Prison Break

project started in 1822. Although Eastern State Penitentiary’s forms of punishment and way they ran their prison were thought of revolutionary, they have negatively affected how prisons are run today. The idea for…

As long as there has been some sort of prison system in the United States, there has always been a debate as to what role these prisons should play. Are they meant to punish those those have committed crimes, or to rehabilitate prisoners into a new and productive member of society and send them on their way? Some even believe prisons to be a holding place to keep the rest of society safe. All of this leads to the constitutional issue of how those who are incarcerated should be treated and what…

In the lecture given by Mr. George Lambardi there was a great deal of talk of how the number of prisons in Missouri have continued to increase and his work as the Department of Corrections director. Through the talk that Mr. George Lambardi made I was able to see how the mitigating factors leading to increases in the prison population and the efforts of those working within the prisons to help prisoners were both related to different interpretations of what the social institution of the justice…

that would have been in that prison is more than likely an excessive number. The water surrounding…

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…

treatment, and this is something that jail time does not ensure. Jail time is supposed to keep an addict away from drugs, but prison is a punishment not help. Although jail time claims to keep them away from drugs, Drug Addicts should be sent to hospitals because addiction is an illness and rehab…

University of Portsmouth nearly two-thirds of prison officers working across Scotland believe life is too easy for prisoners. This shocking statistic raises the question, 'do prisons in Britain need to be tougher?' The argument is commonly debated in the media with evidence being presented to show that some offenders prefer to stay on the inside rather than face life outside. Numerous inmates across the country have admitted that conditions inside prisons are like that of holiday camps.…

Prison Overcrowding Data from the U.S. Department of Justice’s Bureau of Justice Statistics show a rapid growth of inmates in the country. Prisons are being forced to exceed their prisoner capacity. The growth of inmates is taking a toll on everyone including staff, prisons, inmates, and the country itself. Research shows that the increase of prisoners is because of longer prison terms, higher conviction rates, increased enforcement efforts, and a lower chance of early release. There seems to…

Providing Meals Meeting Religious Standards in Prison Food — it’s one of the basic necessities in life. People may like one food, but not another; or maybe they have an allergy and cannot eat certain foods. It seems fair that the person with allergies is fed allergen free food, and the person who prefers one food over another should receive the preferred food when possible. Moreover, when someone cannot eat a specific food because of their religion, it makes sense that an alternative is offered.…

1a This article hopes to break down some of the myths these private prison corporations have used to push their agenda and discuss how they are untrue. By doing so, the reader can form his/her own conclusions on how pervasive and detrimental private prisons have become within our communities. 1b The welfare of everyone in these facilities, both employees and inmates, should be of the utmost priority. Even though this should take precedence before anything else, the well-being of the individuals…