Incarceration

Federal prison populations have shrank by thousands since November of 2015 due to new sentencing guidelines. The U.S. Sentencing Commission voted in 2014 to reduce the federal drug guideline sentences to try to control prison overcrowding and/or excessive punishments. Releasing these inmates has been a much-debated topic for a long time and many people have conflicting beliefs on the outcome of the issue. Based on my research, early prison release could be a good thing. Half of all inmates are…

on drug offenses. The majority of those incarcerated are in state prison or local jails. Over the last three decades of the 20th century, the United States engaged in an unprecedented prison-building boom that has given our nation the highest incarceration rate in the world. (Wagner, 2014) Now states,…

various reasons. Whether it is due to murder, rape, drugs, or even petty theft, prisoners are isolated and housed far away from functioning society without a second thought. In the United States, we are ranked number one for having the highest incarceration rates in the world. “According to the International Centre for Prison Studies, 707 of every 100,000 people are locked up in the United States. With only about 5% of the world’s population, the United States holds about 25% of the world’s…

In 1991 was the height of imprisonment in the United States. A scholar comment on a Blue Ribbon Commission on inmate population management stated “because females represent only a fraction of the present population they are relatively unimportant"(Kruttschnitt, 2010). He also stated "when we have got as much of a change as we do in a system which is 95% male you 're not going to be looking hard at the females in the system"( Kruttschnitt). With increasing imprisonment of females offenders this…

In the text, Brian Davenport analyzes two types of leadership and the means in which each style responses to suffering. The first style of leadership explored is Servant-leadership. The idea Servant-leadership was introduced in the 1070’s, and there is still debate regarding what the term means (Alavi, R., 2016). Researchers continue to attempt to define and clarify the leadership method. However, one explanation describes the word as one who is motivated to serve others while creating an…

Halden Prison Can you imagine being “punished” inside a 5-star luxury hotel? In Norway, less than 3000 of the country’s 5 million population are behind bars. Located in Ostfold, Norway, the Halden prison took 10 years to complete with a cost of 1.5 million dollars. Inside a maximum-security prison in Halden, Norway, the definition of freedom is redefined. Among many prisons worldwide, this prison’s purpose is to rebuild and rehabilitate inmates into better human beings. The warden, Holden…

Training those Incarcerated States across America continually must attend to the mass incarcerations that plague their prisons. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “The number of prisoners held by state and federal correctional authorities on December 31, 2014 was 1,561,500” (Carson, 2015). This large number has complications that come along with it, including the legal implications, which some Americans conceive to include the violation of human standards and constitutional rights.…

(Patchin & Keveles, 2004) The law makers have put policies in place when it comes to incarceration rates that take billions of dollars each year away from other projects with not much benefit to the safety of the public. We have seen more legislation brought up by states and even the federal government dealing with possession of marijuana in…

Incarceration can have a negative and positive impact on the criminal justice system. One of the downfalls is that incarcerating criminals can be extremely expensive. According to the American Correctional text, a total of $100 billion dollars is spent on the criminal justice system each year. A positive impact that the incarcerate model has is to enforce retributive justice on those who commit criminal acts. However, not all crimes deserve jail or prison time. People who are committing…

males under the age of l8 make up 10% of today’s population; however, they attribute to 60% of incarceration (Barbarin, 2010, p.81). As a result, states are allowing courts to charge youths as young as 14 years of age as adults and place them in adult facilities. These facilities often do not address the problems that youth are experiencing. States, specifically Louisiana has not seen a decline in incarceration since the passing of The Juvenile Justice Reform Act of 2003 (Act 1225). The purpose…