Saturday, May 9, 2020

A Major Goal Of Public Safety - 1432 Words

A major goal in Canada is to maintain the safety of the society. Therefore, in order to control this goal of public safety penitentiaries are used for confide individuals who commit serious crimes. Prison tours was organized to provide the understanding into the attributes of imprisonment. In the article â€Å"Problematizing Carceral Tours† , Justin Pichà © and Kevin Walby claim carceral tours display minimal understanding of prisons. They support their argument by pointing out the infractions of the carceral tours. In opposition, in the article â€Å"In Praise of the Carceral Tour: Learning from the Grendon Experience†, David Wilson, Roy Spina, and Joyce Canaan argue the benefits of the carceral tours. In the article â€Å"Problematizing Carceral†¦show more content†¦This method of carceral tours is used to maintain the vision that the prison is kept well maintained and ethical to there prisoners. The justification behind the vision is to sustain the CSC (The Correctional Service of Canada) mission statement. The mission statement is to demonstrate general understanding of the objectives and operations of the prison. The authors stated that penitentiaries rarely provide their â€Å"rehabilitative and correctional ideals†. The complexity of prison life is often disregarded, this is an issue seeing as it is the leading attraction for tourists. The final argument that is made is the effect is has on the prisoners. The carceral tours portray prisoners to be dangerous. The staff often dehumanize prisoners, using regulations that tourists are ordered to follow regarding their interactions with the prisoners. This often impacts the tourist judgement of the prisoners. M ost importantly, the dignity for the prisoners are not being respected. In conclusion, the research founded, pedagogical value was not worth the intrusion of privacy upon prisoners. The article â€Å"In Praise of the Carceral Tour: Learning from the Grendon Experience† , Wilson, Spina, and Canaan response to the arguments brought up by Pichà © and Walby. Firstly, Wilson, Spina, and Canaan address the argument made by Pichà © and Walby regarding the scripted and controlled tours and how it eliminates the key aspects of incarceration. Their rebuttal against the issue is; despite the

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