Prison cell

obtain other forms of contraband including drugs, cell phones, and weapons. These types of contraband can present a multitude of problematic issues within the correctional facilities. Due to understaffing and low wage, correction officers as well as staff members often find themselves subjected to inmate pressure to obtain certain prohibited items that are smuggled into the prisons in order to facilitate an inmate’s social status within the prison and even worse facilitate an…

it. According to current U.S. government surveys, one in ten Americans use marijuana regularly (2). The visual chosen has a media of ink and paper. The genre of this visual is a poster for a campaign ad displaying a drawn artwork of a male behind prison bars. The artwork portrayed in this campaign ad is stressing that marijuana users are not criminals and action to get involved in reforming marijuana laws is needed. This campaign ad is most likely intended to attract American citizens who are…

Currently, the United States has an estimated two-million people currently locked up behind bars. In our society today, we have over seven million people within the criminal justice system. These individuals are in our prison system, jails, as well as those who are under some sort of supervision, probation, or parole. The criminal justice system struggles daily with trying to punish the offender for their crimes, as well as rehabilitate them in order to get them reintegrated back into society…

ill and remains in prison despite that he/she may no longer possess the physical and/or emotional capacity to pose a threat. What follows below is an in depth look at the ongoing issue of poor health care provided to the aging incarcerated, as well as its physical, financial and ethical constraints. Historical Background In order…

Furthermore, rather than letting prisoners to stay in the incarceration for doing nothing whole day, it is better to let them access to education. In Cal Poly State University, there has a project called Prison Education Project (PEP). This project is formed by the Office of Correctional Education (OCE), the California Institution for Men (CIM) teamed, and Professor Renford Reese on November, 2011. PEP offers education opportunities in 11 California correctional…

Movie 13th discusses the Prison Industrial Complex. Using this movie and any other class material/discussions, describe the ways in which capitalism, politics, and the American legal framework have worked together to institutionalize racism in our criminal justice and prison systems. The movie 13th is an especially helpful source to answer how capitalism, politics, and the American legal framework have worked together to institutionalize racism in our criminal justice and prison systems. The…

Prisons are places that are meant to confine people who are perceived as threats to other people in the community. Imprisonment is used to punish the law breakers and to deter them from committing further crimes. Prisons are also seen as rehabilitation centers whereby the prisoners are equipped with various work skills which will help them avoid criminal activities. The imprisonment makes them realize that they committed an offense thus they will avoid repeating it upon the release from the…

(the death penalty). Capital punishment its use today and back in ancient times to punish certain crimes. Also the bible prescribes that death for murdered other crimes like kidnapping and witchcraft. The alternative to execution is to have a life in prison with no parole. Still most of the nation has the death penalty this law is governor state by state. This debate over capital punishment includes justice, religion and morality. Capital punishment was legal in till 1972, when the Supreme…

(Dalton, 1959). This gradual recognition of the social significance of menstruation in the various aspects of a woman 's life has led to an investigation of the importance of the menstrual factor in crime. Over a period of six months in one of H.M. Prisons I interviewed ail newly convicted women below the age of 55 on the first weekday after their sentence. The prisoners were asked their age, parity, duration of menstruation, length of cycle, date…

could tell his eyes were filed with surprise as he stares at me and walk pass. After a long day of work, we finally met. This would be the first time I would talk to my brother since I came to prison. Burrows curiously asked why I came to prison. With no hesitation I answered him that I am breaking out of prison with him. He stood up from the chair he sat on and stared at me straight in the face with his eyes widely opened as if there was something wrong with me. It is not possible he said.…