The different, more psychological behavior of the prisoners…
18 May 2016. Andrew Cohen’s article, “Creating Monsters”, reviews a documentary that touches upon the subject of inmate confinement. The author examines the effects of confinement on an inmate such as furthering or even creating mental illnesses, leading to an endless cycle of the destruction of confined inmates. The audience level for the article is high school level. There is a slight bias to this article because there is a hint of film promotion.…
Beginning construction in 1878, Folsom Prison located in California came to be due to a decision made by California legislature in 1858. The decision to build a new prison was made because of “ serious overcrowding in San Quentin”( “Folsom Prison Museum Brochure” 1). With being one of the first maximum security prisons in the Nation, Folsom has a rich and impeccable history. In the beginning it had 1,700 cells, the walls were approximately 8’ by 4’ in size. The doors on the cells were solid iron with openings 6” by 2” for viewing.…
The documentary Titicut Follies which takes place at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution located within Bridgewater takes a look into what a total institution was and still is. Goffman’s various definitions on what makes an institution a total intuition from his novel Asylums are very prevalent within the film. Such as his definition of a total institution which separates three spheres of life. It also shows multiple stereotypes between the inmate, staff relationship of what each group thinks about the other. Titicut Follies supports Goffman’s perspective of total institutions.…
This is “a devastating chronicle of the toll prison takes on the prisoners and the keepers of the keys” as stated by Star Tribune of Minneapolis. In this paper, I try to describe the historical relevance this particular prison has; regarding the layout, punishment…
Throughout their sentence, prison inmates endured miserable life before and during the Prison Reform Movement of 1800’s, unlivable conditions, and physical abuse from the guards. “Men rarely become spiritually better by being made subject, through human discipline, to extreme bodily discomforts; these convicts are not made morally better by such treatment as they are subjected to here in the days of bodily weakness and pain” (Lightner 56). Prison Reform Movement from 1870-1930, greatly changed what type of treatment that was acceptable in prisons towards the inmates, much of these changes were due to the effort of Dorothy Dix and her efforts to investigate the prisons. When prisons first formed, people weren’t exactly sure how they should go…
Golden Gulag 1. How does the text circulate? The material analyzed by Ruth Wilson Gilmore circulates in the form of a book that was originally published on December 9, 2006. The author’s intended audience consists of individuals who have been directly or indirectly affected by any form of social racism and in particular those individuals who continue to fight for human rights.…
How packed together the inmates are also suggested how their living conditions are and how they were treated — as herds of cattle or sheep, mere animals being pushed around the barnyard but in this case a prison. All of…
It is very astonishing how the U.S. now incarcerates nearly two million people in its prisons and jails on any given day and over five million of its citizens are currently under some form of justice department supervision. These facts make me ask myself, “If the crime rates are decreasing, then why is the prison population increasing?” However, The Perpetual Prisoner Machine provides the answer to this question and, shockingly, it has little to do with crime or justice. The answer is “profit. ”The Perpetual Prisoner Machine is not simply the prison system and the institutionalized practices which it gives rise to and necessitates, but is also the profit-driven news media, voting and polling practices, and our individual fear of violent crime…
Theorists who have examined the inequality in prison systems will look at it one of two ways: both the deviant was unable to conform to modern time’s norms, values, and laws, or the society was unable to meet the needs of individuals to keep them from acting out. Unfortunately, no matter what view a theorist may take on the subject it is nearly impossible for every member of a society to completely conform to the ever changing norms, values, and…
Prison, as described, by Stanley is not a place where anyone wants to be (Williams, 9). Inmates in the main prison eat breakfast and dinner in a large cafeteria, for lunch all inmates are given brown paper bag lunches, eaten in their cells or on the exercise yard. Death row inmates do not leave their cells for meals, they are given their food through a slot in their door (Williams, 25). There is no privacy in prison. Each time a prisoner leaves his cell to go to another part of the prison, he is handcuffed and strip searched (Williams, 49).…
Stereotypes in Prison Affect You Stereotypes can leave an impact on juvenile offenders for their entire lives. These labels transform society’s view of inmates, and dehumanizes them, so their identity becomes their criminality. Juveniles’ are later affected from their new persona, preventing them from moving forward in life. Why prisons don’t work, Cuomo’s Pardon Plan for Youthful Offenders, and the memoir Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra draw praise, questions, and concerns; Obama's Plan to Help Former Inmates Find Homes and Jobs offers opposition to the statement that inmates are put at a disadvantage after their time spent in prison. In Sleepers, the way stereotypes influence the inmates plays a considerable role in the book; Why prisons don’t…
What lies behind the fences and razor wire of any prison drastically contrasts that which the public see on television; a nightmare of…
Very interesting topic you chose Cathlene. There is actually a movie that was made named The Stanford Prison Experiment based on this research. When it comes to form consents I think there are many gray linings. According to Houser (2015) "Informed consent is a process of information exchange in which participants are provided with understandable information needed to make a participation decision, full disclosure of the risk and benefits, and the assurance that withdrawal is possible at any time without consequence. This process begins with recruitment and ends with a signed agreement document.…
“The correctional ideology refers to a body of ideas and practices that pertain to the processing of offenders, as determined by law.” There are three main correctional ideologies: punishment, rehabilitation, and prevention. Throughout history, these have been the methods used to deal with offenders. The make-up of these ideologies connects to the public’s opinion of the criminals. Whether society has chosen an “eye for an eye,” a more humane standard, or a hope to prevent crime, these ideologies have no doubt changed throughout time to accommodate the public’s needs.…