Per Reporter: The children's mother (Robin) was arrested on 1-6-18 for trying to break in her mother's (Ruby) home. Robin is in Lee County Jail. Robin was choking Ruby. Robin has never acted like this before.…
Investigators probed the question whether the two convicts could be a part of an allege drug trafficking ring. It was found out that the two had more privileges than most of the other prisoners in the facility. Clinton Correctional Facility…
John Swain: Eastern Penitentiary Worksheet Part I: General Questions: Answer 3 (1 point each) What was the correctional philosophy of Eastern State Penitentiary when it opened? Eastern State’s philosophy was the Pennsylvania System- a system where prisoners were isolated in their own cells with only a bible their thoughts. This complete silence and isolation was essential to repentance, however it was a maddening system that could (and I’m sure has) driven many prisoners insane. Name two prominent Philadelphians who were involved in conceptualizing Eastern State Penitentiary and how they were influential in the penitentiary movement.…
Hunter Rodriguez Wabash or Miami The Wabash County Jail was built in 1979 while the Miami County Jail was built in 2009. While both have many similarities, they also have their differences. The Wabash County Jail and the Miami County Jail are different in these three things visitations, recreation, and housing.…
Old Idaho Penitentiary Site, Boise, ID 43°36'10.0"N 116°09'43.0"W Old Idaho Penitentiary Site The Old Idaho Penitentiary Site was built in 1870, and the first prisoners arrived two years later. That was also when it was first opened to Idaho. The prison had one cell at one point, but now it has several cells.…
The officers arrested the 3 people in the apartment and searched the apartment for drugs and evidence. Hollis King, his girlfriend, and one other were smoking marijuana. During the protective search they found marijuana and powder cocaine but a second search turned up crack cocaine, cash, and drug paraphernalia. The officers then went to the apartment on the right to find the real…
The convicted felon Troy Gregg and his companion Floyd Allen were hitchhiking in the state of Florida when they were picked up by Fred Simmons and Bob Moore who also picked up a man by the name of Dennis Weaver. Dennis Weaver was later dropped off in Atlanta Georgia leaving…
The whole idea of the podcast: to figure out if Adnan Syed really killed his ex, and did he receive a fair trial.…
While in jail, I had a spiritual awakening. I met a positive brother by the name of Jamal who befriended me early at my stay in the Fort Bend County Jail. Jamal was well in his late fifty’s and he was one of the first inmates to speak to me when I entered the tank.…
Williams County is a workplace and crime drama taking place in a county police station in an area heavily affected by the opioid epidemic. The police station is led by Sheriff Anderson a no- nonsense woman who got into the field to help her community, but soon found herself personally affected when her brother overdosed on fentanyl about a year ago. The Williams County police station had been quietly getting by for years, but the recent surge in drug use in the area has left them scrambling for experienced officers and adequate funding. Each episode sees Sheriff Anderson, Deputy McNichols, and the rest of the police squad addressing a new scenario of overdose, drug trafficking, or drug-related violence. The lead character being a woman and…
There is a stigma associated with attending Brookdale. It did not make sense to me, and I did not let it stop me. In my senior year of high school, I blatantly told everyone I was going to Brookdale and faced opposition. No one understood. I was in the top ten percent of my class.…
Letter from Birmingham City Jail was written by Martin Luther King Jr. while he was sitting in his prison cell. Martin Luther King Jr. explains how he is disappointed in some people but proud of others for what they have done to stand up against the government. He exposes to people some examples of cruelty that the police and government are inflicting on innocent people for no reason and what others are doing to stop it. Letter from Birmingham City Jail is effective in the way that it appeals to our emotions and provides us with the reality of what happened. Letter from Birmingham City Jail provides the audience with many examples of cruelty that were happening in the area around them.…
Growing up in our time, in a middle class privileged family and attending a good school makes myself take for granted what some people truly go though. I have always enjoyed my history classes throughout high school because my teachers were so passionate about their subjects. After this course I had acquired a different level of education of American History that I have grown to appreciate. Prior to this class I had not been aware of several events in our history including the project of Freedom Summer which took place in 1964. Throughout the PBS documentary of Freedom Summer I had felt shocked, fortunate, furious and several other feelings.…
1. What is the mission of corrections? The mission of the corrections has traditionally been to implement court-prescribed sentences for criminal violators or to carry out the sentence of the court. 2.…
On day two I interacted with the patients more, which gave me more insight…