Kate Navarro

An increasingly alarming issue occurring in detainment centers around the world is the inadequate treatment of prisoners, most significantly seen in facilities located in developing countries. The original concept of prison was to essentially rehabilitate those who were a threat to society. However, many countries have turned it into an automatic response to any and all unfavourable actions occurring within their borders, rather than a last resort. These countries, which more often than not have questionable government structures, seem to significantly misplace their priorities concerning the health and well-being of prisoners. Their focus is to punish those who they deem to be in the wrong, rather than creating an environment to ultimately transform convicts into law-abiding citizens. This act of denying citizens, both within and outside of prisons, their inherent rights as human beings only furthers the corruption of a country, leaving them trapped in a vicious cycle of deplorable living conditions.