Extrajudicial punishment

Prison overcrowding is a community phenomenon that occurs when the demand for space in prisons exceeds the capacity for the amount of prisoners within a prison. Overcrowding has become a problem in many states. Many states have stretched prisons far beyond their capacity for years, while California has continued to remain a focus to a federal order to slender its hefty prison population mass. For instance, with keeping the focus on California, California’s prisons were designed to quarter 85,000…

Sentencing now and how judges determine the extent of the sentence____________3 3.1 The purpose of punishment and sentencing________________________________3 3.2 The different forms of punishment_______________________________________3 3.3 How judges determine the extent of a sentence_____________________________4 4. Restorative vs. Retributive approach 4 5. The Death Penalty: A form of punishment 5 6. African Jurisprudence 6 7. Conclusion 7 8. Bibliography 8 1. Introduction Every citizen…

It is the role of the law to define what a crime is. The courts interpret the law in light of a factual case and determine whether an accused person ought to be committed to jail. At the tail end, the jail terms, as part of the other methods of punishment are aimed at meting out what is just to the persons who have committed the said crimes. This…

Roy Brown through the Innocence project Don’t you hate it when get in trouble something that you didn’t do? That is what happened to Roy Brown. Through the help of the innocence project Roy Brown was released from jail. In the paragraphs provided it will be talking about the case, the crime and the axonartion. First to sater off crimes are, were that the girl was murdered near her farmstead beaten bitten and rapped. “The naked body of Sabina Kulakowski was found across the road from her…

Solitary confinement plays an important role in keeping prison guards and other inmates safe. If an inmate is placed in solitary confinement they most likely did something wrong or disrespectful to the prison, the prison guards or the other inmates. An inmate can also end up in solitary confinement if they are at risk of being injured by another inmate, keeping them separate and isolated keeps them safe. The practice of solitary confinement helps the inmate understand that their choices have…

A lot of people think the majority of the inmates that go to jail are young delinquents, but what they don’t know, is that there’s also elderly people that break the rules. Even though they have a higher rate of illness, there’s still a high rate of older people in prison. In 2010, 8% percent of the prison population was 124,400 inmates, who were 55 years old or older. Elderly offenders are in a special unit in prison, because they have multiple health complications. Because of this, each year…

I read “The Big Policeman” by J. North Conway. This book was about a detective named Thomas Byrnes. The book followed detective Byrnes through his most infamous cases like the Jack the Ripper copycat and the Manhattan Savings Bank robbery. Throughout the book the author described Byrne’s unique methods and strategies for gathering information from the suspects in custody. J. North Conway’s purpose for writing this novel is to demonstrate his views on limiting the police’s power. J. North Conway…

Do you think it is prudent to imprison a troubled juvenile with dangerous criminals which have committed actual horrific crimes? I don’t think it is, but some people from the Justice Department and others believe it would be beneficial for troubled juveniles. Even though they committed a crime and should get punished accordingly, despite their age, juveniles should not be transferred to adult facilities. Because prior to the crime executed or imprisonment, the individual was influenced…

Gina Bale Article Review II SHIT IN FAVORITES BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCE The Scared Straight program is arranged to hinder juvenile participants from further criminal offenses. Teenagers visiting the inmates watch prison life unfold while communication with the problematic offenders. Inmates portray severe surroundings in jail towards the juveniles. The predicted result is to change the attitude of youth by scaring and horrifying them from becoming involved in future delinquent behavior. The…

“About 6% of inmate’s assault each other with weapons snuck into the prisons’ (10% of inmates). Strip searches are basically a procedure that keeps out contraband such as drugs and weapons into the facilities. Strip searches should be allowed because it is for the prisoner’s safety as well as the guards, also to keep contraband out, and it is not a right it is mandatory. These searches should be allowed because it helps keep the guards safe especially since prisoners have committed assaults…