Incarceration

pick is that a felon can have their vote restored if they completed their term of incarceration and their parole plus their probation. The third thing that your state can pick if they will allow their felons to get their vote restored if the completes their term of incarceration and also completes their parole. The fourth thing that your state has to choose from is if the felon finished their term of incarceration. And finally the fifth thing that your state can choose is that Convicted felons…

When Reagan became president the rate of incarceration skyrocketed because of his unprecedented expansion of the war on drugs. The number of people behind bars for nonviolent drug law violations increased from 50,00 in 1980 to more than 400,000 by 1997(Newman 1) . When Ronald Reagan became president…

America have faced prejudice for centuries. The prejudice builds up, even through society’s attempts at promoting social justice with campaigns like #BlackLivesMatter and #IfTheyGunnedMeDown. In the criminal justice system, 80-90% of drug related incarcerations are of black people. However, the system is skewed in favor of white people. Whites are rarely arrested for drugs, even though their youth is more likely to deal drugs when compared to black youth. Another example of this prejudice is…

ignored, and having their paths to incarceration laid out in front of them the second they struggle. The mentally ill suffer enough throughout their childhood and their adult life, but now they are being incarcerated. They are being criminalized for being mentally unstable and are being refused the help they so clearly deserve. Detecting a mental disorder in their childhood or removing them from their unstable environment will definitely help them avoid incarceration in the future and reduce the…

more is a direct result of specific wording of The 13th Amendment. In John W. Whitehead’s article, “Jailing Americans for Profit: The Rise of the Prison Industrial Complex,” he addresses how prisons benefit from high incarceration rates, he…

Up until the 1970s, policies regarding corrections were based on the principle of rehabilitation so that when prisoners were released they could successfully reintegrate into society. To increase the possibility for successful reintegration, prisoners were encouraged to amend their occupational skills and to receive treatment for any psychological issues they faced ranging from addiction and substance abuse to aggression. Since the 1970s, policy makers have shifted to a crime control model that…

and runs through the criminal justice system. In this paper you will see how and why drug laws were created and its effects, how law, and inequality is supported by racial discrimination; criminal justice policies and its leading to the rise of incarceration rates, the promotion of the Rockefeller drug law by African Americans’, and Clinton’s reaction to the 1994 law. Because race…

Crime rates are down, but prison populations are a growing concern. In light of these facts, we need to explore ways of reducing crime that does not involve incarceration, but still protects society. Changing times require changing laws. Legalization of marijuana for personal use would be a major step in reducing arrest and incarceration. Twenty states have legalized medical marijuana and 4 states have…

Crime is a big problem in this world today, and how we treat these criminals that commit these crimes varies among different parts of the world. The traditional prisons today are designed to punish and hold prisoners till they have served their sentence. In Norway, there are prisons that, instead of just letting the prisoner sit and rot, they focus more on rehabilitation. Norway names this concept “restorative justice”. It is believed that instead of punishing these criminals, they must do, as…

the reason why our cities were failing. In the 1990’s incarceration rates in the United States were sailing high through the roof (Bandele, 2016). As of today, we are imprisoning more people than any other country including China, Russia, Cuba, and Iran. Although the intentions behind the policies of the war on drugs were in good faith, the overall effects of the war on drugs have lead to astronomical annual expenditure, the highest incarceration rates in the world, and an outdated system that…