Prison cell

group of inmates in solitary confinement at Pelican Bay State Prison, California’s toughest penal institution.” (Weir, 2012) This was done due to the fact that states were beginning to build super-maximum prisons to house more dangerous and volatile inmates that would be seen as a major threat to other inmates who committed less violent crimes. His interview surrounded the effects of those who were placed in these super-maximum prisons. “Twenty years later, he returned to Pelican Bay for…

Alcatraz finally closed its doors in 1963 after decades of being the most infamous prison in all of America. After 29 years the prison was just too difficult and expensive to keep running (estimated 3-5 million dollars in security and maintenance allown) and was shut down. Lots of people still believe that the reason for the closure of the prison was due to the escape of the Anglin brothers, the closure of Alcatraz happened years after the escape and had no relevance to the end of Alcatraz. All…

were redeemed through well- ordered routine of the prisons; both of them had strict discipline and basically both, New York and Pennsylvania systems intended to have a better correctional management of inmates, also in both models inmates were kept in their cells. However, I think that the differences of those two models are much more significant. For example, in New York (Auburn) system, unlike in Pennsylvania system, inmates slept in their cells but they gathered together to eat and work but…

death because he was not allowed to say goodbye to some girls, was sentenced to life in prison when the juvenile himself did not know the severity of his crime. Brazil was fourteen when he was sentenced to life yet his immaturity and failure to recognize risk and punishments was not taken into consideration. In 2012, the Supreme court ruled that juveniles who committed murder could not be sentenced to life in prison because it is considered cruel punishment, which is against the Eighth…

the six areas of need in prison. According to Statistics Canada, prisoners in Saskatchewan usually have four of the six rehabilitative needs. These needs are as follows (in…

The 20th Meeting “So, how did you get here?” mumbled a tall, sweaty, bearded cellmate. “I did my fair share,” I replied with cold eyes. We were in a dim, cold, depressing prison cell. With a bunk bed that had one pillow on each mattress, and two prickly uncomfortable blankets. I keep remembering every night of how I ended up in here. I had it all a fortune,prosperity, and my share of things. I was as snug as a bug in a rug. Yet, I have lost it all from a meeting I made 20 years ago. My best…

Although the term jail and prison are used interchangeably and the two types of institutions have many common Characteristics. Jails and detention confine persons awaiting trials, they are in use for short-term detention if a person of care when theirs is facilities shortage. For example, if a person is drunk he gets detained until the person gets sober, jails are also used to detain witness of a crime. And lastly, jails are used for convicted offenders for the short term, usually less than 1…

campaign contributions, and lobbying power, while attempting to alter the rhetoric of justice into the dialect of the marketplace. With this, they accuse government agencies of having a monopoly on prisons and espouse the need to downsize. These Private Enterprises claimed that they can manage prisons more efficiently and cheaper while saving the taxpayers money. Studies, some moderately funded by the industry, regularly conclude that states can save money by using for-profit institutions.…

inmates find new, innovative ways to exploit the system. Staff members in prisons are required to think one step ahead to prevent any risk of losing their lives. Contraband, defined by The National Institute of Justice, are items illegally smuggled into correctional facilities such as weapons, drugs or anything prohibited in the monitored area including cell phones. One of the items smuggled most into facilities are cell phones. “In 2008, approximately 2,800 devices were confiscated by…

developed for a lighthouse, a military fort, a military prison, and a federal prison. This was like this from 1933 until 1963 and has since been changed to an official National Historical Landmark as of 1986. It is now part of the Golden Gate National Recreation Areas and is open to tours. Out of the 1576 prisoners on Alcatraz, only a few were ‘well-known’ gangsters. Most of them were people who refused to obey the rules of the other federal prisons. At Alcatraz prisoners would have four rights…