Prison reform

Civil service reform and cutback management have both become an evolving area of concern regarding its role in public management. Many questions arise when it comes to the concerns of opportunities that are accessible to governmental decision makers in a period of economic reduction with expenditures, and the varieties of administrative tensions that are employed upon the organization when the strains of some assemblies cannot be satisfied. The twofold role of political servants and management…

itself. Movements like this are referred to as reforms, which, simply put are the improvements of corrupt institutions for the betterment of both the individual and society itself. During the mid-nineteenth century, America was in dire need of reform. At the time of the Antebellum period, there were a large variety of reform movements all seeking different improvements each in its own way. While many of these movements failed, the ferment of reform itself achieved…

there (Hudson). Therefore, it is shocking and uncomfortable to discover that, while its population is quite small in comparison with other nations, the U.S. houses a quarter of the world’s inmate population (Hudson). Furthermore, the United States’ prison population adds up to a whopping 2.2 million people (Sidlow and Henschen 335), beating out the next highest nation, China, by nearly 600,000 prisoners (Walmsley). Given that China is home to 1.3 billion people, their incarceration rate of…

not resort to lashing the marks system purpose was to discipline, encourage reform, and to justify a good time to reduce sentencing. Elmira Reformatory and Brockway’s management led to the creation of good. Time, indeterminate sentencing, a focus on inmate deficiencies, and the promotion of probation and parole, but unfortunately this reform did not remain successful. Their funding was not always consistent and the reform of the prisoners was not as expected. Another factor was the staff were…

Abolitionist reforms, whose main goal was the abolishment of slavery and then the equal rights of African Americans after they are freed. It was this group that was quite successful in the Northern States as they got many to agree with them on the topic of slavery (Faragher, 354-355). However, In the South, many of the ideas of this movement was suppressed by the Southerners as it threatened the men of their economic livelihood (Faragher, 355). The ideals that motivated the Abolition reforms…

recidivism rate to the increasing population of american prisons Our justice system continues to prove that it needs change. “If you want total security, go to prison. There you 're fed, clothed, given medical care and so on. The only thing lacking... is freedom.” -Dwight D. Eisenhower. This quote is not only a perfect representation of our current justice system but it also perfectly depicts how the intentions behind prisons have backfired. Prisons are becoming long term hotels for people…

The Attica prison riot took place in a time period of the United States that welcomed progressive attitudes and supported increasing the rights of minority groups. Throughout the 1960s, America witnessed African Americans battle the government for equality through the Civil Rights Movement while also witnessing the organization of welfare groups, students, and people protesting the government’s decisions, such as the Vietnam War. Russell Oswald (1972, 32), the Commissioner of Correctional…

hope that the offender does not commit another crime. Many prisons do not offer ample programs needed by convicts to better themselves before release. Once incarcerated, convicts are cutoff from any interactions with the outside world, other than the occasional visitor. Prison wardens need to create more classes and opportunities for convicted felons to prepare for the realities of the outside worlds. The model of corrections that this reform would go under is community corrections. This type of…

SENTENCING REFORM: TWO YEARS AND STILL NOT WORKING In an article I published this past January (“State Sentencing Reform: Reducing Recidivism OR Costing Indiana Counties More Money?”), I argued that the new sentencing reform bill, which radically changes the way criminal courts sentence offenders, could actually cost local communities more money without doing much to prevent recidivism. Under the new guidelines, offenders sentenced to a year or less in criminal court would not see a state…

resident per year, so citizens have the right to know how their $260 is being spent and whether or not it is helping to reform inmates (Picchi). The news is constantly reporting stories of violent crimes occurring nationwide, which makes a person question just how efficient the modern correctional facilities are at lowering crime rates and reforming inmates. As time goes on, will prisons be able to solve or reduce future violent crimes from the 1,163,146 violent crimes that…