Penal system in the United States

in Overcrowding Policies The overcrowded jails are one of the biggest issues in the United States criminal justice system and one of the most controversial. Furthermore, the overcrowding in jails has had a reduction in their population that wasn’t seen in the last 40 years (Giblin, 2014, pp.249). The decline on the inmate population can be attributed to factors such as economic and the reconsideration of penal reforms to solve the issues of overcrowding in jails. However the influence of…

the use of solitary confinement due to its deteriorating psychological effect, there are many cases of the unethical and unjust treatment of incarceration people. One of the nation most criticized for its prison system is China. Unlike Western penal systems, the Chinese prison system is divided up into four different types of…

Report 2 on Sudbury, “Celling Black Bodies” The perpetually growing prison system in sovereign nations, has shown dramatic increases of incarcerating women of color over the past 10 years. Commonly referred to as the “prison-industrial complex” this a system composed of state penal systems, corrupt politicians, and for-profit prison companies, which disproportionately places minorities in prison. The author of the article, “Celling Black Bodies: Black Women in the Global Prison Industrial…

this assignment I will explore the UK’S penal system, explore the good and bad points about it and compare it to a complete contrast of a penal system namely Norway’s, I will explore the differences between the two penal systems and then come to a conclusion as to whether I feel that imprisonment in the UK works as a response to offending. Over the years the United Kingdom has used a variety of different methods as punishments for offending, The UK Penal system currently operates in a punitive…

countries. Thus, it has gotten influences form the many different countries which have helped shape the Criminal Justice System that it uses today. In this research paper, I will be looking at a brief history how India came to be the nation it is today. After this I will look at what kind of legal system India is. Then I will be looking at the way that the criminal justice system is structured the courts, corrections and police. After that I will look more specifically at how people are…

Although many people in the United States believe that sexual assault is not a major problem within our social atmosphere, the reality is that sexual assault is a serious social and public health issue today. Furthermore, sexual victimization is commonly associated with a wide range of short and long-term physiological consequences. According to national surveys, one in six women will experience attempted or completed rape at some time throughout their life. Despite the resources available to…

The novel The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander a compelling guide through the American justice system. The novel gives its readers insight that since the Jim Crows and Obamas Presidency the “colorblindness” within the United States has revolutionized the American society in ways unimaginable, especially in the Wars on Drugs. The author takes her readers past times in 1840’s, around the time of the Jim Crows to about modern day dealing with how…

Many prisoners that reside in the United States are not being treated fairly. The treatment that some prisoners in the US receive violates the Eighth Amendment, the amendment that strongly goes against using cruel and unusual punishment when it comes to punishing someone. And with prisons being overcrowded many prisoners have poor living arrangements where there are thirteen people or more in one room. (“Prisoners’ Rights:”). This shows that some prisoners are being denied basic human rights…

The history of correctional system Before the 18th century, the concept of incarcerating offenders in prisons as a means of punishment didn’t exist in American colonies. In this era, criminal offenders were held temporarily in jails until their time of trial. Only the felony offenders who saw their stay in jails extended due to the seriousness of the act committed. This didn’t means that the criminal justice in the American colonies took the offences lightly. All civil, religious, and criminal…

The death penalty is a very controversial topic in the United States, due to its inhumane appeal. The death penalty is given out for capital offenses. Examples of capital offenses are terrorism,treason, Espionage, murder, large-scale drug trafficking, and attempting to kill a witness, juror, or court officer in certain cases. Alyssa Kubiak coveys the death penalty is unjust and barbaric in our modern world because the capital punishment system is flawed, is not humane to the “innocent people”…