Prisons are effective

• One argument on why prisons are effective is because they can give punishments. This is effective because it is a form of justice for the victims of crimes who are left to deal with consequences. For example, the families of Karen Buckley and Julie Reilly have spoken about feeling they have justice now that the murderers have been put in prison with life sentences.
• Another argument on why prisons are effective is because they can rehabilitate. This means to address the reasons why someone committed a crimes and makes them less likely to reoffend again. For example, prisons does this by giving counselling, providing an education and helping prisoners gain skills for the world of work.
• A final argument on why prisons are effective is because the can protect the public. By locking up dangerous criminal's prisons help to keep people of the streets who might otherwise commit horrific crimes. For example, by locking up Aaron Campbell, the murder of Alesha MacPhail, the police have stopped this potential psychopath from harming others.