Prison sexuality

Capital punishment otherwise called the death penalty, is typically when a state or government executes somebody due to a genuine wrongdoing they have submitted. There were capital punishment laws that existed from the seasons of old Babylonian period and the talk of this practice has been recorded in numerous books. This practice proceeds even today in a few nations, such as, the US regardless of the movements that we have made as a general public. Capital punishment issue has regularly been…

of what we call prison today. Today there are 8 million people in prison and most of them are located in the US. This would be an interesting…

database was the James Bain case. James Bain was an exonerate and he served 35 years in prison from 1974 to 2009. He was falsely accused from eyewitnesses, but what shocked me was the amount of time to find out that he was actually innocent. I chose this case because, even when forensic evidence of his blood showed that he wasn’t the criminal, he was still accused and was sent to prison because of it. His prison sentence was 25 to life, and if it wasn’t for his case re-opening, he would have…

Within the topic of criminal corrections in the United States, there are many practices or programs that have been created in order to possibly rehabilitate, enforce order, or deter a person or persons from committing the same crime(s) again. One of them that has struck many as a very positive program is boot camps for any offender including juvenile offenders. Boot camps are one variation of shock incarceration. Shock incarceration is a short period of incarceration followed by a sentence…

support the death penalty. His theory states that he is proportionality based, where you can choose the highest severity for a crime but never reaching the death penalty. This is where a ranking system is created, setting the most upper limit to life in prison avoiding a barbaric punishment. Nathanson believes that human dignity matters, we may punish people for their crimes but deprive them everything which is what the death penalty does (Nathanson, p.544). The other side to this argument is…

laws being adopted, more juvenile delinquents are being bound over into the adult court system and sent to adult institutions. Throughout the years studies that have been conducted have proven sending youth as young as fourteen years-old to adult prisons is not the answer; this action is creating higher recidivism rates, violent youths, as well as a greater chance to be victimized by older inmates and staff. First…

put on death row, death row is a prison block or section for prisoners who will be sentenced to stay in prison till death. Without parole or sometimes even trial, and just from reading Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson explaining how the courts and the justice system is illicit. Mr. Stevenson talks about the circumstance that have led to the teens that have been slandered throughout their lives. The teens reached out to him in letters throughout their time in prison. I can say from reading the book…

Under the U.S. Constitution, individuals who are sent to prisons are entitled to certain rights and liberties. Incarcerated individuals are guaranteed the rights to sustain a reasonable way of life. Some of the familiar rights afford to these incarcerated individuals include free from cruel and unusual punishments, access to the court, voices complaint about prison conditions, practice of free speech, press, and religion, free from discrimination and sexual harassment. Even though not stated…

He was sentenced to life in prison, just nearly escaping the death penalty because he was under 18 years old and not considered an adult yet. He was convicted due to false confessions or admissions and informants saying that he committed the crime. Thanks to the Innocence Project,…

community wide level (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2009). The Australian Medical Association (AMA) Report Card on Indigenous Health (2015), proposes adopting a justice reinvestment approach to funding services, in order to divert individuals from prison, as a major objective. The AMA, urged all levels of government to act to implement solutions and address the health and justice crisis which significantly impacts 3% of Australia’s…