In Peter Moskos’ article “In Lieu of Prison, Bring Back the Lash,” Moskos presents flogging as a means of decreasing prison populations. In the article, he states that “America has a prison problem,” and that this problem comes from a larger number of people being incarcerated and for a longer amount of time. The Moskos' solution to this ever increasing problem, is to bring back flogging. Penitentiaries, he says, were created to avoid corporal punishment, but the rate of crime did not decrease and the prisons began to fill very quickly. Moskos presents that the truly dangerous criminals should remain behind bars, but those who are likely to be released should be offered the choice to receive a flogging instead of incarceration. He argues