Prison cell

Prison overcrowding is quickly becoming a major financial and controversial problem in the United States. It has also come our concern that many correctional facilities are operating under hazardous conditions, which include operating past the maximum capacity. With that being said that causes a major issue for the safety of our inmates and especially our correctional guards who go with in the cell blocks with only a stab proof vest, handcuffs, walkie talkie, and pepper spray. With overcrowded…

Solitary confinement has been a moral controversy since its early introduction into the American prison system in the nineteen hundreds. Sharon Shalev, a prominent researcher for the effects of prolonged isolation, defines solitary confinement as a method of isolation for forced on inmates for 22.5 to 24 hours a day with no human contact. The debate surrounding solitary confinement concerns the morality of enclosing a person for an extended amount of time without human contact. Proponents of…

Prison Cultural Essay The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast my culture and the culture of Stanley “Tookie” Williams the author of Life In Prison. The book takes place while Stanley is serving time in prison on death row for being convicted of murdering four people in 1981, during two separate robberies. Stanley is serving his sentence in San Quentin prison in San Francisco California (Williams, 9). Stanley is an african american male who grew up in South Central Los Angeles…

maximum security prisons in order to keep them from escaping. An example of this is Pelican Bay, Santos describes it as, and “The bed, desk, and stool are made of poured concrete. Toilets are specially designed in a way that does not allow prisoners to flood their cells in protest. Architects designed sink and showers built into the cell with push buttons to regulate the flow of water” (47).…

other personnel use their cell phones freely in the correctional facility. Most jails and prisons prevents cell phones from entering in the facility, because it make it easy for correctional officers to give inmates cellphones. As we have learned in correctional classes, cells phones obtained by inmates are considered contraband. Cell phones in correctional facilities are a serious problem that threaten the security of the prison. According to Mann (2015), the use of cell phone by inmates poses…

Introduction This report describes what prisons were like in the 19th century in Australia: in particular, Port Arthur in Tasmania. Prisons were built based on 19th century theorists Bentham and Beccaria, using concepts of isolation, silence and hard labour as punishment. Punishments such as hangings, floggings, denunciation and transportation were all part of the classical theorist way of thinking in the 19th century, before punishment of the body changed to punishment of the mind. This…

Penitentiary is a prison located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that has long been seen as haunted. The Eastern State Penitentiary is well known for its long and brutal history. The paranormal activity is also a very big factor why this prison is so well known. Also the attractions and publicity that they have gotten from various television shows and the attractions that they provide at the prison. The Eastern State Penitentiary was constructed in 1824, and was closed down in 1971 (Baird). The…

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…

Our prison systems in the United States seem to be under constant scrutiny and debate in some form or fashion. One specific topic that has been under quite a bit of heat is the discussion of solitary confinement. While many other countries have pulled the plug on this practice, American prison systems seem to be exploding in the opposite direction, increasing the number of inmates we maintain in solitary confinement at an alarming rate. This certainly leads to a rabbit hole of questions, but as…

A juvenile can be tried as an adult and be given a life sentence in prison for numerous reasons, but the main one being murder. According to the Offices of The United States Attorneys, a juvenile is someone who has "not attained his eighteenth birthday." In other words, a juvenile is a minor, which is someone who is under the age of eighteen. A juvenile is someone who is legally not yet considered an adult in the eyes of the law. A juvenile is basically a child. Although the child may have…