The “Purpose” of Female Prisons

The “Purpose” of Female Prisons

How the processes of modern prisons complexes reinforce gender roles, oppression and gender / race inequality

Public capital punishments were a core part of many “advanced” civilizations (Europe, Rome, etc.) in human history. Governments would torture, kill, or humiliate those that broke their moral or legal

Public capital punishments were a core part of many “advanced” civilizations (Europe, Rome, etc.) in human history. Governments would torture, kill, or humiliate those that broke their moral or legal codes to maintain order in their states. These punishments were often overly cruel, and yet, all too common. The objective of the state was to, typically, make an example of those that did not follow what they considered to be proper behavior in moral or criminal terms. It was a form of incentive for others to follow the law or be punished, to show that behavior that was not acceptable by the government would not be tolerated, and that one was better off just following the laws rather than to break them.

There was, however, one major flaw in this form of punishment. The administration of these punishments tended to be more appalling than the crime that was committed in the first place, and was directly witnessed by the people. This meant that people could argue that their government was in violation of the same laws that it was trying to enforce to begin with, not to mention several other major issues with this system. Prisons have a similar purpose in the sense that the government hopes to give incentive to their subjects not to break the law, at least in theory. Eventually, these prison systems would, for the most part, replace public capital punishments. 

As Angela Davis says, “incarceration within a penitentiary was assumed to be humane.” In doing so, the state tried to remove the public’s perception of negativity associated with any form of capital punishment by moving it to a more private setting.

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