The institutional confinement in Europe for criminals became a major form of punishment in the sixteen and seventeen hundred (Bohm, 2012). The United States and Europe used institutional confinement for the same purpose. They would keep convicts until their trial date, any prisoners that were waiting for death and corporal punishment, force payment of debts and fines, keep and sanction slaves, accomplish religious teaching and spiritual reformation, and isolate diseases.
The punishment for offenders before confinement was to inflict pain and to mortify the offender publicly. This was thought to be a way to discourage others from committing crimes. Back in the early days, they believed in punishing criminals by opposing fines, taking