Newgate Prison

Many factors influence how the public perceives the criminal justice system and the jail facilities that house our nations “most wanted” or “unwanted”. Amongst these factors include: television, the news, movies, books (The Shaw Shank Redemption or In Cold Blood), memoirs, political propaganda, and general education growing up in the United States. Each of these factors influences people, outside of the criminal justice system, to view it as something it is not or something far from accurate,…

life in prison or death, the victim can rest knowing their abuser will never be able to lay hands on her or another woman again. And, if the rapist is ordered mandatory castration, maybe the victim will be able to sleep again knowing their rapist will feel the same pain he inflicted upon them. In the United States, men whom commit the unlawful act of rape are only assigned a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison; this giving ex-prisoners a second chance at performing…

Prisons have evolved from populated center cities that were visible to the public, to isolated islands that are invisible from societies view. Each geographic location of a prison was chosen to relay a specific message. For example, center city prisons were not prisons that were surrounded by 30-foot walls enclosed by strict parameters. Rather, they were designed by architects to show off prisoners in cages to the public. They wanted to promote and advocate the discomfort, shame, and humiliation…

By pairing the art of cartooning with the stories of Vladek and Anja Spiegelman, Art Spiegelman’s graphic novel Maus reveals the adversities faced by Holocaust victims. In his work, Art includes the conversations and interactions he has with his father Vladek as he tries to gather details from not only Vladek’s memories about World War II and the Holocaust, but also from his deceased mother’s experience. Although he gains much insight from his father, his mother’s story and presence in the…

decision by the judicial system that some should be put to death as a result of crimes or offenses committed”. This penalty is reserved for only the most heinous of crimes. Death penalty puts innocent people at risk, is more expensive than life in prison, and it does not deter crime. Not to mention, it goes against the eight amendment and the constitution. I am personally against death penalty and think that we should abolish it because there is a better alternative. The federal government of…

Further, I will argue that the United States school-to-prison pipeline is a pervasive system used in conjunction with the incarceration system, to inadvertently maintain racial and socio-economic inequality. Accordingly, in order to reverse the flow of students into the criminal justice system, grassroots campaigns…

Right or wrong is constantly argued in morals, yet in the end it is always the right thing that hurts less people in the long run. In the novel Ender’s Game by Orson Scott Card, it is demonstrated that the actions of the battle school were not justified. This is displayed through the mental trauma students suffered and the extinction of an innocent species. Firstly, the actions of the battle school were wrong because the students suffered too much mental trauma. The mental trauma students…

may have difficulty with both serving the punishment and recovering from their mental disease because of the sentence given to them. Often times, this sentence is crippling for the mentally ill individuals, as a prison is not an ideal place at all for patients with inner problems-- a prison would actually make the individual’s condition worse. The major problem here arises when these individuals with mental health issues cannot make that progress to better themselves in correctional facilities,…

Mary Meyer’s murder has remained unsolved for almost half a century. On a fall day in 1964, Mary, best known for her affair with John F. Kennedy, was murdered in a Washington DC neighborhood, Georgetown. In Lance Morrow’s, “Woman, Interrupted”, he describes the first-hand account of the murder scene and offers two possible theories of why Mary was murdered. He also provides insight to some of the most powerful women in Washington. Lance, a young reporter for the Washington Star, heard the…

been on top for the number of inmates that are incarcerated in jails and prisons. In 2009, there was 1.6 million men and women that were incarcerated in either prison or jail. The correctional system has become an economic issue; moreover, the funds that are going towards the correctional system is too much to burden the criminal justice system. Because of this determined issue, it becomes hard to keep inmates in jail or prison and continue giving what they need. As I go on in this essay my…