Question: Describe the Pennsylvania correctional system, what characteristics remain in our prisons today?
The modern day correctional facility is a direct result of combining many of the systems we have been introduced in chapter fifteen. Although, the Pennsylvania system has shown to serve as the foundation and basic idea of how a prison system should be based.
The Pennsylvania prison system was established in order to reform the “prison system” that was in place at the time. The prison was basically constructed on the principle that all of the criminals would be held in the same room. They would place men