LEGALST 160 Chapter Notes - Chapter 0: Models 1, Supermax Prison
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On punishing murder by death- benjamin rush. Killing someone is a violation of the first political compact. Everyone has power over his own liberty and property but not his life. To some, murder is less than a crime than suicide. Punishment of death checks the operations of universal justice by preventing the punishment of every species of murder. Vengeance is taken out of individual hand and placed directly into the hands of the gov. The return of the medical model: disease and meaning of imprisonment from john. 1- response to the problem of jail fever. Stack of cells surrounded by a well-ventilated fortress. 2- response to the over concerns with biological degeneracy: in the urban population. 3- response to discrediting of eugenics; anxiety over social deviance. Linked prisons with educational facilities, treatment centers, and workshop. Penitentiary is a form of political technology . Prisoners were forced to walk in lines together, stepping in coordination with knees aligned back to forward.
