Prisons as correctional centres: When the cell begins to feel more comfortable than home

Thenews_chronicle | 29-03-2026 02:32am |

The idea of transforming prisons into centres of correction rather than cold chambers of condemnation carries an almost irresistible moral appeal. It speaks to something deeply human, the belief in redemption, in the possibility that a wrong turn does not define a lifetime. Classical criminological thought, particularly the rehabilitative ideal rooted in positivist theory, insists

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