Ca 3 Lesson 2 Golden Era of Penology
Ca 3 Lesson 2 Golden Era of Penology
COMMUNITY BASED
Non- Institutionalized Corrections refers to the
correctional activities that may take place within the
community.
What is REHABILITATION?
Is a punishment philosophy, which asserts that through
proper correctional intervention, a criminal can be
reformed into a law -abiding citizen.
What is PUNISHMENT?
The general concept is that it is the infliction of some
sort of pain on the offender for violating the law. In the
legal sense, it is more individual redress or personal
revenge. Punishment therefore is defined as the redress
that the state takes against an offending member.
Purpose of Punishment
To segregate offenders from society ;and
To rehabilitate him so that upon his returns to the
society he shall be responsible and law abiding citizen.
Two Legal Grounds for Detaining a Person
Commission of a crime
Violent insanity or any other ailment that needs
compulsory confinement in a hospital
The rules on the admission, custody and treatment of
inmates:
Seek to promote discipline and to secure the
reformation and safe custody f inmates.
Shall be applied impartially, without discrimination
on grounds of race, colour, sex, language, religion or
other opinion, national or social origin, property,
birth or other status.
Shall be enforced with firmness but tempered with
understanding.
Pre-release Treatment
It is the program specifically designed and given to a
prisoner, during a limited period, prior to his release, in
order t give him an opportunity to adjust him from the
regimented group like in prison to the normal, independent
life of a free individual.
End of lesson II