Approximately 12–13% of the American population is African-American, but they make up 35% of jail inmates, and 37% of prison inmates of the 2.2 million male inmates as of 2014. How is it that 13% of our population makes up 35% of our jail inmates. How can this minority group have such high statistics? This statistic proves how corrupt our judicial system is. The enslavement of black men is a prevalent societal issue that many seem to look over. Systematic racism is ingrained in the upbringing of the United States of America. Society has failed to ensure the safety of African-American men. The system has failed to protect and obtain justice for those who are easy targets for our judicial system. In this paper, we will evaluate the psychological
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However, an adaptation of imprisonment is always difficult and if not well taken care of creates strange habits or thinking or even acting which can lead to self-disabilities. According to Clear, Todd R, (78) black men have been widely subjected to incarceration pain for a longer period under severe conditions which may alter their psychological state. Imprisonment automatically causes isolation and social withdrawal from families, friends, and colleagues of which is the most devastating social and psychological experience an individual can encounter. Additionally, this long-term separation is usually bitterer than being whipped or even any other kind of punishment thus causing mental disorder or any other form of self-pathology among averaged elderly individuals. A diminished self-worth is another psychological impact a black inmate can encounter from the start since prison institution denies all the freedom and the prisoner lives under control of their action. Prisoners typically feel infantilized due to the degraded living conditions which repeatedly reminds them of their previous lifestyle and their current stigmatized lifestyle while in prison. From this aspect, some inmate may find themselves committing suicide as a result.Once on an individual is confined with a crime, a negative mentality build up which genuinely cause traumatic stress brutal enough to generate post-traumatic stress reactions. This kind of anxiety may lead to drug engagement hence the life of the individual completely changes to a drug addict. In one way or another, disagreements from the drug stuff cause violence in the prison which ultimately turns the personal of the individual. Incarceration always requires brilliant emotional control since jail image is mostly physically and emotionally hostile to any affected individual. Bearing that in mind, some of the
However, an adaptation of imprisonment is always difficult and if not well taken care of creates strange habits or thinking or even acting which can lead to self-disabilities. According to Clear, Todd R, (78) black men have been widely subjected to incarceration pain for a longer period under severe conditions which may alter their psychological state. Imprisonment automatically causes isolation and social withdrawal from families, friends, and colleagues of which is the most devastating social and psychological experience an individual can encounter. Additionally, this long-term separation is usually bitterer than being whipped or even any other kind of punishment thus causing mental disorder or any other form of self-pathology among averaged elderly individuals. A diminished self-worth is another psychological impact a black inmate can encounter from the start since prison institution denies all the freedom and the prisoner lives under control of their action. Prisoners typically feel infantilized due to the degraded living conditions which repeatedly reminds them of their previous lifestyle and their current stigmatized lifestyle while in prison. From this aspect, some inmate may find themselves committing suicide as a result.Once on an individual is confined with a crime, a negative mentality build up which genuinely cause traumatic stress brutal enough to generate post-traumatic stress reactions. This kind of anxiety may lead to drug engagement hence the life of the individual completely changes to a drug addict. In one way or another, disagreements from the drug stuff cause violence in the prison which ultimately turns the personal of the individual. Incarceration always requires brilliant emotional control since jail image is mostly physically and emotionally hostile to any affected individual. Bearing that in mind, some of the