reform movement during the 1750s being the first to free their slaves. It was the law that Christians could not be enslaved and maybe the Quakers began to realize Christians should not be enslaving others either. Quakers built penitentiaries believing that one could change if they were isolated from the temptation of the surrounding world.
The first Jail was the Walnut Street Jail, which was poorly ran. Walnut Street Jail would offer separate housing for men and women, they ran low on food, and they were under staffed. After realizing that just jailing people will not reform them, they moved to penitentiary systems like Pennsylvania and Auburn. The Pennsylvania System relied heavily upon isolated imprisonment and rehabilitation. The …show more content…
The likelihood of a black man going to prison is 1 in 3 and for a white man 1 in 17. (Bonczar 2003). Living in Louisiana which is a state of many laws, chances of breaking the law is very possible because there were so many. With the “Get Tough Crime” laws in place, the criminal justice system began to categorize criminals and criminal behaviors. For example, Crack cocaine began to be associated with the Black community and so did Cocaine with the Latinos. “Black Codes” were used to control the movements of newly freed blacks in the South. Without saying it, they were pointing out the out-group and treating them as criminals. If went as far back as the Emancipation Proclamation being put into affect when all slaves were to be freed. The confederate states labor system was solely dependent upon slave labor and they were not too pleased with sharing the same space with people of color. They created the black codes for these newly free men to follow. The most common laws prohibited interracial marriages, blacks to carry firearms, and the owning of property. Blacks were forbid to mingle in large groups with one another and had to have proof of
The first Jail was the Walnut Street Jail, which was poorly ran. Walnut Street Jail would offer separate housing for men and women, they ran low on food, and they were under staffed. After realizing that just jailing people will not reform them, they moved to penitentiary systems like Pennsylvania and Auburn. The Pennsylvania System relied heavily upon isolated imprisonment and rehabilitation. The …show more content…
The likelihood of a black man going to prison is 1 in 3 and for a white man 1 in 17. (Bonczar 2003). Living in Louisiana which is a state of many laws, chances of breaking the law is very possible because there were so many. With the “Get Tough Crime” laws in place, the criminal justice system began to categorize criminals and criminal behaviors. For example, Crack cocaine began to be associated with the Black community and so did Cocaine with the Latinos. “Black Codes” were used to control the movements of newly freed blacks in the South. Without saying it, they were pointing out the out-group and treating them as criminals. If went as far back as the Emancipation Proclamation being put into affect when all slaves were to be freed. The confederate states labor system was solely dependent upon slave labor and they were not too pleased with sharing the same space with people of color. They created the black codes for these newly free men to follow. The most common laws prohibited interracial marriages, blacks to carry firearms, and the owning of property. Blacks were forbid to mingle in large groups with one another and had to have proof of