Treatment Era (1 Jan 1945 Jahr – 1 Jan 1967 Jahr)

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"The treatment era was based on a medical model of corrections—one that implied that the offender was sick and that rehabilitation was only a matter of finding the right treatment. Inmates came to be seen more as “clients” or “patients” than as offenders, and terms like resident and group member replaced inmate.

Therapy during the period took a number of forms, many of which are still used today. Most therapeutic models assumed that inmates needed help to mature psychologically and had to be taught to assume responsibility for their lives. Prisons built their programs around both individual treatment and group therapy approaches...

Inmates have not always been happy with the treatment model. In 1972, a group of prisoners at the Marion, Illinois, federal prison joined together and demanded a right to refuse treatment.38 The National Prison Project of the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) supported the inmates’ right to refuse personality-altering treatment techniques.39 Other suits followed. Worried about potential liability, the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA) banned the expenditure of LEAA funds to support any prison programs utilizing psychosurgery, medical research, chemotherapy, or behavior modification." - Criminal Justice Today: An Introductory Text for the 21st Century

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