Prison

live for a hundred years in prison." (Camus 79) The significance of a single day in life without constraint compared to a hundred years in prison is the result of memories, ideas, and thoughts inspired by that single day. Meursault realizes that life is not meant to be meaningful, but memories and experiences give life value and helps get people through the day. For someone who believes life is meaningless, this quote by Meursault shows how the view on life while prison can change. Perhaps even…

with the current prison-based system for drug abusers. Incarceration has little effect on drug users, and recidivism is highly likely due to social isolation. The problems existing pre-incarceration, which led to the drug abuse, exist even after release. Such problems include difficulties with housing, employment, and social activity. These issues mainly exist in impoverished communities and are exacerbated by the current prison system. Nearly half of all inmates in federal prisons are drug…

Beginning construction in 1878, Folsom Prison located in California came to be due to a decision made by California legislature in 1858. The decision to build a new prison was made because of “ serious overcrowding in San Quentin”( “Folsom Prison Museum Brochure” 1). With being one of the first maximum security prisons in the Nation, Folsom has a rich and impeccable history. In the beginning it had 1,700 cells, the walls were approximately 8’ by 4’ in size. The doors on the cells were solid…

amount and type of drugs being administered by the medical facility to the inmate and other medical personnel. Then the over watch officer ensures the perimeter distance is sustained at all times and checks to see if the inmate has swallow their medication by opening their mouth and physically showing that they swallowed the medication. However, it is not required that the inmate must take their prescribed medication by the medical staff. Like in the constitution, even an inmate has rights to…

are broken then the felon is charged with the death penalty. If there were more regulations regarding the death penalty then society can be less concerned over the fact of the tax rates increasing. Having so many people still in the prison system means thats these prisons needed to be expanded or need to construct more to accommodate the increase of people coming. Despite having such an increase on…

I believe that the US government should decrease the severity of a drug offender’s prison sentence. According to an article published by The PEW Charitable Trusts, more than 95,000 federal prisoners are serving time for a drug-related offense. Back in 1980, there were less than 5,000. The increase in inmates imprisoned due to a drug-related offense is due to the change in “drug crime patters and law enforcement practices.” These laws put in place for major players in drug trafficking are now…

being debated as it is a common issue. Current tragic events such as the Brighton siege, Sydney siege, Bourke Street massacre and even the murder of Jill Meager have one similarity in common, they were all caused by a failing in the prison and parole system. The prison has the vital high responsibility of keeping unsafe…

The School to Prison Pipeline is a systemic process usually put into racial and class contexts due to how it disproportionately affects poor students of color. Poor students of color are systematically marginalized and dehumanized, often finding themselves pushed towards deviancy and a criminal lifestyle within the school system. However, the policies and practices that lead to such a pipeline are not exclusive to just poor students of color, but marginalized groups in general. Shannon D. Snapp…

Nationwide in America, more than three times as many mentally ill people are housed in prisons and jails as in hospitals. As the years go on the number of mentally ill in prisons are rising. In 1955, there was one bed in a psychiatric ward for every 300 Americans; now there is one for every 3,000 Americans. Mentally ill law offenders are spending time in prison without the right treatments, being easy targets for confrontation with correction officers, costing taxpayers thousands of dollars and…

injustice and fair punishment. The different types of prisons and jails affect the way you are treated whether you are in an intake facility or all the way up to a maximum security prison. Prisoners are treated according to the crimes that they have committed, their race/ethnicity, their gender, their experience with substance abuse even mental illnesses. Some inmates have a difficult time coping with the prison system (“9 treatment issues specific to prisons.”) They report feeling traumatized…