Prison

Every prison has four major purposes retribution, incapacitation, deterrence, and rehabilitation. I think that my prison embodies all of these better than most. When creating my prison I heavily focused on the rehabilitation flaws that most prisons have. The U.S. has close to a 75% reincarceration rate. I designed a prison that I think will lower this and change the way we think of prisons. What makes my prison different is the setup and goal. My prison is a combination of a minimum and…

Rich in history and crime, state prisons host a variety of activities to reform the behaviors of dangerous criminals. Events, such as vocational training, farming, and church events, serve to re-educate criminals and help them rediscover new meaning to their lives. Of these activities, faith-based programs play a large part in the rehabilitating process of criminals. In the United States, sentencing length is a large concern within correctional facilities. According to the National Bureau of…

Mohamud, ENGL 1020 Brian Davis Prison Reforms The United States of America, we the number in almost of everything, for example diversity in cultures, religion, political, and economy wise. Many countries look up to us. We are the country to beat in many thing and many see us as they idol. Surly we are not perfect but right next to perfect. Although many things seemingly well, they another things that look awful as well. I’m taking about prisons. “Prisons throughout the world hold about…

counterpart to take care of the children when incarcerated. It is reported that three out of every four women that are in prison must give up custody of their children because of lack of support. That can be the most difficult part of being a woman in prison, the feeling of losing your child to foster care can be devastating to one’s mental and emotional health. Once out of prison, it does not get any easier. The article talks about the difficulties women face while trying to adjust to living…

community ties. The Second is employment. However, the way that the prison systems is set up, a barrier exists, preventing prisoners from accessing the opportunities to cultivate relationships and employment opportunities, thereby increasing the rate of recidivism. This paper aims to look at these factors in depth, as well as look closely at the barriers prisoners face when it comes to reintegration, and how overall the prison system fails to provide prisoners with the necessary tools needed to…

Totality-of-conditions Test and the Balance Test, proves to be the most useful in determining when prison conditions constitute cruel and unusual punishments. However, totality of conditions test, is primarily used to determine whether the overall conditions within a prison constitute cruel and unusual punishment. [1] The Pugh v. Locke, case that encompassed the “Prison Conditions” of Alabama Prisons and established the totality of conditions test. The complaint was originally filed by an…

contraband. These items can be very dangerous to fellow officers as well as the inmates. Like the article states, "In prison, contraband can mean life or death." (Crohsc 2014) Cell Phone in particular is one of the few but many that can be harmful to society and the correction institution. Cell Phones are dangerous to correctional officers because it can cause chaos inside of a prison. They can be used to call members of a gang who was once incarcerated, so they can smuggle in drugs. This…

of the accused whose trial is pending before court of law. These undertrial prisoners are put in prison mainly under non-bailable offences and persons who are unable to furnish sureties in cases of bailable offences. Undertrial prisoners are those persons who are facing trials in the competent courts. They are technically under judicial custody but for all practical purposes are kept in the same prison. In many countries there are separate institutions for undertrials. Delay in trial of cases…

correlation of deinstitutionalization and the rise in the mental health issues in prison is just a coincidence. Similar to how in some prisons they are required to have hours of training to deal with the mentally ill. All new hires received sixty hours of mental-illness treatment training. Police officers cannot simply be guards anymore the guards now have to be doctors, nurses, and a social worker (Ford). In certain prisons where the mentally ill population outweighs the ‘normal’ population,…

earn a degree. College is only available to deserving, well-rounded, and deserving students. Once a student proves he or she is worthy of a college education, he or she spends thousands of dollars each year to earn a degree. So is someone who is in prison because and committed illegal acts a deserving, well-rounded, and dedicated student? That person is in jail as a punishment, giving that prisoner a free college education would be giving him or her a reward that he or she does not deserve. We…