Prisons

“Today, over 50 percent of prison and jail inmates in the United States have a diagnosed mental illness, a rate nearly five times greater than that of the general adult population” (188). Prisons are not equipped with doctors, physiatrists or medications for the treatment and care these people need, an issue usually followed with violent reactions from poorly coping mentally ill. The cruel incarceration of the mentally ill decreases their ability to recover from the trauma they have survived and…

The rate of youths in prisons has been rapidly declining. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, and the U.S. Department of Justice Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, in 1995 the number of offenders increased up to a rate of 107,637 on a single day. Since then the number of youth offenders has decreased between 37,000 to 70,792. Although the number of youth offenders has decreased, there are individuals still incarcerated facing challenges and adjusting to the new ways of…

based, and governmental programs with the Department of Justice allows for the growing rate of recidivism. Statistics show that eight out of ten ex- offenders will return to prison within three years of his or her release date, either by minor violation or due to new criminal charges. The majority of ex-offenders leave prison with the hope of never having to return. They have support systems willing to assist, but there are other structures that are needed. (a) making resources available prior…

fight for their rights as human beings. Prior to the 1960s, federal and state courts would immediately dismiss prisoners’ rights cases and continuously pointed out that inmates had very few of the rights of free people. As children, we learned that prison was created for people who made mistakes so they could be rehabilitated in hopes of once again becoming an active member of society. It was not created so those people could be deprived of all their rights and be tortured everyday. Although…

Abuse in American prisons is a very controversial topic that many would rather not discuss. The truth is the correctional system of the United States of America is defective. It is estimated that 50% of all rape in prisons is by the hands of correctional officers (Starr). Most of these crimes do not get punished and the officers continue to abuse their power without consequences. Moreover, inmates should be able to serve time and rehabilitate without being victimized by the ones in charge of…

Introduction Prison overcrowding is a major issue in the United States. It is an issue that is rapidly increasing daily. The goals of the criminal justice system are to prosecute, punish, and rehabilitate. Due to overcrowding it has become clear that the goals of this system are to punish, prosecute, incarcerate, and release. If the offender does not have the means to succeed and the tools necessary when reintegrated into society recidivism chances increase greatly causing a negative impact…

When the topic of legal liability in prisons came up in this class, I also found it very interesting and still struggle with what I think is the best way to handle it. I agree that it is a difficult topic to navigate because there many factors at play. As you mentioned, it is important the people running the prisons are held accountable for their treatment of prisoners and at the same time, I think about how prisoners are incarcerated for committing a crime against society (as we've seen this…

Hiring individuals who served time in prison is not ultimately in the best interests of organization and the society. Hiring people with criminal records can harm the organization and its members. In 2009 approximately 18 percent of arrests were provided for property crimes including burglary, larceny-theft, motor vehicle theft, arson, vandalism, stolen property, forgery and counterfeiting, fraud and embezzlement. Nearly 12 percent of these people were arrested for drug offenses including…

The purpose of a prison sentence is to punish offenders, not their children. Studies show that disruption associated with parental imprisonment, and the values, attitudes and behaviours that are promoted in the child throughout this experience, will be a very negative experience for the child, and may increase the probability of the child him/herself offending later in life. It is then to do something around this subject a study into parent imprisonment showed that 3,413,200 children in America…

sentencing arena and posed significant impact of criminal convictions as well as prison populations throughout the 1980’s and 1990’s. to provide insight on the type of impact this political movement was making throughout the entire United States; according…