Prison Break

In society today, when someone breaks the law, they are sent to prison to be punished. Prison, in one perspective, values rehabilitation for the prisoners; however, it does not actually focus on helping the prisoners. The social stigma of having the label of a prisoner is detrimental to the chance of success after they are released. Therefore, prisoner incarceration and recidivism rates in the United States are among the highest in the world. In the article "When Prisoners Are Patients," Theresa…

range of questions about the treatment of the mentally ill in the justice system and wether prisons are a suitable place for the mentally ill. When a person commits a crime or breaks the law, they are usually taken into custody and sent to jail or prison without being evaluated properly. Instead of being sent to a hospital or a mental health facility to receive the proper treatments, individuals are sent to prisons where they receive little to no help. Due to the deinstitutionalization in the…

because they know their history….” (Berger 16). This movement of consciousness builds awareness of the underlying racism in the construction of prison and creating ways to address this issue. America is rapidly moving to become a carceral nation, a nation where the society believes that prisons are the answer to its problems. However, putting people in prisons will not eradicate the problem. Instead, we should examine what causes people to act a certain way by building programs that addresses…

covers how the houses of the characters are like prisons, showing the characters’ entrapment, doing this through symbolism and connotation, which juxtaposes with the freedom the characters feel when not in their homes. Diaz also captures more directly the living conditions the characters face by describing the conditions that the characters face, juxtaposing again with their dreams of better homes. Throughout Drown, Diaz uses this contrast…

Solitary confinement plays an important role in keeping prison guards and other inmates safe. If an inmate is placed in solitary confinement they most likely did something wrong or disrespectful to the prison, the prison guards or the other inmates. An inmate can also end up in solitary confinement if they are at risk of being injured by another inmate, keeping them separate and isolated keeps them safe. The practice of solitary confinement helps the inmate understand that their choices have…

Links This article makes me think about how those in charge of the prison system control not only the lives of those who are incarcerated, but also those who must believe that people are being put in prison for good reasons. By giving people solutions to their problems, such as economic hardship, the prison industrial complex convinces people that they are out to help society and do what is right for everyone. The Prison Trap. This article was written by Sullivan and published in the…

The U.S. Census Bureau’s statistic reveals that one out of every three children in America live without their dad in the home. Since 1991, the number of children with a father in prison has grown by 79%. With 92 percent of the jail inmates being fathers, the father absence crisis in America is real. The “adverse childhood experience” (ACE) a child faces for having a parent in jail is different from other ACEs. The experience inflicts a lot of stigma, trauma, and shame on the children. They are…

the number of incarcerations in America has more than tripled and the amount the nation spends to maintain these facilities is six times the annual budget for our education system (Gopnik, 2012). Due to overcrowding and the high density of these prisons, certain inmates cannot be held in the general population…

Should Prisons Ban the Use of Solitary Confinement For Juveniles? Solitary confinement is defined as the isolation of a prisoner in a separate cell as a punishment. Prisoners can get put in solitary confinement for many reasons such as fighting with inmates or even talking back to a guard. But is it really the best way to punish prisoners? Solitary confinement, although used for punishment, is also considered torture. The U.N. Convention Against Torture defines torture as, “any…

into jails and prisons, it prohibits progress amongst “minority” communities, and hinders the country’s economy by increasing unnecessary debt. Although some are opposed to limiting mass incarceration because they believe it may hinder public safety, it is not the most effective route to reaching public safety. Mass incarceration has only become a major issue in the United States within the past 40 years. Once one is in the hands of the legal system you are forced to work for the prison, which…