The Inmates

personal skills like cooking and sewing as well as professional skills like welding. It is not uncommon for guards and inmates to be on friendly terms, and prisoners can also earn free time - which can be spent in local towns. Towards the end of their sentence, prisoners are evaluated for rehabilitation purposes. If necessary, the court can add additional time to the sentence if inmates are not deemed ready to rejoin society (Kofman, 2015). Instead of using practices like…

Capital Crimes…”). There are many reasons why inmates are not put…

Most individuals assume that once an inmate is sentenced to time in prison, their violent actions would be depleted. However, multiple articles, news stories, and professional statistics prove otherwise. In fact, chaos appeared in the South Carolina prison riot, overpowering the force of state officials; leaving seven dead and seventeen injuries (Fausset). “ State officials Monday blamed the carnage on the turf war between gangs over territory, money and contraband items like cellphones”…

branch of our society, but it also stands as an ethical issue in health care. The main argument regarding the death penalty is a disagreement for or against the execution. Additionally, ethical issues that follow include medically caring for the inmate up until their…

If solitary confinement was banned inmates would make a better recovery, and leave not having any or as many issues. Solitary confinement is not only bad for the inmate, but also for society when they leave if they have not made any improvement. If someone who has been in solitary confinement leaves and has not changed they will go back to their old habits…

criminals. From the outside looking in then yes, they look the same but the people they hold are very different. Jails are more of a short term housing for all types of criminals. Whereas prisons are a long term housing and more specialized for the inmates they accommodate. Local and county level jails are short-term facilities that hold a varying array of offenders. These offenders include those awaiting trial, mental ill waiting for housing at a health facility, state and federal…

yet to be convinced and continue to use this ultimate retribution. Perhaps understanding just what capital punishment is, how it affects the inmates, why capital punishment should be abolished might lead to a reconsideration of this practice. 1. What is the death penalty and how can we understand it? 2. In which way does the death penalty affect the inmates? 3. Why have many countries have abolished the death penalty? What is the reasoning behind this? What is the death penalty and how can we…

with non-violent crimes and who’s probably had no criminal record or minor offenses prior to their arrest. Another reason why prisons are costing taxpayers millions because most states are tighten up their laws on drug offenses, which means some inmates are facing life without parole on drug charges. Lough, N. (2014, June…

It therefore seems that the costs of handling inmate is pushed to the inmate themselves, and not to the government. Private prisons handle prisoners, charge fees and levies on the very prisoners, and are therefore act like an investment in most countries which authorize privatization of prisons. Being like business…

complex prison that housed both male and female inmates. Safley became involved with a female inmate, Watson (Hudson). Safley was transferred due to their relationship and when he sent her letters they were rejected. There was a strict no inmate-to-inmate correspondence…