Corrections

The Miami County Jail “MCJ” is better than the Wabash County Jail “WCJ”. The WCJ and MCJ are very much alike, but have many differences. There are many issues at the WCJ. The differences between the MCJ and WCJ are the way that they are composed structurally, how prisoners are monitored and security, and how many prisoners can be held. The MCJ was built in 2009 and the WCJ was built in 1979. The MCJ is composed in a pod set-up, where jail officers monitor cameras and intercom systems. The WCJ…

Mass incarceration is an epidemic that disproportionately affects the African American community. Since the 1970s the rates of incarcerated citizens has continued to rise, growing by 700 percent from 1970 to 2005. About 2.3 million individuals are incarcerated in the United States, and an additional 4.9 million individuals are on probation or parole, meaning that about 3 percent of adults currently experience some form of correctional supervision (Vallas et. Al., 2015). Within communities of…

Despite solitary confinement being widely accepted and practiced among most of the prisons in the United States, there are several Supreme Court case precedents that help prove the use of this punishment is unconstitutional. In the Supreme Court case Trop v. Dulles, 356 U.S. 86 (1958), U.S. Army private Albert Trop escaped from his punishment in a military stockade for a disciplinary violation. Even though he decided to go back he was still court martialed for his actions, and as a result he had…

In the United States the current prison population is 2.3 million, however the United States only holds 5 percent of the world’s population which means the United States holds 25 percent of the prison population. African Americans make up roughly 12-13 percent of the world’s population but 35 percent of the prison population. United States’ prisons are a huge privatised industry that make big companies millions, and are still being used by politicians to hurt minorities. In this paper I will…

something about crime.” (107) Even though crackdowns may not be fully directed at crime itself, it does not mean that it does not have any impact. Any impact, big or small, has its merits in the grand scene of crime prevention. “In most long-term crackdowns with apparent initial deterrence, however, the effects began to decay after a short period, sometimes despite continued dosage of police presence or even increased dosage of police sanctions.” (http://www.journals.uchicago.edu) Crackdowns may…

The television series Prison Break, directed by Paul T. Scheuring was a hit in 2005. The plot in season one revolves around two brothers. One of the brothers was imprisoned for a crime that he did not commit and his genius younger brother, who plans to break his older brother out of prison by imprisoning himself. When I saw this visual text, I felt nervous . I felt this because you always feel like things are going to go wrong. For example when the doctor was locked in her office while the…

2 issues • Overcrowding. • Mental illness 1) There are many issues in the Criminal Justice system in the United States. To me, two of the most significant of those issues are overpopulation, known as prison crowding, and mental illness. Both of these were touched upon in the documentary “Prison State” Many jails and prisons do not have adequate beds to accommodate the amount of people that come in. Many jails try to get the lower offences out of there as quick as possible to make room for what…

Body art has been here for a long time. Once used in jails to show time in, to being used to show your “colors”. Body art can mask scars to grant one a sense of space. It can show your faith, a personal light to look upon when in a time of need. In jail body art is a way to show who you are. Used by those overseas and here art with three or more rises show how long he/she has been in jail. When getting jail body art most know that a star on each side shows that you will bow to no man. The tier…

The prison population has steadily increased overtime even though the crime rate has dropped. Many states are facing budgetary issues and are trying to find alternative programs that will reduce the prison population. One factor that has increased the prison population is recidivism, where offenders released from prison commit another crime to only be sent back to prison. Our governor has asked our advisory team to come up with solutions to this epidemic of recidivism in our state. Proponents…

Totality-of-conditions Test and the Balance Test, proves to be the most useful in determining when prison conditions constitute cruel and unusual punishments. However, totality of conditions test, is primarily used to determine whether the overall conditions within a prison constitute cruel and unusual punishment. [1] The Pugh v. Locke, case that encompassed the “Prison Conditions” of Alabama Prisons and established the totality of conditions test. The complaint was originally filed by an inmate…