Prison Overcrowding

qualities, characteristics, nature of the crime committed psychological conditions and treatment needs among other things, and based on this information the officer then proceeds to assign him/her to the most appropriate custody classification and prison. This procedure is done with the intent to maximize the effectiveness of placements…

underfunding, overcrowding in prisons, and unjust policies have led to the spread of infectious diseases (HIV, TB) across US prisons mostly impacting African Americans and Latinos. During the years of 1985-1992 the same time the United States was engaged in its war on drugs there were major outbreaks of Tuberculosis across the nation and many stemming from New York prisons for example. Before major discoveries in the field of medicine it was estimated that 80 percent of deaths in prison were…

Prison, where convicted criminals are sent as a punishment is found in almost all countries (United Nations, 2007). People are sent to prison if they commit a criminal offence, breaks the law or they could be put in a prison while they are waiting for a trial. However, it is claimed that there is an over-reliance on incarceration and it is believed that the over-reliance on imprisonment increases the population of the prison, which could have negative influences on prisoners (ibid). Therefore,…

Discuss the four reasons why prisons are crowded. Which method of controlling prison crowding do you believe is mots important? Prisons are overcrowded for four main reasons. First, over the past decade, there has been an increase in imprisonment. Second, changes in federal and state sentencing laws require more offenders to serve longer periods. Third, there has been an increase in imprisonment for drug and violent offenses. Fourth, a prison industrial complex has emerged. The method that I…

According to the New York City Department of Correction website the origin of probation can also be traced to the English criminal law. Lets keep in mind that we can also trace our law enforcement formation to the English system. Probation is a form of punishment for those that commit a crime but the crime is not as serious like a felony. Our first true probation officer was John August he is known as the “The Father of Probation’. The NYC probation website state that he believe that people for…

circumstance may be. There are a variety of ways that prisons are able to protect the eighth amendment rights of those who are incarcerated. Throughout the history of prisons there has been many amounts of claims and ways that prisoners…

In order to understand the existence of the prison system in current society, it is important to recognise its history, goals and criticisms. Prison emerged as the central penalty in the criminal justice system in the United states in the 1820s. Originally, the prison was merely a holding station for the offenders before they were transported or hung. The current prison system was developed by the idea that isolating the prisoner, providing a strict routine and removing the offender from bad…

just as bad, if not worse than the criminal who actually commits a crime that is “death penalty worthy”. “Some of the states that most avidly execute prisoners, such as Texas and Oklahoma, have higher crime rates than states that offer only life in prison without parole” (“Saving Lives and Money”). That does not really seem like it is deterring crime. If the death penalty is all about making crime lower, why would the crime rate in the places with the most capital punishment executions have some…

supervision all with the purpose to adjust into society. Moreover, with previous knowledge in the chapters I managed to understand that one of the reasons why corrections like parole exist is not only to improve individuals, but to also avoid prison overcrowding which is why about half of the population on parole release are under mandatory release. Mandatory release is part of a release mechanism that consists of inmates serving majority of their sentence time minus the “good time” while…

for death penalty is less than sentencing an inmate to life in prison. For instance, Justice for All (JFA) states, LWOP cases will cost on estimate $1.2 million to $3.6 million more than similar death penalty cases (Sharp 1997, 1). Overtime cost to incapacitate an inmate will cost more than execution. In addition, incarcerating an inmate for life will as well worsen the overcrowding in prison cells. For example, due to overcrowding, there is a lack of space and resources, while requiring a…