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Prison corporal punishment or disciplinary corporal punishment, ordered by prison authorities or carried out directly by correctional officers against the inmates for misconduct in custody, has long been common practice in penal institutions worldwide. It has officially been banned in most Western civilizations during the 20th century, but is ...
Judicial corporal punishment is the infliction of corporal punishment as a result of a sentence imposed on an offender by a court of law, including flagellation (also called flogging or whipping), forced amputations, caning, bastinado, birching, or strapping.
Alternatives can take the form of fines, restorative justice, transformative justice or no punishment at all. Capital punishment, corporal punishment and electronic monitoring are also alternatives to imprisonment, but are not promoted by modern prison reform movements for decarceration due to them being carceral in nature.
Corporal punishment might been acceptable in the 1970s, but it should no longer be allowed in the 21 st century. David Plazas is the director of opinion and engagement for the USA TODAY Network ...
There are now only four states in the U.S. that have banned corporal punishment in all their schools.
Corporal punishment refers to punishments in which physical pain is intended to be inflicted upon the transgressor. ... "Criminal Offenders and Right Forfeiture".
Corporal punishment remains legal in many public and private schools in the United States and is disproportionately used among Black students and children with disabilities."
Caning is a form of corporal punishment consisting of a number of hits (known as "strokes" or "cuts") with a single cane usually made of rattan, generally applied to the offender's bare or clothed buttocks (see spanking) or hands (on the palm). Caning on the knuckles or shoulders is much less common.