Prison Break

“Don’t do the crime if you can’t do the time,” is an old saying that means, don’t do the violation if you are not willing to take punishment for it. For some offenders, their punishment or “time,” is a lot less severe than the crime they committed. For three recent offenders in the Syracuse area, that is exactly what they received for their offense, significantly less severe sentence than they deserve. One offender who experienced this was former High School teacher,Thomas McCarthy. McCarthy…

there. Hubner points to the reason as to why systems that include retributive justice do not work as such, “With a few exceptions, most institutions incarcerating juveniles do not rehabilitate. Indeed, they are not that much different from adult prisons. At best they are holding tank, at worst, they are finishing schools for career criminals” (xx). In institutions such as the ones Hubner described, the teens are essentially doing easy time because all they have to do is sit there and feel sorry…

For six years Judge Mark Ciavarella and Judge Michael Conahan were using their authority to benefit themselves. Kids for Cash was a scandal, which consisted of kickbacks at the Luzerne County Court of Common Pleas that was located in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania. Kickbacks are a form of corruption when law-enforcement seeks personal gain, such as money through the abuse of their power. These two judges were convicted for receiving millions of dollars by the owners of PA Child Care. The reason they…

In the United States the juvenile justice system is very harsh and can be unruly on children, even though it claims to rehabilitate and not make children feel like criminals. As young as twelve children are being charged as adults with homicide, murder and other high degrees of crimes. Some would say the system would be a bit of a joke and others find this to be equal justice. This body of written work will go over why juveniles are treated the way they are in the justice system and how race…

First-hand accounts of torture are described in the book “The Guantánamo Diary”, and the 115 page report on the “Tipton Three”, which was turned in to the documentary drama “The Road to Guantánamo Bay.” (Branigan) These bring up harsh realities for the people who face judgment just because of who the United States is in war with at that time. Guantánamo Bay has been proven to be a harsh environment for detainees, do these new real life occurrences change the way people see the use of the…

As an anti-death penalty advocator and capital punishment abolitionist, David Von Drehle holds a completely opposite against Ernest van den Haag’s perspective. He claims that after 30 years of studying and writing about the death penalty, “the end of this troubled system is creeping into view” (Drehle, 2015). David Von Drehle is an American editor-at-large for TIME (http://time.com/author/david-von-drehle/). His publics cover politics, breaking news and the Supreme Court since 2007. Drehle…

implemented in these different phases might help explain the results of the study. Much like all experimental designs, the program possessed a few central goals: that exposure to a rigid discipline would break the cycle of crime; and to reduce prison costs by releasing inmates early, thus reducing the entire prison…

In the book, Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys, Rios argues about the problems that have continued to plague the urban America. These include the problems minority children who grow up in poverty, join the gangs, break laws and end up in prison. Basing his book on a three year study of minority youths who have been in juvenile facilities, watched their friends and family go through the same, Rio seeks to gain a comprehensive insight into the lives of these youth. Through this…

An inmate, Zafir, stated his reason for participating in the program to showcase his gentler side that was tarnished years ago and that he still has and feels an array of emotions. It was tough for Zafir to acclimate himself to prison originally, as he believed he did not belong there. Convicted of murder, he went into court believing that he was innocent by claiming self-defense. However, the trial result deemed otherwise, and he was sent off to jail. Before the program, he would…

some of which influenced the tactics it Abu-Ghraib. While many people support the tactics used at Guantanamo Bay, there is a large portion that does not support them. Many of the tactics used at Guantanamo Bay are used to mentally and physically break down prisoners to gain intelligence for US forces. While gaining Intel is all well and good, this information should not come at the cost of dehumanizing prisoners. Admiral Dennis C. Blair, Director of National Intelligence is quoted in saying,…