Penology

Introduction The Longest Yard, featuring Adam Sandler, as an ex-pro football player and present convict named Paul Crew, is a story of the struggles and tribulations prisoners endure during their track to becoming free citizens. The movie starts with Paul Crew being arrested for a DUI in the state of California and being sentenced to a prison called Allensville Penitentiary in Texas. While in this prison, Crew discovers what it is really like to be a convicted felon and what it is like to…

In this article, written on September 28, 2003 for The Boston Globe, Jeff Jacoby expresses his opinions about the death penalty; he thinks that the death penalty is a system that has its weaknesses and errors, however he believes it is a system that needs to be in place to pro-tect us. The article aims to persuade the reader and to outline key points, why the death penalty should be accepted by the public and all. I will be evaluating and analysing the article discussing the techniques…

In Bryan Stevenson’s memoir, he explains how “the power of mercy…belongs to the undeserving. It’s when mercy is least expected that it’s most potent – strong enough to break the cycle of victimization and victimhood, retribution and suffering” (294). However, Stevenson isn’t just talking about mercy. Mercy plays a part with other prominent aspects of the book, most relating to problems in the justice system. These faults are what led Walter McMillian being put on death row for a crime he did not…

Introduction The main purpose of solitary confinement is to isolate a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment. When an inmate is sent to solitary confinement there is no doubt that their mental health is affected. The reason I chose this topic is because for many years, solitary confinement has been and continues to be a controversial topic. A common mistake that is often made with the term juvenile is that inmates under the age of 18 are automatically tried as juveniles. Let’s take for…

One night in the 1970’s, Henry Alford visited a bar that he usually attends, to see a prostitute. According to serval reports, upon his arrival at the bar, Alford got into a fist fight with another gentleman. After the fist fight, a witness claimed to see Alford retrieve his gun from his house and profess to want to kill a man. Shortly after, the same witness claims to have heard Alford confess to have committed the crime. Following his arrest, he was appointed a fairly young lawyer. This young…

To begin, Norway and America are no where near each other. Norway is located in Europe (Eastern Hemisphere) while America is located in North America (Western Hemisphere). These places are very different from each other; one example is language. Norway has many languages, but the official language is Norsk; In America, the official language is English. Another example, Norway eats different than America in a way. Most food in Norway are seafood and fruit while in America canned and fast food is…

1. Although criminal justice requires the correct label to be attached to the defendant’s misconduct, the wide scope of behaviour covered by the Homicide Act 1957 often results in the unfair, and thus harsh, labelling of offenders. This essay will sought to prove that the law of homicide is often too harsh in its assignation of labels to those who cause the death of others, by concentrating on the examples of murder with oblique intent, involuntary manslaughter and the partial defence of…

How To Stop Prison Escapes There were two prisoners, David Sweat and Richard Matt, that had escaped from a New York Prison in Clinton. They accomplished it by, using hacksaws that were hidden in meat and sawing through the cells to the catwalks behind their cells. Then David Sweat used a saw to cut into fellow inmate Richard Matt’s cell to the same catwalks. They then had weeks to look through the maze of tunnels that were hidden below the prison. The men had one obstacle in their way, a cement…

Jasleen Aujla January 5th, 2015 CLN4U0 Mr. Gill THE SEXUAL OFFENDERS REGISTRY: NOT CRIMINALLY RESPONSIBLE REGISTRANTS Out of the many ironic injustices found in the Canadian justice system, there is perhaps none as tragic as the fate of those who have been found not criminally responsible (NCR) of committing a sexual crime. Instead of allowing for those who have been unfairly accused to repent in solitude, their past haunts them in the form of The Sexual Offenders Registry. It is…

Recidivism is the most commonly used measurement for correctional success. Prison programs are intended to provide counseling and skill training for prisoners for their reentry into society. The decreasing emphasis on these programs is leaving inmates unprepared. Prisoners face many challenges that lead to crime and reconviction. Buying a house is complicated enough as it is. For ex-offenders there are several factors that make this difficult including the scarcity of affordable and available…