Who among the following stated that prison society reduces the pains of imprisonment, compensates for the losses caused by imprisonment, and offers varying degrees of comfort to those who successfully adjust to it

A) Gresham Sykes

B) Victoria R. Derosia

C) Donald Clemmer

D) Erving Goffman.

A) Gresham Sykes

Explanation:

Gresham Sykes was known to coin the phrase "pains of imprisonment". He used this phrase to provide a description of the kind of prison deprivations that most prisoners are made to experience and are not easy for them to handle. However, he stated that the prison society has the potential of reducing the pains of imprisonment and also provides some sort of compensation and comfort for the losses that prisoners are subjected to, as long as they are able to adjust to it successfully.

A. Gresham Sykes

Explanation:

Gresham M'Cready Sykes an American sociologist and criminologist. (May 26, 1922 - October 29, 2010) also a sociology professor at the University of Virginia. He studied the New Jersey State Prison where he talked about the problems faced by both prisoners and their guards. His work has been described as "a pioneering look at the issues faced by guards, as well as the pains of imprisonment encountered by inmates". His work The Society of Captives, is Often considered To be the first work in the genre of prison sociology.

In one of his works, he stated that "prison society reduces the pains of imprisonment, compensates for the losses caused by imprisonment, and offers varying degrees of comfort to those who successfully adjust to it" from the question context.