California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation

In November of 2000, over 60 percent of California voters approved the Substance Abuse and Crime Prevention Act, a statute designed to aid non-violent drug offenders (“California Proposition 36”). Under Proposition 36, individuals convicted of non-violent drug offenses are offered probation and community-based treatment programs, in lieu of incarceration (“California Proposition 36”). The concept behind the proposition is commendable, but also very controversial. In terms of eligibility and…

of the world’s people. This is a serious matter because as private and public prisons than any other country in the world. There are now approximately two million inmates in state, local, federal, and private prisons throughout the country. The California Prison Focus state that, “no other society in human history has imprisoned so many of its own citizens” (Source 8). China’s population is about 5 times greater than the United States but the U.S. have about half a million more prisoners…

rehabilitate prisoners, even the most violent ones (Glass, 2014). The focus diverts from rehabilitation and programs to managing the growth in numbers (Glass, 2014). The appropriate resources aren’t available to deliver services (Glass, 2014). Sykes Pains of Imprisonment argue that incarceration is detrimental to the psychological wellbeing of those incarcerated. Sykes research is further supported by a University of California study that analysed the impacts of social and physical pain on the…

inmates. It also creates much more toxic and manipulative environment, which certainly impedes non-violent inmate’s rehabilitation. This neglect and mistreatment has lead to a high rate of inmates returning to prison upon their release, when they should be getting out of prison with new skills that will aid them in becoming well functioning members of…

constitutional rights. This federal class action civil rights lawsuit alleged that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation’s (CDCR) medical services were inadequate for the inmates. The lawsuit stated that the CDCR violate not only the Eighth Amendment, but also the American with Disabilities Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The United States Supreme Court stated that California failed to provide adequate health care to the inmates because of…

programs inside the prison, the state of Texas has saved roughly $95 million dollars and the state of California has saved about $233 million dollars. Therefore, by lowering the probability of inmates re-offending once released, the state has saved 12$ for every 1$ spent. (Zoukis, 2015, chapter 1, page 8). Over the past few years, prisons experienced an increase in the budget spent on criminal corrections since the growing number of prisoners requires capacity expansions and building new…

a specified group. The Criminal Justice system was designed as a means to discipline and correct offenders, offer compensation to victims of criminal acts, and deter future criminal occurrences. Even with all the focus of this system geared at rehabilitation there are still a numbers of offenders that both the criminal justice system and social institution have failed to reach. For some of these criminals, they will meet their fate with a sanction that been used since society 's infancy and is…

Do rehabilitation programs work when it comes to prisoners? Could it be possible that we can mold a violent offender into a productive member of society? This paper offers insight to the criminal justice policy when it comes to successful rehabilitation programs in the United States and how it benefits prisoners once they are released. The main goal of developing successful rehab programs in prisons are to prevent recidivism in inmates. Statistics found that 37% of people who participate in…

voted to retain the death penalty in the state. The proposition narrowly lost by a vote of 52.8% to 47.2% (The Guardian). Californians should reconsider the vote to repeal the death penalty because it is unnecessary and costly. Legal executions in California were first authorized by the Criminal Practices Act of 1851 (CDCR). The first form of execution was hanging, but was replaced by lethal gas in 1937. Lethal gas was used for another thirty years before running into a moratorium due to State…

Gamble also known as the Landmark Case. Multiple other cases led to this one, but none of them left a stronger impact than this one. In this case, a inmate by the name of J.W. Gamble was at work unpacking a truck at Texas Department of Corrections. As he was unpacking, a bale of cotton fell from the truck onto his back leaving him in desperate need of attention from a doctor. He was granted to a visit with a medical assistant at the prison’s hospital but was denied of any serious…