One might reasonably ask -- just how comfortable and pleasant "should" incarceration be?

The article (and research) completely ignore the purpose of the study; while the authors admit the results support a two-component model of the effects of prison confinement, we are left with the issue: is this pure research or is there a reason for understanding that the process of confinement is discomfiting for many.

Adapted From

Author(s): Paul Paulus...

and Mary Dzindolet, University of Texas at Arlington
Article Title: Reactions of Male and Female Inmates to Prison Confinement -- Further Evidence for a Two-Component Model

Publisher: American Association for Correctional Psychology

Publication: Criminal Justice and Behavior

Publication Type: Peer reviewed and refereed journal

Date of Publication: June 1993

Volume: 20

Issue: 2

Pages: 149-66