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The Pros And Cons Of Unicor Or Federal Prison Institutions

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UNICOR also known as Federal Prison Industries is a correctional program that allows inmates to make textiles and other products while in prison including learning mechanical skills. The program teaches inmates life skills that will help him or her prepare for the world when they reenter society (BOP, 2018). Since the American Revolution and Jacksonian Era correctional institutions were more like dark caves opposed to the modern structure of building’s that are seen today. During this time, corrections focused on rehabilitative labor which was another form of slavery. Men and women were forced to work in slave like conditions once they were convicted of the crime. Some critics see UNICOR as a modern day cheap salve labor. Inmates may no longer
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