Penal system in the United States

to set examples to others who are debating making the same mistake. Unfortunately, with the “for profit” prison system, our correctional system is designed for failure. By making our prison program based on the profits revolving around the number of inmates in the facility, we have put more people away for petty crime, ruined the lives of millions of others, and shown that this system format is not effective for anyone but those who own stock in these companies. We have more prisons and more…

problem in the United States, but it is a major controversy in India, especially in the northeastern region of the small country (“Dehli Most Racist City In India, Reveals Government Report”). India is ranked #1, as the most racist country in the world. The Indian people are known for having xenophobia. The definition for xenophobia is the intense or dislike or the fear of other people from other countries but in India’s case it is outsiders from particular countries and even states from the…

torture and violates subjected inmates’ 8th Amendment rights. The American prison system was first established as a rehabilitative asylum but has devolved into a degrading institution in which human rights are regularly violated. In order to secure just and humane treatment of inmates within the penal system, prolonged solitary confinement must be abandoned. In solitary confinement, most commonly known within in the penal system as segregation or restrictive housing, prisoners are involuntarily…

Mark Twain described the 19th century as the “Gilded Age” which took place between 1870 and the1900’s. This era basically meant everything that looked or sounded good, was not exactly what it seemed. Causing many changes in the economic growth, “The Gilded Age” did not only affect the poor, it also affected the rich. As you guessed it, since the era occurred only 5 years after The Civil War, it negatively affected the poor and it positively affected the rich. Many (last) names you hear today,…

The mentally ill inmates make up another group with special needs in a prison population. There are several challenges that the state and federal prisons face when dealing with large mentally ill inmates population. These challenges that the correction officers face with mentally ill inmates, are personality disorder problem schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. Incarcerated mentally inmates are at a higher risk to be mistreated by the staff and other inmates. A prison can be an…

rights are universal, inalienable, interrelated, interdependent and indivisible (What are Human Rights 1996). When addressing the universality of human rights, it is essential for the States to protect and promote all human rights and fundamental freedoms no matter what their political, economic, or cultural systems entail (What are Human Rights 1996). These rights are not to be taken away except in special circumstances, such as imprisonment, where rights are restricted. Human rights in the…

abolitionism, women's rights, religion, education, and the penal system. However, this period also saw the emergence of decidedly anti-democratic nativist policies designed to oppress recently naturalized citizens. The pressure for social reform began as a response to perceived degradations in American society. Increased burden was placed on large cities during the late 1820s as large influxes of immigrants poured into the United States, creating the usual problems of urbanization: overcrowding,…

Death (bubonic plague) that destroyed at least 60% of Europe’s population. As a result of fear of violating the newly established vagrancy laws; consequences which included whipping, branding, conscription into the military, or at times penal transportation to penal colonies - remote locations excluded from the general population designated for prisoners - vagrants (homeless people) participated in…

Robbery: The Victims and Offenders Julio M. Guerrero Tarleton State University DISPATCH: “Attention all units, Attention all units. A robbery just occurred at the Chase bank. Suspect is armed and dangerous. Suspect left the scene in a small car heading south.” UNIT: “Clear dispatch. Show me heading to Chase bank. Any other description?” DISPATCH: “Male suspect, approximately five feet ten inches, wearing all black and a ski mask. Suspect displayed a firearm, silver in color.” In…

takes place and to the class system, which as a result it promotes by penal practices and ideologies. For instance, according Marxist the ideas of Beccaria, in this case enlightenment were in accordance to the interest of the bourgeois class who were gaining in economic and political power at the time but still needed legal protection from the old ruling class, the landowning aristocracy who retained a corrupt control of the levers of state…