Prison escape

Some of them are the same issues there are on the outside of prison. Drug usage is a problem in prison just as much, if not more than outside. There are a lot of men and women that do drugs, abuse drugs and are addicted to drugs. The habits don’t go away just because of incarceration. The things that landed an individual in prison are things that will plaque the individual while in prison. There are some programs in place that could possibly help the prisoners that have…

human being can be put through in prison. It’s punishment without ending” –Albert Woodfox, served 43 years in Solitary Confinement. “Basically I lived in a tomb…I lost the will to live sitting in that tomb…you’re dead, you’re just dead.” –Brian Nelson, served 23 years in Solitary Confinement. Enclosing inmates in isolated cells for extended periods of time with severe restrictions in privileges is a popular disciplinary tactic utilized in the North American prison systems, along with many…

Imagine making a mistake in your life and being sent to prison only to be exploited in a way that makes you feel like less than a human being. Often the companies that own these prisons overlook the conditions and maintenance in order to keep their profits maximized. Inmates are treated like numbers rather than people, because companies are focused on the number of prisoners they can house rather than the number of prisoners they can rehabilitate. Author Seth Wessler wrote about the harsh…

Alcatraz Prison on Alcatraz Island during its nearly 30 years of service? If you ask the government, they will tell you that nobody ever escaped from Alcatraz. But if you believe the movie “Escape From Alcatraz” starring Clint Eastwood, then you will know that the statement is otherwise proven wrong. Alcatraz held some of America's most cruel felons including murderer Robert Stroud, gangster Al Capone, and the “Birdman of Alcatraz”. Of all of the felons that had been through the prison and…

cannot see all ends”(Tolkien)- as said in J.R.R’s “The Fellowship of the Ring”. Sentencing people to the death penalty for heinous crimes would be an easy route for criminals when compared to the everyday life in prison. In addition, allowing the death penalty to ensue not only ensures escape but also the fact that it does not allow criminals to own up to their actions. Furthermore, the power a judge has on sentencing the death penalty is too high and powerful as many negative…

Port Arthur was established in 1830 as a timber station and a prison settlement for repeat offenders. While transportation to the island colony from the mainland ceased in 1853, the prison remained in operation until 1877, by which time some 12,000 men had passed through what was commonly regarded as the harshest institution of its kind in the British Empire. Punishments included incarceration in the Model Prison, a separate building from the main penitentiary, where inmates were subjected to…

was already went to jail one time and escape for jail by taking someone else identity.But this time going to jail for a small offense soledad plead guilty for stilling and have to spend 1 year in prison . A year because years and soledad have to spend 10 years of his life in prison just for stilling.Soledad became a leader in prison talked about politic racism and all of the that.And finally he got kill by a white police officer saying that he tried to escape .And the same story from 9 years…

Within the Criminal Justice Prison system, there are approximately about 9 different types of offenders. The offenders ranges from the situational offenders, The Career Criminal, The Sex Offender, The Substance abuse, The Mentally ill Offender, The Mentally handicapped Offender, The Offender With HIV/AIDS, The Elderly Offender, and The Long –Term Offender. You would likely to see all different types off offenders being place in the same prison cell and rarely see segregation. Most offender who…

In the correctional system in the United States, inmates are assigned to prisons based on a classifications systems that examines the inmate’s likelihood of attempting to escape, assaults on other inmates or correctional staff, and the likelihood of committing other infractions, such as possessing contraband. Typically, most inmates are placed in general population with minimal security measures. However, there is a population of inmates that are very dangerous that must be assigned to a special…

Because prisons are extremely labor intensive, with approximately 65 to 70 percent of the costs of operating a prison going to staff salaries according to a Global Investment and Business Center report, reducing expenditures associated with operational costs would in turn lead to a more cost effective operation. This is possible as private firms typically use cheaper nonunion labor. The Adler School Institute on Public Safety and Social Justice reveals that the average private prison employee…