Incarceration in the United States

At the end of 2014, about 1 in 36 adults in the United States was under some form of correctional supervision (Kaeble, Tsoutis, & Minton, 2016, p. 1). Probation and parole are privileges extended by the criminal justice system and are not rights (Latessa & Smith, 2011, p. 84). Probation and parole has many advantages such as helping offenders reintegrate into society, provides a cost savings over incarceration, and rehabilitate offenders (Latessa & Smith, 2011, p. 84). There are disadvantages…

an individual’s identity plays a major role and it also gives an encrypting reason for the injustices that occur within our criminal system. According to Mr. Stevenson, an individual is more likely to be convicted based on their identity in the United States Criminal Justice system than their manner of innocents. Yet, justice should be served on whether an individual is actually deemed as guilty of the crime committed. In 1972, prisoners were estimated to the amount of 300,000. As of 2012, the…

progressively assess the state of our prison system as a whole. With that being said, I need to point out some things from the article. The article states that the United States has the highest overall incarceration rate worldwide. For every 100,000 people 700 of them have been or are in the United States prions system that is ten times higher then the rest of the world. This is due to the rise in nonviolent crime, drugs. The article also mentions that one of the reasons incarceration rate is so…

bail was denied. Jails are used to require to make a court appearance for any reason. Lastly, they are serving sentences of 364 days or less. The difference between jail and prisons are, prisons are administered at both state and federal level. Whereas, jails are just at the state level. The largest private corporation in the prison industry is the CAA or Corrections Association of America. In 2005, the revenue for CAA was 1.2 billion dollars. The term “total institution” was coined by Goffman.…

The job of a Correctional official is to detect danger in prisons. These same officials can also detect opportunity to make changes and improve the system as well. Within local jails, state prisons and federal penitentiaries, they serve as the voice of authority as they ensure the security and well-being of prisoners. The job of a correctional official is to stop a violent conflict and ensure order within the prison walls and also to support opportunities to rehabilitate prisoners.…

Over the past several years, multitude of legislative bodies have made many attempts to reform their sentencing and incarceration laws to address the problem of mass incarceration of our citizenry. Apparently, some of these efforts have been successful and other not so. In the next few paragraphs I will be analyzing the article “Does Smarter Sentencing Equal Lower Prison Numbers?” Within this analyzation I will give my readers my general reaction of the article. I will also touch on what is…

Norway is known to be the country with one of the lowest rates for recidivism and incarceration in the world. As of January 2017, Norway has had 3,933 people within their 54 different institutions. Due to the major success, other countries around the world have begun to use the “Norwegian model” as a guideline for their own criminal justice systems. The method for Norway’s criminal justice system is to use alternative penalties that are referred to as “penalties in society” but other options…

In the movie, the 13th filmmaker Ava Duvernay focuses on mass incarceration and racial injustice in the United States. The documentary starts off with the 13th amendment being stated on the screen. She highlights the words “expect as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the united states”, meaning if you are convicted of a crime you then become a slave again to the united states. My second source is an article written by Fredrick Mckissack…

face value, a person-blame approach may reflect the incarceration issue on poverty, minorities, or laziness within individuals. With further evidence, one will have the ability to come to the conclusion that as a whole, America has created a country where minorities must fear imprisonment due to irrational…

on them either during or after their incarceration. The entire point of a democracy is the fact that officials are appointed by the population as a whole, or elected by representatives. Often, democracy is called “the voice of the people,” but when more than six million of US citizens are not allowed to vote due to felony disenfranchisement their voices are in turn snuffed out of important election decisions. Although the voting restriction affects each state differently, many are allowed to…