Prison Break

ring. They found $600 in her apartment, paraphernalia for cutting heroin and pictures of her with other drug dealers. Moreover, she deserved a 10-20 year prison sentence for this crime, however, she plotted an escape and she used a work pass to walk away from prison. She not only committed the crime of drug dealing, but also escaping from the prison which was so much worse. She broke the laws more than once and she did not receive any punishment. What she had done brought harm to not only the…

not have direct contact with probationer and parolee. In the beginning I did question why was there so many probationer and parolee in the community and not in prisons or jails? After reading the textbook and many thoughtful discussions with fellow classmates, I learned that parole and probation serve as “release valve for overcrowded prisons”. I did not fully realize of the different types of community supervision an individual may be eligible for (i.e. diversion, pretrial intervention, and…

observe. To constantly fight for ourselves and others, Abraham Lincoln, is just that illustration. Raised in a small log cabin, as the legend goes, he rose up through the ranks, using politics. He found his drive and passion, in order to quickly break his mold to go from illiterate and destitute parents, to President of United States himself. If a boy lives just with his mother, seeing the example of an absentee father, then he is nurtured for these things to become permissible. If a…

including, medical care, psychiatric care, and basic sanitary conditions. It was found that the prisons in the State of California were extremely overpopulated, and that “overcrowding has overtaken the limited resources of prison staff; imposed demands well beyond the capacity of the medical and mental health facilities; and created unsanitary and unsafe conditions,” (Katsh 113). Overcrowding has caused the prison staffs to be unable to adequately treat those with medical conditions and those…

Convicted By Murder Have you ever dreamed when you were a young teen about going to prison or your parent told you that they were going to put you in a scared straight program? A young male, Alexander Gordon Smith wrote a book called “Lockdown Escape From Furnace”. Furnace Penitentiary, in the distant future, is the world’s most secure prison for young offenders. It is buried a mile beneath the Earth’s surface. One way in and no way out. Once you're there, you're there until you die, and…

overall effect it has on one group of people. Western begins his book with a brief history of American penitentiaries, naming two famous institutions, Eastern State Penitentiary in Philadelphia and Auburn State Prison in upstate New York. Eastern State was the first generation of American prisons developed by the Quakers; they used solitary confinement as a means of reflection and repent in order for convicts to change the wrongs they did. It was there idea of a humane alternative from brutal…

Back in the 1700’s there was no separation between women’s prison and men’s prison. They were actually housed together and treated no different than males. The Women’s Prison Associates was created in 1844. What this did was give women their own rights and rules n prison. It started by housing the women in a separate area than the men. From there is brought us to where we are today in the prison system, with the women having their own facilities. Within San Diego County I know…

anybody deserves this end of the line punishment, but they need to understand there needs to be a way to help prevent people from thinking that all that can happen is they end up in prison. That sort of mindset is detrimental to a society, letting people think that they can commit haynes crimes and only go to prison. There is a misconception that we should not give people the death penalty in case that person is innocent, but the people who receive the death penalty are proven to have committed…

was found guilty by the court. There were many factors that sent him to prison, such as: his prior criminal record, the three factors that can influence an officer’s use of discretion, the evidence against him, and more. After 10 years in prison, he was exonerated by DNA testing. Not long after, Jennifer and he became friends. This essay, it will cover the many factors that got Ronald arrested, convicted, and sent to prison, what Jennifer and Ronald’s shared experience is and how they were able…

After reading the article Tale of Two Crises by James Knol and also by watching the film Zimbardo Prison Experiment, I was able to realize how imprisonment and its environment can take a toll on the prisoners overall health. Throughout the experiment, which was conducted through six days, the guards became aggressive towards the prisoners. While the prisoners reacted by becoming stressed and irrational. After the completion of the experiment, they were able to analyze four different lessons. One…