Importance of Prison and Rationales for Imprisonment in Criminal Justice System

Criminal Justice
Process

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................3
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................7
REFERNCES...................................................................................................................................8

INTRODUCTION
The criminal justice system is the process through which crimes are detected and investigated
effectively. The persons suspected under the crime are taken into custody which is later
prosecuted in court and punished in accordance with the provisions of law. The procedure
involves stages to achieve justice. In United Kingdom the criminal justice system cover England
and Wales. Further the Ministry of Justice manages the process of system from the stage a
person is suspected till found guilty and probation if necessary (Herber, 2019).
The criminal justice involves the police, the prosecution services of Crown, the courts,
prisons and prohibition together helps in delivering criminal justice effectively and efficiently.
The criminal justice process helps to increase faith and confidence of people towards the legal
system. The essay examines the importance of prison and also the different rationales for
imprisonment in criminal justice system. Further the essay specifies The Lammy Review Report
determining the disparity in the criminal justice process accompanied by evidence in support.
MAIN BODY
The prison is an institution where the persons are confined who have been held in
custody by the concerned judiciary authority or person who have been deprived of the liberty
because of the crime. The important function of the prison is to hold the accused before the trial.
In United Kingdom one- fifth population of prisoners in the prison are not sentenced. The main
purpose of the prison is to protect the people from the violent and dangerous individuals and to
punish the offenders by depriving their liberty and freedoms which the rest of society enjoys.
Further it acts as rehabilitation which provides the offenders with the opportunity to make them
fit back into the society as law abiding citizens. The deterrence purpose helps to prevent future
crime. The prison must not only be criminal warehouse but a place to reform the offenders.
There has been controversy in respect of the voting rights of the prisoners in the UK which in
February, 2015 the court noted that the ban violates the European Convention on Human Rights
(ECHR) (Braswel and et. al., 2017). The issue was argued in respect of privilege right to vote for
the offenders.
If an individual commits a crime it is often assumed that the state shall be justified in
imposing punishment. Some punishment causes harm and what justifies on part of state is their
imposition of punishment in particular cases. The prison administrations shall organise