Prisons | Prisoners Should Not Have Access to Weight Training Facilities
About the author: John P. Zerillo is the director of public safety in Mercer County, New Jersey, where he manages two county correctional facilities.
We should not be transforming those convicted or accused of breaking the law into stronger, criminal machines. Some number of these strength-trained inmates will be discharged and use illicit force to break the law yet again.
Strength training and power development will enable inmates to more effectively threaten, hurt, and kill.
There is considerable controversy about whether inmates should be lifting...
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- Are Prisons Effective?
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How Should Prisons Treat Inmates?
- The Treatment of Inmates: An Overview
- Prisons Should Punish Inmates
- Prisons Should Rehabilitate Inmates
- Inmates Should Not Be Coddled
- Prisoners Should Not Have Access to Weight Training Facilities
- Weight Training Is a Valuable Rehabilitative Tool
- Violent Inmates Should Not Be Placed in Super-Max Prisons
- Should Prisons Be Privatized?
- Should Prisons Use Inmate Labor?
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