Imprisonment and detention

The autobiography of Malcom X has been one of the popular autobiography that has been written about prominent people who made an influence in their nations .The theme of his autobiography can also be seen in the New Jim Crow book by Michelle Sanders. The similarities of these themes have also led to the statement of purpose of this essay, which is to perform a book review on the autobiography of Malcom X and The New Jim Crow book. The methodology of the essay will start by summarizing the…

inland. Fred Korematsu was arrested on May 30, 1942, in San Leandro, California for being on public streets and not complying with the government’s orders for individuals of Japanese background of any kind to evacuate the coast and move inland to detention centers. Korematsu was born in America to parents who immigrated to the United States from Japan. In response to his arrest, Koremastu argued that Executive Order 9066 violates the Fifth Amendment. Thus, it initiated one of the most infamous…

There is a great amount of injustices are happening all around us as we speak and we are aware of maybe half of them. For example, In America you have to have been charged with a crime to be in prison. Tariq Ba Odah has been imprisoned since 2002 without charge. Many changes have occurred since his arrest, police injustice towards him, and attempts to close Guantanamo. Tariq Ba Odah may die in Guantanamo if he soon isn’t released. He has been on a hunger strike for eight years now and is in a…

When the legal system of the English common law emerged, it declared that the King had the ultimate authority over children; thus, children were assets. Throughout centuries, children were considered “little adults,” and “property,” consequently, exploitation of children as laborers was a customary occurrence. Child labor, unfortunately, was a necessity for families who suffered from severe poverty (Davin, 2008). During colonial times, children were perceived as “property of the parents,”…

The use of punishment is highly debated topic for many, as both sides of the spectrum are at odds. Therefore, the purpose of this journal is to divulge into the concept of punishment, and to determine if its use is valid. In order to accomplish the task at hand; I shall, firstly, define punishment and its goal, secondly, describe some arguments for punishment and determine their validity, and lastly, mention my own experience with punishment. In the end, it will be clear that the use of…

potential for abuse. Along with racial inequality, which is clearly evident during the arrest, the initial point of contact between the youth, law enforcement officials and the justice system. Furthermore, it has been shown that during pretrial detention procedures disadvantaged Hispanics are more likely to be detained than white defendants. Similarly, youth from economically disadvantaged areas were found to be more likely to…

prisons and also know it is not a good place. From ancient times to the present, almost every major ancient civilization treated the prison as a place to detain prisoners and kill criminals. In these early times, prisons were often used as temporary detention places before being sentenced to death or enslaved. That was a big punishment for people to go to the jail. However, is the main purpose of prison only to punish people? It may be argued that the reason why the main purpose of prison is to…

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Judgement Immigration in the United States Over the history of time human beings have had different opinions on where they would like to live. Some may stay in one place while others choose to leave and live somewhere else. For the ones that move it could be an hour away to the next city of a different country altogether, but it isn’t always out of choice, war or other events can force people to move too. Those people who move between countries are called immigrants. Lately there has…

(African Centre For Justice and Peace Studies 3). More specifically, judges do not have the power to oversee the work of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), which has wide powers of search, confiscation of assets, arrest, and detention of persons for up to four and a half months without judicial review” (African Centre For Justice and Peace Studies 3). As you can see, with the NISS having the power to virtually dehumanize a person for up to four and a half months, any human…