Law Homework Help

Please watch the documentary film, The Farm: Angola, USA (1995)

1. Rehabilitation (250 words)

Based on The Farm, discuss how rehabilitation is reflected in the administration, the practices of prisoners or staff, or ways of thinking about imprisonment at Angola prison.

Select 1 example from the film on which to focus. You may approach your analysis from any of the theoretical orientations we have worked with (philosophical, penological, sociological).

For instance, from a philosophical orientation you might focus on whether rehabilitation is moral or just; from a penological orientation, you might focus on whether rehabilitation is effective; or from a sociological orientation you might focus on processes involved in rehabilitation and how they shape outcomes and experiences.

Example response:

A. Rehabilitation Definition

Define rehabilitation, identifying important aims and assumptions relevant to your analysis

B. Analysis Explanation

Explain how the example you selected demonstrates rehabilitation as you defined it (including elements and key underlying assumptions) in part A.

2. Discussion Prompt (125 – 250 words)

1. Between rehabilitation and incapacitation which do you find more compelling as a justification for punishment?
2. Use a contemporary example to best demonstrate your selection for part 1.