Prison

In relation to the importance of rehabilitation, systems of rehabilitation in prisons across the United States need more examination. There is evidence that without rehabilitation the rate of recidivism raises drastically for prisoners. Actions to seek out the most effective program of rehabilitation in prisons is in need. Rehabilitation for prisoners provides the offender a chance to reintegrate successfully into society as an operative member. (Brasfield). There are disagreements in the United…

into doing certain things. As a juvenile one does not fully understand the severity, or the consequences that follow behind committing a crime. Unfortunately, “ children as young as 13 years old have been tried as adults and sentenced to die in prison, typically without any consideration of their age or circumstances of the offense. Furthermore, since a juvenile is not fully aware of the time, there is no justice in sentencing them to…

A Private Prison or For-Profit Prison is place in which individuals are physically confined or incarcerated by a government agency. 8 % of America's prisons are corporate run. These places have been corrupted by third parties and the use of inmate labor. The U.S. government should litigate the privatization of correctional facilities and the use of inmate labor. According to NPR.Org 1 in 3 black men , 1 in 6 latino men and 1 in 17 white men will spend time behind bars during their lifetime.…

Sreeramoju Professor Clovis CLAR-111 16 October 2015 Critique of In-Prison Drug Treatment Study Introduction Drug offenders, as these people are called, often receive sentences that are much too long for the offense they actually committed. Labelled as hardcore criminals when they did not even do anything violent, they are often slapped with these prolonged sentences and then not given a chance to reform during their time in prison, both simply adding up to no possibility for improvement or…

why”. About 9 in 10 State prisons, all Federal prisons, and almost 9 in 10 private prisons provide educational programs for their inmates. These facilities generally hold persons sentenced to at least a year in prison, giving inmates a long period to concentrate on achieving educational goals (Harlow, 2003 p.4). In State prisons between 1995 and 2000, the percentages of prisons offering classes increased for basic education (76% to…

presents a summation of the findings from prison visitation policies in fifty of the state’s Department of Corrections (DOC) in the US and in the system of the Bureau of Prisons (BOP). It focuses on policy directives, administrative regulations, and facility-specific rules. This study summaries how the visitation policies impact recidivism, how the policies effect inmates and their families’ quality of life. It also reviews the effects on public safety, prison security, identifies…

Marianne Szegedy-Maszak’s “The Abu Ghraib Prison Scandal: Sources of Sadism” and Dr. Zimbardo’s “The Stanford Prison Experiment” are not considered extremely recent; still they retain relevance and applicability today. Szegedy-Maszak proposes that the Abu Ghraib scandal possesses three key aspects conducive to a torture driven environment: authorization, routinization, and dehumanization. Szegedy-Maszak attempts to provide an explanation for the inhumane actions of American soldiers toward Iraqi…

Etheridge Knight’s poem “Hard Rock Returns to Prison from the Hospital for the Criminal Insane” depicts a disturbing era in American history and unjust system for prisoners in a time where discrimination ran deep. The mid 1900’s was the time when Black artists sought a voice. This quest, combined with the prison rights movement, focused on civil rights and an end to unethical practices. Prison laws and conditions in American were a disaster and the people needed a voice to reveal the…

Solitary confinement has been a moral controversy since its early introduction into the American prison system in the nineteen hundreds. Sharon Shalev, a prominent researcher for the effects of prolonged isolation, defines solitary confinement as a method of isolation for forced on inmates for 22.5 to 24 hours a day with no human contact. The debate surrounding solitary confinement concerns the morality of enclosing a person for an extended amount of time without human contact. Proponents of…

There are about 4500 prisons in the United States but only about 170 of them are women’s prisons. There is little resemblance between men and women’s prisons because of the different needs and mentalities that are often present. The main difference between a men’s prison and a women’s prison is the security level. For example, very few women’s prisons have tall stone walls, guard towers, or razor wire barriers. Women’s prisons tend to resemble low level or medium level men’s prisons. They often…