Penology

Angela Y. Davis explores the prison industrial complex in depth concerning the treatment of men and women and how their treatment extends to their gender and race. The article opens up with a story told from an inmate, on just how cruel, demeaning, and sickening the prison and system is by comparing the medical care to death. The story is the premise for this article which looks into different forms of punishments which haunts the inmates. The prison system is rapidly growing with more and more…

Many people think that incarceration is like a vacation at a country club until they see what really happens behind the bars. Offenders do not get the help that they need when they are in prison. When offenders go to prison and when they are let out nothing has changed and they usually end up back in prison. The rates of population have gone up and prisons are becoming over populated. Craig Jones and Don Weatherburn proves, “The sentenced adult prison population has increased by about 20 per…

The Death Penalty: Immoral and Inhumane Imagine for a moment, that someone inflicted a horrendous, illegal act to hurt either you or one of your loved ones. Do you then believe that that individual should be put to death for what he/she has done? That the government should be allowed to take away that person’s life, one where they may have their own family, a disability or mental illness, or loved ones of their own? Capital punishment is defined by Oxford Dictionaries as “the legally authorized…

Crime and Punishment in America through the Years Crime and punishment in the United States of America has changed through the years’ time and time again. Presidents through time, as well as the American population, have been the cause for all the “see-sawing” between crime and punishment. Most of the recent back and forth comes from the human interpretation of what a “cruel and unusual punishment” is, and from the questions of justification for the state taking a life. These questions date…

All throughout the country, there has been a controversial discussion on the subject of how prisons should be used. People are arguing if prisons should be used for punishment or should prisons be utilized to rehabilitate the inmates? There are many people that think that punishment is the best answer because these criminals need to be taught a lesson for what they have done; although I would argue that this is not completely true. When criminals are punished it only makes them more hostile and…

Answering the question as to whether or not I think the case was handled properly provides little challenge when considering the basics: a young man was killed, the person who killed the young man was tried by a jury, and the accused was acquitted of the crime. In essence, the criminal justice system worked when viewing this case from that overarching perspective, but when we consider how we got from the death of Trayvon Martin to the acquittal of George Zimmerman, I am of the opinion the case…

Capital Punishment: More Damage than Good The death penalty is a historic maltreatment used for humans that murder or commit an abominable crime. This method had been sought to be effective until technology started progressing and morals began to veer. With new advances in technology the government has made up new, more productive, ways of retribution. In the past, when a person was on death row, the solitary discipline was to execute the person responsible for the wrongdoing. However, people…

Life or Death “Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.”-J.R.R. Tolkien (Goodreads, n.p.). Capital punishment is a taboo word for many people, they do not want to talk about it. Could this be due to the fact they consider it morally wrong? Lifelong imprisonment is the alternative to capital punishment when one is convicted of a crime. To know the difference between the two is important because…

Hell’s Angel Hells Angel, Robert Foster, a former convict gets a second chance on life after breaking out of prison into an alternate apocalyptic version of his hometown, LA. Hells Angel cleans up the crime in LA trying to do his best to put his dark past behind him. Previous life/ Shooting Robert Foster a lowly worker in the advertising industry but his life changes when he snaps after losing out on a promotion which is given to a bosses love interest. He comes back to the office with…

The professional and trusted position of a correctional case manager comes with a lot of responsibility. Correctional case managers are one of the keys that inmates depend on to help unlock the door towards their transition back into society. Good morals, integrity, and professionalism are just a few of the expectations that correctional case managers are expected to possess. Professional writing skills, computer familiarity, and knowledge of the laws and regulations pertaining to corrections…