Extrajudicial punishment

Over the past fifty years, the prison population in America has increased tremendously. Between 1985 and 2013 alone the prison population has increased 45.2 billion people. Over the last forty years, there has been a 500% increase in the population. The increase in prison population has caused problems with overcrowding in the jails. The number of people in prison and jails for drug-related offenses between 1980 and 2014 has increased by 447,500 individuals. Since they have such harsh laws…

A lunchroom fight breaks out and the prison guards come rushing in to break it up. The man that had started it is being placed in solitary confinement because of the actions that he portrayed during the fight. These actions led to him becoming completely isolated from everyone else for days and maybe even weeks. The prisons that still have solitary confinement claim that it teaches the inmates a lesson by keeping them away in isolation in cruel conditions. Furthermore, this will get the…

Sentencing a juvenile life in prison without parole is depriving them of their rights and is clearly hypocritical. The minority who are pro sentencing them to life without parole don't take into consideration the possibility there is in enlightening these kids in becoming better citizens and learning from their mistakes. The reason why I consider the sentencing hypocritical is due to the way society treats juveniles and classifies them as “kids” until they commit a crime. I am in full agreement…

As the author goes on throughout this article, he begins with basically stating that prison for poor people, and more specifically, poor black men, is just their ordinary life. He then compares this to privileged white men in college. Then he continues on the mass incarceration on a scale almost unexampled in human history is a fundamental fact of our country today, where he then states or tries to relate it to the slavery fundamentals from 1850. The author states that there is now over six…

I’m writing to you, as a concerned citizen of the United States, about the alarming rate of juvenile incarceration in the United States and the problems associated with these rates. Countless young children, especially those living below the poverty line or in poverty, notably Black and Hispanic children are more likely to commit crimes than those living in the middle class or upper class and who are White. It’s simple; children with a lower social economic status are more likely to find…

The Americans had acted in a way that deserved a punishment. For example, the Stamp Act was because Americans were avoiding the taxes by smuggling goods (Frazer 37). In addition, the Stamp Act “applied to all the English New World colonies” (Frazer 38). Not only were they punished for smuggling goods, but…

A Security problem that JTVCC is constantly facing is a total inmate tack over. At any moment the inmates could ban together and take over the faculty holding countless guards, nurses, counselors, or even civilians that may be there just visiting. Smyrna Prison is at a higher risk than the other prisons in the State of Delaware for a number of reasons. A major reason is that Smyrna Prison houses the higher risk life offenders. S1- Building is currently housing 87 inmates with a combined prison…

prison. Which is better known as prison labor? Therefore, it wouldn't really have a positive effect and a positive outcome for the prison. For example, if an inmate with life without parole and doesn't do his job duties. What can really be the punishment that would inspire the inmate to get his work done? Most of the time many inmates don't give the officers the respect they seek for it seems as though they doesn't have any control of them. I came up with 3 reasons why prison labor wouldn't be…

The article “No equal Justice” by David Cole did a good job presenting the differing views of law and policing by different communities. In the article, it describes the race and wealth divide when it comes to the police. While the race distrust is more well documented, the wealth divide is something that as mentioned in the article “less studied” (Cole,171). There is a clear of differences in percentages in the trust in police as stated,” When asked to rank police officers’ use of force, 31%…

Forensic Psychology Monique Shirley Union County College General Psychology 101-023 Professor Cosmè May 10, 2016 Forensic Psychology According to Feldman, “forensic psychology is the branch of psychology that deals with crime and the law.” (Feldman, 2015, p. 620) When thinking about any form of crime, what comes to mind to most people would be burglary, stealing a car or something much worst. No one really thinks about minor offenses like connecting to unsecured Wi-Fi or something…