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Woman Prisons There is a TV show called, 'Orange Is the New Black', it’s an obscure comedy about life in a women's prison. But in reality, life for women in prison isn’t anything amusing or enjoyable There are around 4,500 prisons in the United States, but only about 170 of those are women's prisons. Prisons are correctional facilities used for long-term confinement and usually run by the state. People are sent to serve time in prison after they've been convicted of a crime and given a sentence…

Been Convicted Of A Crime? Know The Difference Between Expungement And Pardons Even after serving time in jail for a crime you were convicted of, you may still have problems once you are able to leave jail and return back to your new life. You may feel like it is unfair to have to deal with consequences from past mistakes, with them being impossible to leave behind in your former life. That’s why many convicted criminals look for ways to remove convictions from their criminal record or have…

In Michel Foucault Discipline and Punish, the section on Panopticism was one of my favourites. In this section he brings attention to two components of society that can be seen today. The first being at the beginning of the section, where Foucault refers to the leper in the context of the plague. He states that the plague was used as a process of order. The plague’s “function is to sort out every possible confusion: that of the disease, which is transmitted when bodies are mixed together; that…

which gave interest groups free speech campaign rights. A large part of Clinton’s platform is to create criminal justice reform. Clinton wants to strengthen relationships between the police and communities by creating stricter guidelines for police officers to follow. Clinton plans to donate 1 billion to finding police departments’ training programs and research. She will also provide matching funds to police departments to make body cameras possible. Clinton believes crime is at “historic…

Another interest of the public with professional sports is the way the league's handle the misconduct of their players. The way society sees it, is that since they are getting paid huge amounts of money, the least they can do is act right for the sake that they are in the spotlight, however some tend to think that just because they are on tv doesn't mean they aren't human. However that is not true and they are still very much as human as those who aren’t athletes, and as them being human, they…

Once taken into prison, the society usually profiles a person as evil and unfit in the community. Therefore reentering the society after prison may be one of the most traumatizing moments in a prisoners life. The society perceives the individuals as still a threat to the people, and therefore the person does not earn any form of respect from the members of the community. To some extent, even the family members may isolate their member who was in prison viewing him or her as a dangerous person…

I am currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in the area of criminal justice with a minor in psychology. Acquiring this degree from Belmont Abbey College provides me with the skills for supporting offenders to transition into their community. Society requires for their citizens to abide by the laws and offenders should have opportunities to gain life and work skills for reintegration. Consequently, from this course I expect to learn the history of the correctional system and how the system…

Solutions addressing the social and economic factors causing recidivism must be practical, feasible and well thought out. Firstly, Job placement programs reduce stigmatization and stresses ex offenders face in their quest for employment. Improving the view that society has on prisoners is a task that must be undertaken by the government agencies and social partners. Woolredge (2002) highlights that programs that help prisoners find employment significantly reduces rates of recidivism. Prisoners…

Bartollas and Schmalleger (2011) shows there are four models that deal with juvenile delinquents. The first are the rehabilitation model which has three variations. The second one is the justice model. The third is the crime and control model. The last is the balanced and restorative model. These models have been established to understand, punish, and rehabilitate juvenile offenders in the criminal justice system. The rehabilitation model wishes to guide the offender through understanding their…

Jails and prisons across the nation are housing more and more mentally ill inmates where they are locked away and untreated for their illness. Such an occurrence is prevalent due to the fact that many mentally ill individuals are committing petty crimes and put into the criminal justice system where they are almost always sent to jail or prison. With such a predictable outcome, these inmates worsen behind bars in regards to their mental health, and when released with no form of treatment they…