Extrajudicial punishment

“Elderly inmates represent the fastest growing segment of federal and state prisons. The aging inmate population has created new challenges for states”. – Carrie Abner. Elderly inmates should be given the chance to qualify for parole and spend their last days, months, years, with their loved ones. The prison population is ageing. People over 60 are the fastest growing age group in prisons (American Civil Liberties Union). Experts say that the growth of the elderly incarcerated will continue to…

“Most of those released from prison today have serious social and medical problems. They remain largely uneducated, unskilled, and usually without solid family supports....”( Petersilia 3). When people think of prisons and corrections, they automatically assume people are going to jail and staying there. However, most of those people go to prison where they have to face the harsh reality of not having family come visit them, they may not like the food, abuse from other inmates including officers…

Kids at ages 7-17 are considered juveniles and can be sentenced to an adult without the possibility of parole (Aliprandini 2). James Stewart was one of the two suicides by young people in Colorado jails that help spur a significant change in state laws (Schwartz 8). States are trying to keep more juvenile offenders in the juvenile justice system instead of being tried as adults. Teens shouldn’t be tried as adults because their brains aren’t fully developed, they have a chance of rehabilitation,…

Being confined in a prison is a punishment. Our judiciary system determines what is the appropriate punishment depending on the crime that person committed. In order to divert and help prisoners cope with their lives inside, the facility offered various programs for them. In order to rehabilitate them, so that, when it…

The public expresses a great deal of concern with image and adjusts public punishment to reflect their concern over image because the public wants to seem kind and benevolent to impress others, instead of expressing kindness. Sometimes one brands themselves with a mark, either physical or mental, to prevent his or her mistakes from showing, but in the process he or she also prevents them self from discovering redemption. Dimmesdale hides his own shame with through his guilt, while the public…

In discussion of the prison system of the U.S., one of the many controversial issues is the size of the prison population. According to statistics, although the U.S. has 5 percent of the world population, it includes 20 percent of its’ prisoners. On one hand, some people argue that there should be more people jailed. On the other hand, some contend that the prison population should be reduced. There are many factors to consider rather than simply jailing more people or not. These factors include…

Michelle Alexander in her writings from “the Cruel Hand”, is highly critical of the systems in place governing the War on Drugs as well as the current problem with how our society views and treats felons after prison. Her argument is solid but it may still benefit by including the studies used by Richard DeGrandpre in his writings from “The Cult of Pharmacology” which relates use of drugs in lab animals to use in humans. The studies show how situational factors of the user are a major cause for…

This paper seeks to define inmates as one of the vulnerable populations that face numerous challenges because they live in detention facilities. In addition to this, this paper will identify the reason for selecting this specific population. Finally, this paper will explain the way the Active Band can help inmates in creating healthier lifestyles for themselves. Inmates are people who are detained in a correctional facility. It is obvious that inmates cannot leave the facility in which they are…

Alcatraz Hello there. Today I will be telling you about Alcatraz. The essay will explain the history of Alcatraz as conveyed in the article, Alcatraz. Prohibition caused a crime wave The Crime wave led to super gangsters Super Gangsters could not be in a regular prison. Alcatraz was built to hold the super gangsters. It happened to be a prison on an island it was named Alcatraz. Let's get started! I think that Alcatraz was a prison different from other prisons and that it was necessary to have…

In the 1790’s it was the beginning of incarceration. The “Penitentiary House” being the beginning, which had a capacity of 16 cells, and was also the beginning of an experiment with day and night solidarity confinement. Therefore, the Eastern State Penitentiary was the first institution that was built in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many leaders believed that crime was the result of the environment, and that the solitude will make the criminal regretful and penitent. In this book “Race to…