Newgate Prison

of someone who has taken the life of another gives the victims closure. Third party victims would not have to wake up every day knowing the criminal who once took away someone so close to them is alive and being taken care of in an air-conditioned prison cell. The death penalty would provide closure for those affected. They also believe that sentencing a criminal to death would be a favor to society. Who is to say that a…

situation, but the life of prisoners in general. Inmates pretty much have to fight for their right to survive on a daily basis; and in a world where “justice” doesn’t mean as much as it does for a person not in prison but, it can’t be easy as well. A lot of inmates aren’t ready for the reality of prison life when they first arrive, so they’re easily manipulated and molded into a person you don’t want to be. What you do and who you are associated with makes all the difference. The video also…

those shows may have some very disturbing plots). Certainly, a case like this would warrant a death sentence. I mean, would you really want your taxes to pay for that person’s sub-par prison meals as they serve out a life term? Especially in modern times, when people live very long lives? Sure, there’s always private prisons, but can we trust that unregulated corporate facilities will not abuse their powers? If the current state…

The needs in my Brooklyn community as well as others that are effected by the changes happening among minority adolescents and young men is evident by the increase population in the correctional facilities. Some blame the behavioral changes on ineffective parenting skills, poor supervision, rejection from the family, parents not caring enough to have consistent discipline or no discipline, also many children are born from adolescents or teen parents which is factor of poor parenting skills…

campaign contributions, and lobbying power, while attempting to alter the rhetoric of justice into the dialect of the marketplace. With this, they accuse government agencies of having a monopoly on prisons and espouse the need to downsize. These Private Enterprises claimed that they can manage prisons more efficiently and cheaper while saving the taxpayers money. Studies, some moderately funded by the industry, regularly conclude that states can save money by using for-profit institutions.…

that the longer a sentence for an offense, the less likely a person would re-offend. The researchers found that longer sentences resulted in a three percent increase in recidivism. Offenders who spent 30 months in prison had a 29% recidivism rate and prisoners serving a 12.9 month prison sentence had a 26% recidivism rate. They also found that being incarcerated rather than performing community service resulted in a 7% increase in recidivism. When sentences are shorter, offenders are more likely…

1. An article “Responsible Prison Reform” falls under conservative on the political spectrum. The reason, I believe this article falls under conservative is because in the article Eli Lehrer talks about how once again, they are leading the way toward the strengthening the sentence rules and other strategies that augmented incarceration rate. Therefore, they should lead the way in rationally reducing the prison population where the incarceration should be changed. For example, in the article, Tom…

Other important factors include immunization of the population as well as isolation of infected persons, universal precautions, education about hygiene, and preventing the spread of HIV, hepatitis. According to Forde (2015), “The system of jails and prisons that holds those individuals has become the largest provider of mental health care in the country, with rates of psychotic illness many times higher than in the community.” Nurses in the correctional setting assess individuals for existing…

the CCA and other private prison 's profits were skyrocketing. Private prisons have no incentive to decrease crime because it would decrease their profits. They would even compromise the safety of inmates, staff and the community by minimizing cost of staff, security and services if it meant they would profit from it. The most important thing for private prison corporations is money, they see prisoners as an opportunity to make money and not a human being. Private prisons motives are purely to…

have thought of. However, historically work camps have gained a negative connotation do to the tragic events of the holocaust and other tragic cases. Cases such as the events at a Texas work camp that resulted in the injury and improper treatment of prison workers have led to work camps being looked upon negatively (Walter). In the Texas work camps, conditions were deemed unacceptable but could have easily been avoided if the appropriate inspections had taken place and if the prisoners were…