The Inmates

aforementioned diseases are transmitted in the prison through the use of illicit drug, or Controlled Dangerous Substance (CDS) among the inmates. Transmission of these diseases also occurs through unprotected sexual intercourse in prison. Prison overcrowding can be seen as one of the element that causes vast spread of these contagious diseases in prison. Inmates are vulnerable to contagious diseases as a result of their exposure to blood or other bodily fluids in overcrowded prison. When prison…

be death, it has been controversial in the federal and the medical world on whether medical personnel should assist in state executions, involving lethal injections. The 8th amendment prohibits cruel and unusual punishment, such as executing an inmate by a firing squad, hanging, or electrocution. To carry out this law, the courts require medical personnel assistance, for example in tasks like placement of intravenous lines, monitoring of consciousness, adjustment in medication timing and…

The Patient is a 72 year old AA male serving a life sentence for Arson Willful Damage. TRD: 9999 Entered FDOC: 11/3/78 II REASON FOR ADMISSION: Inmate was admitted to Lake CI TCU on 6/6/12 due to patient has been refusing all services and treatment , including psychotropic medication. Pt has a history of active schizpaffective D/O as evidenced by thought blocking and self-isolation. Patient is refusing medications due to his paranoia, and he is very guarded and suspicious, and…

Everybody of a country looks up to their political leaders. Thus, would you not want the leaders to embrace all types of people, instead of belittling certain ethnicities? In such cases leaders that are bigots toward a certain race should be removed from their political position. Especially, if the leader is treating a certain race completely different from the other races. Political leaders are supposed to be our example of how to be a good citizen, however if one of our leaders is a bigot…

are, in part, due to the extensive amount of time that the inmates can spend with the animals. The connection that this time allows the inmates to make with the dogs is a key aspect of the animal-interaction program’s rehabilitative nature. Many inmates who have participated have noted that their connection with the…

ELMIRA (WENY) - Correction officers at the Elmira Correctional Facility, lined the streets outside the prison Monday afternoon to protest what they say is a lack of support from the state. The C.O.'s say there's been a rise in violence within prison walls, yet they're not given the appropriate staff or resources to keep themselves safe from the prisoners. Cars drivings down Davis street showed their support for the staff at the Elmira Correctional Facility by beeping a horn. Which is more…

vacation. In Oslo, Norway lies a minimum-security prison, Bastoy, where felons hold keys to their own locks. Here, Vala and 114 other inmates who have been convicted for malicious acts such as murder, rape and drug trafficking, are free to enjoy saunas, go horseback riding or even spend the day sun tanning at the beach. In fact,…

realizing a reduction in recidivism. However, founding for such programs are in short supply more importantly political backing is needed when challenge the prison system and law enforcement culture. (Carmichael, 2010). To summarize the issues involving inmate drug treatment programs, prison seldom release reports…

the inmates. The lawsuit stated that the CDCR violate not only the Eighth Amendment, but also the American with Disabilities Act and section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. The United States Supreme Court stated that California failed to provide adequate health care to the inmates because of overcrowding in the prisons. The Brown v Plata case was formed as one by two class action suits filed by two different California inmates. The first was the Coleman v. Wilson in 1990 by inmates who…

“In California prisons in 2004, 73% of all suicides occurred in isolation units” (The Dangerous Overuse of Solitary p5). Surge in numbers of inmates killing themselves in solitary confinement. In the United States, approximately 80,000 inmates are placed in solitary each year. Prisoners are placed in solitary for a variety of reasons. However, nearly every prisoner in solitary confinement end up having a mental disorder and physiological effects. In Haney’s (1993) study of 100 randomly selected…