Extrajudicial punishment

Personal identity is the idea that individuals have of themselves as a unique individual. Ideology is a set of principles or ideas that explains the world that we live in and also an individual’s place within it. Identity and ideology is related because an ideology could influence an individual’s personal identity. An individual might decide to embrace a certain ideology due to those ideologies being similar to what their own beliefs and values about the world are. Once an individual embraces a…

When I read a recent press release about Securus Technologies adding inmate forms to its ConnectUs platform, I was surprised that corrections facilities were still using paper forms. Correctional officers should be keeping prisons safe, not distributing and collecting inmate requests, however, I do realize that prisons cannot buy just any off-the-shelf system; security is extremely important and Securus Technologies is committed to providing inmate self-service solutions that control what…

There are different ideas on how to rehabilitate juveniles; however, the effectiveness of some of their ideas like boot camps create controversies on whether or not they are beneficial or harmful. People who oppose boot camps for juveniles argue the point that they do more harm than good. They believe that they are poorly regulated, violent, physically and psychologically abuse juveniles (“Boot” 2). They argue that the military style is too rough for juveniles who are already going through a…

This can compare to today by having a set code of laws in which the people must follow in order to help keep the society just. Without these Twelve tables, or without or sets of laws today, there would be minimal order, along with no punishment for anything a person might do that could be considered as unjust. Another thing to be considered among the topic of justice would include the paterfamilias, who were the male head of the household and held complete authority over everything that…

1) What is the biggest problem facing correctional facilities today? I think the biggest problem facing correction facilities today is money, it’s not enough money to effort much needed programs for the inmates. Programs that will train them in various job field, so once they are release they will be able to find a job. Education programs is a must, the majority of inmate don’t have a high school education. 2) What should the primary goal of corrections be? To punish because offenders need to…

Kurt Vonnegut’s dramatic, science fiction story, “Harrison Bergeron” takes place in the year 2081 when the world achieved equality. Harrisons quick development and ability to outgrow all of the government's “handicaps” took everyone around him by surprise. He was the best looking, smartest, and most fit person around. Harrison was locked up in jail for being accused of planning to overthrow the government. One theme emerging in the story is continues change is needed in society. In the…

The article, Prison Overcrowding and Disciplinary Problems: An Analysis of the Texas Prison System by Sheldon Ekland-olson, Dennis Barrick, and Lawrence Cohen looks at prison overcrowding along with disciplinary rates. They discuss how state and federal prisons have experienced rapid population growth and the failure of expanding facilities has caused overcrowding. This has caused strain to develop on the medical, education, recreational, vocational, and nutritional service aspect of the prison…

affecting the way people see them. From the article “Justice is served: MacNeill, 57, likely to die in Jail” MacNeill a father killed his wife to hide his affair from his wife now looks for life in prison. His own children are pleased with his punishments. They see their father as a killer and no longer their father. For just one unjust act it changed MacNeill’s life forever. Also in the story And Then There Were None, Justice Wargrave saw the guests as killers for murder that was never brought…

beforehand. Better known as the rehabilitation process that prisons try to utilize as much as possible. Even though that is the main goal that is not the case in most modern day prison systems, because of the high rates of recidivism. Prison as punishment is one of the main reasons for this phenomenon. When punishing people to prison, offenders usually loss their source of income. Resulting in them having to do illegal things to make money when they get out of prison. Now looking at prison as a…

Helen Keller (the first deaf/blind person to ever receive a bachelor's degree in art) once said, “I would rather walk with a friend in the dark, than alone in the light.” Darrell Schweitzer’s “Howling in the Dark” takes place in the state of Pennsylvania during winter. Joseph, a young boy, loves the darkness and the way it surrounds him. He meets the Stoneman who shows Joseph how to become the darkness or nothing. One lesson that the story suggests is that no matter how hard you work for…