San Quentin State Prison

people are put behind bars, crime is still going to happen. If jails and prisons are supposed to resolve crime, why does crime keep on happening? Penitentiaries ruin felons’ lives. Everyone agrees that with every mistake comes a consequence; however, the conditions and impact of penitentiaries on society is devastating. Life during and after incarceration is a struggle. Felons are at a high risk of becoming severely ill in prison. There’s a loss of possible employees for some businesses who have…

In the early 1940’s inhabitants of Los Angeles experience widespread tension and conflict that ultimately led to the Zoot Suit riots. During WWII, Southern California was a vital military outpost with stations scattered from San Diego through Los Angeles, resulting in thousands of active servicemen deployed in the area. Along with these social tensions come the influence of jazz music that developed into a rich culture that flourished throughout Los Angeles area (PBS). Big band and swing music…

"Jails and prisons are designed to break human beings, to convert the population into specimens in a zoo - obedient to our keepers, but dangerous to each other." (Davis BrainyQuote.com) "Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education."(Davis, BrainyQuote.com) These two quotes, both by the Afro-American civil-right activist, philosopher, human scientist and author Angela…

and second-degree, in 2004 and sentenced to death by lethal injection. Peterson remains on death row in San Quentin State Prison while his case is on appeal to the Supreme Court of California. On December 24, 2002, Laci Peterson, who was eight months pregnant, was reported missing from her Modesto, California home. Her partial body and the remains of a fetus were found on the shoreline of San Francisco Bay in April 2003. The exact date and cause of her death were never determined. Modesto…

since 1976. 156 individuals have been exonerated from death row--that is, found to be innocent and released - since 1973. (death penalty.org) In other words, 1.1 in 10 prisoners in the death row are innocent. Some of them get reimbursed by suing the state government for putting their lives in danger, for wasting their time, and disrupt their families. Then again, if these people were executed before appeal, it is irreversible, and there is no way to reimburse their lives. For example, Carlos De…

better lifestyle. There is no limit to learning and everyone needs to be aware of how meaningful it is. People with criminal history may be having the most difficult time with this awareness. “A criminal record constitutes a “civil death” in the United States of America, substantially diminishing a person’s opportunities to vote, serve on a jury, obtain employment, and access student loans, subsidized housing, and public benefits.” (Brown, 2011; Delgado, 2012; Ewald and Uggen, 2012; Geffen and…

Everybody’s life is valuable, but some is just less than others. Some of the people behind the prison bars could be innocent and could be put to death for no reason. Some people might say that people that kill, should be killed also, but putting people to death is not the answer. If the person ends up being innocent then if they are put to death then…

technique of increasing profits and reducing cost. The privatization of prisons or involvement in state prisons by companies that gain from the forced labor of prisoners advanced by high numbers, low wage and extremely long sentences is one system that brings strong moral questions to mind. Prisoners acquiring jobs in jail, no matter how insufficient the compensation, may be deemed positive. However, when corporations own prisons or get extensively involved for this purpose and it is apparent…

these rhymes convey the “black bodies” and how they endure significant hardship, while committing sins such as stealing, killing, or drug dealing. Line 4 contains a metonymy: ‘some are sitting in San Quentin’ stands for the friends he’s lost in prison, as ‘San Quentin’ is referred to as the state prison in California. Line 6 contains personification: ‘schweppervescent street ghetto essence inside us’ stands…

"The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemicals substances: if there is any reaction both will be transformed"- Carl Jung. Reading this quote tells someone a lot even though two subjects, persons, or items make contact they change the other one. Everyone comes from somewhere on this earth and those people made ideas they also made humungous structures. It just depend on where and when you are from how you will be transformed. This essay will show you people come from…