Penal system in the United States

Local, state, and federal governments (for years) have debated about what is the main cause of juvenile delinquency, they have also debated what they can do to help reduce the problem. Governments have argued that poverty is the main cause to juvenile delinquency, because it is one of the most commonly seen results. A juvenile delinquent is a young adult (usually ranging from the ages ten to eighteen) who commits an act that violates a law. Juvenile delinquency is not just a problem in the…

systematically caught in a symbiosis of the ghetto and prison; both, institutions of forced confinement designed to neutralize the threat outcasts pose to society (Wacquant, 2010). This, then, has developed a state, whereas the symbiotic relationship between the ghetto and the criminal justice system are the instruments by which the elite control the poor. Largely, due to socioeconomic and institutional manipulation of powerful elites that accentuate the inmate disparity. And so, inevitably…

from white supremacy, and tries to discuss where the white supremacy is coming from originally and its serious influences on minorieties from various aspects, including politics, ecnomics, education, and prison systems. White Mercy refers to the fact that the whole system of the states, basically, is established by the white. It declares to build a safe world for everyone from varieties of…

Empire and then its own independent state, this can be traced with the settlers from other parts of the world, namely those from Europe and Great Britain. I will focus on the immigrants who went to the continent of Australia and its development as a colony then how it became a nation. In particular, there will be a concentration on how mining and prospecting interest help cultivate Australia as we know it today. This will include the development of the first penal colony for convicts and the…

look after each other and protect one another from criminals. These citizens took this responsibility, which could be called in a sense community policing (Pearson 5). The history of Policing is dated back to 900 A.D in England; the criminal justice system was very small at the time, there were only four officials. The Sheriff was the agent of the king and his job was to maintain law and order in the county (Pearson 4). There was the constable whose job was to collect taxes and took orders from…

overcrowded prison populations have been at the top of the list for penal reform in the United States. The Federal Bureau of Prisons reports that nearly 85,500 individuals are currently incarcerated on drug-related charges, making up 46.4% of the total inmate population in our prison systems. Of those incarcerated on drug charges, nearly half are low-level drug offenders with no current or prior violence charges on their records. (The United States War on Drugs, n.d) Are criminalization and…

The United States is 5% of the worlds population but is responsible for housing 25% of the world’s prisoners, which is more than any country. This statistic equates to approximately 2.4 million individuals that are incarcerated at any given time. If the jail population was a city, it would be the fourth largest in America. The financial responsibility to house inmates falls upon the taxpayers in America. In some counties around the United States, prisoners have to pay a daily rate to offset…

Gangs Communicate with the Outside World Gangs are undoubtedly one of the largest problems that the Department of Corrections faces daily. According to David Starbek prison gang is defined as: “an inmate organization that operates within a prison system, that has a corporate entity, exists into perpetuity, and whose membership is restrictive, mutually exclusive, and often requires a lifetime commitment”(Starbek). A person who was in a gang before coming to prison is generally able to find…

huge harmful effect on the economy in the U.S. Corruption among government officials, law enforcement, mayors, etc. was so rampant that most citizens of the U.S. had a huge disrespect for the law and law enforcement. The criminal justice system and the penal system would be over-burdened and overcrowded, again costing the federal government more money they did not have as a result of Prohibition. Finally, Prohibition was responsible for the federal government relying on immoral, illegal tactics…

critic. Most famously critisises, “[the] racist justice system.” (Baldwin) His words are targeting the white officials at the time, for discriminating against the African American citizens in a court of law. Back when James Baldwin wrote about his observations there were around two hundred thousand people in jail. Today, with 2.3 million people incarcerated, it’s no longer a matter of skin color but, the biases generated throughout the judicial system. The interrogators, police, and the jury…