Gay Gentle
CJ412 Criminal Justice Ethics
Tammy E. Bracewell, Ph. D.
Texas A&M University
11 July 2016

With millions of people incarcerated in the United States, prisoners’ rights and their ethical treatment must be thoroughly examined. There have been many changes made over the years for inmate accommodation and the preservation of the basic human rights of inmates. The question we need to ask is enough being done when it comes to treating prisoners ethically or are their lives on the inside so comfortable that these prisoners don’t even feel as if they are being punished. Many have deep beliefs about the wrong and rights of the treatment of prisoners and they are for and against the question. According to Mosser, utilitarianism is the belief that moral rules should be choices made by a society to promote the happiness of its members. In light of all the newfound knowledge gained through neurobiological research, a proposal on reforming the criminal justice system and implementing a personalized therapy program makes sense, at least from a utilitarian point of view. (Grunwell, Illes, and Karkazis. 2008)
There are those who feel that by looking at correctional background, we will find that that have been steps taken toward treating prisoners humanly as society progresses. In the past, the types of discipline used on prisoners included flogging, decapitating, eviscerating, torment and at times, they were even killed. Fines and property distribution were the punishments mostly used. Ethics gives a structure to answering these questions is a proper way. It permits us to be steady in our judgments, give motivations to our convictions and to fundamentally inspect assessments. In particular, morals permits us to act in a way that accords with an arrangement of center qualities and standards.
When anyone commits any type criminal act, they will be judged