moral issues custodial

• • When a person is sentenced to prison, their family members may also be affected. Children of prisoners, for example, may experience emotional and social difficulties.
• • Prisons are expensive to operate, and some argue that the money better spent on prevention or rehabilitation programs.
• • Imprisonment can stigmatise those who have served sentences, so that they find it difficult to be accepted by society or find a job when they have served their sentence.