is relevant as an example for prison reform. Also, an image of Johnny Cash with President Nixon is included which would imply that he is a notable part of this section, however, this is inconsistent with the lack of information. --GoldenR14 (talk) 01:33, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

As previously suggested, the section title "Theories" should be renamed because it is vague and confusing as to how it pertains to prison reform. An internet search containing the content under this section groups them together as "Major Theories of Punishment." Additionally, examples of countries corresponding to each theory would add context. --GoldenR14 (talk) 02:25, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Elizabeth Fry
Removed wealthy, though she married a banker (a distant cousin of the chocolate Frys); he later went bankrupt. Also she was not the earliest British prison reformer, John Howard in the 1700s was earlier.

Removed visiting imprisoned Quakers, because she wasn't (except possibly incidently)--Erp 02:07, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Research
If any one want to start on this before I find the time, I think there is enough information out there to have a section about research. Some promising intros: Center for Crime and Justice Studies at Kings College London questions reliability of Home Office research into crime reduction. http://www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/rel/ccjs/pr-accurate-research-2006.html

Vitamin and fatty acid supplements may reduce antisocial behavior in incarcerated young adults. Randomized controlled trial and double bind. (a widely acknowledged 'high quality' study, which the Home offices has just ignored.) http://ebmh.bmjjournals.com/cgi/content/full/6/2/41 http://www.fabresearch.org/view_item.aspx?item_id=421 this is strange...... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 66.16.216.145 (talk) 16:25, 8 January 2008 (UTC)

I'm not sure if it belongs in this article or another, but here's an interesting study on what motivates primates to punish. -- SpareSimian (talk) 12:53, 8 November 2011 (UTC)

A notable study conducted by Donald Hebbs dealing with sensory deprivation could be included to support an example for a prison reform concerning solitary confinement, if any reforms dealing with the physiological effects of solitary confiment have been proposed. --GoldenR14 (talk) 02:01, 5 November 2016 (UTC)

Wikiproject Prisons
If anyone's interested, a new wikiproject has been proposed for the creation and improvement of articles regarding specific prisons, internment camps, and detention centers here.--Cdogsimmons (talk) 04:55, 20 July 2008 (UTC)

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Article Evaluation
Hello,

I have recently evaluated this article for a class assignment. I've made the following notes about how it could be improved.


 * Can be founded a little biased
 * Though there are many sources, some either don’t work or can be opinionated
 * Examples of prison reforms can be more detailed
 * Check the sources and make sure they credible, unbiased, and work
 * If you can, add some more history about prison reform and movements

Scorimes (talk) 17:10, 7 February 2019 (UTC)

Edits
·Added some to the definition of prison reform ·For the Examples section I added more to the Jay Z and Meek Mill examples, just writing more about their advocacy work in prison reform. ·Again, in the Examples section added of the advocacy work of Kim Kardashian-West. ·Also, linking all three (Jay-Z, Meek Mill, and Kim Kardashian-West) to their Wikipedia pages. ·Added more information about Johnny Cash and his experience with prison reform.

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Unsupported statements in introduction "reinstatement" failed verification
It's unclear what this sentence means: "It also focuses on ensuring the reinstatement of those whose lives are impacted by crimes." I went to the cited source looking for some context to determine to whom "those whose lives are impacted..." refers (prisoners, crime victims, victims families, all of the above?) but there is no mention of reinstatement on pages 8-9. Furthermore, a full text search of the Harris/Conley reference, using Google Books' "Search inside" tool to run a series of queries (searched for "reinstatement" as well as "reinstate" and "reinstated") returned zero matching results for all variations of the word. WarEqualsPeace (talk) 17:31, 23 January 2023 (UTC)