I would like to point out that there is a huge difference between codified punishment vs how it is in practice. For example I am pretty sure if you create a bi

I would like to point out that there is a huge difference between codified punishment vs how it is in practice. For example I am pretty sure if you create a bill that says prison inmates are required to give a fellatio to other inmates it will not muster a single vote in Congress. Yet, it is reality of prisons. Now, is penitentiary supposed to punish people like this ? No. Do most Americans find pleasure in the fact that inmates in prison are treated like this ? I think Yes. The point is once you are in prison for whatever reason, your life is essentially done even if the punishment was for few years. You wont get a job, no one will rent a place to you, you wont get a loan and so on. Unless you have a pretty big community safety net you wont survive. Jails any ways are not supposed to punish people.