From Psychology Today:
Key points
Unmet basic needs in detention harm well-being and result in high recidivism rates and societal costs.
Humane detention policies have benefits for both incarcerated individuals and prison staff.
Psychological interventions to build skills such as impulse control are crucial in an evidence-based policy.
Today’s prisons often resemble medieval “oubliettes”, in which offenders are locked up to punish them for their actions and to protect society. Research shows this approach can worsen, rather than improve, society’s safety and problems for incarcerated individuals (e.g., [1]). In response to these insights, policymakers worldwide are increasingly viewing prison as a place for rehabilitation and reintegration rather than mere punishment [2]. The idea that society can have long-term gains by investing more in the prison system so that people leave better prepared is gaining popularity [3,4].
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