The Inmates

The United States has been on top for the number of inmates that are incarcerated in jails and prisons. In 2009, there was 1.6 million men and women that were incarcerated in either prison or jail. The correctional system has become an economic issue; moreover, the funds that are going towards the correctional system is too much to burden the criminal justice system. Because of this determined issue, it becomes hard to keep inmates in jail or prison and continue giving what they need. As I go on…

Ethical Concerns For Inmates An estimated that 6,851,000 adults are confined in the correctional systems in the United States, or about 1 in 36 adults (Kaeble et al.). Americans spend 80 billion dollars a year funding the correctional facilities, which comes to $260 per resident per year, so citizens have the right to know how their $260 is being spent and whether or not it is helping to reform inmates (Picchi). The news is constantly reporting stories of violent crimes occurring nationwide,…

of methamphetamine as well as the manufacturing of the illicit drug. Carter was subjected to incarceration at the Cumberland Correctional Institution for seventy-two months or six years. Further, inmate Carter was not labeled by the correctional facility as dangerous or a risk to himself or other inmates and he was placed in the general prison population. However, Mr. Carter’s Pre-Sentence Investigation Report concluded that he had previously been convicted of the molestation of a…

Texas State University has a wonder gallery every semester. This semester we have The Last Supper: 700 Plates Illustrating Final Meals of U.S. Death Row Inmates. This gallery is made by Julie Green. Green was inspired by a section in her local newspaper about the inmates last meal request before execution. Each meal request is a reflection of the diversity that can be found in every prison. Green Plans to extend her gallery and add fifty more plates every year until capital punishment is…

Assignment #2 Sexual Victimization of Inmates In 2003, the Prison Rape Elimination act was enacted to help analyze the effect of prison rape in December 2007 (Beck & Harrison). Researchers recorded 23,398 inmates held in 146 sampled prison systems in the National Inmate Survey (Beck & Harrison). In this survey 1,330 reported experiencing one or more incidents of sexual victimization, in which 24,700 of jail inmate’s experienced sexual violence or 3.2% of all jail inmates nationwide (Beck &…

characteristic of prison subcultures, along with the characteristic of inmate roles. The Shawshank Prison is also seen as a total institution that can institutionalize some of its long time offenders. Right from the start of Shawshank Redemption one can see that most of the inmates portrayed…

doors, Jack heard footsteps. Must be the wind, he thought to himself. He continued walking until he was in a large room, with walls stained by ashy hand prints and blood. As he inspected the hand prints, he noticed that some seemed to be recent. The inmate riot was over a year ago, he thought. How can these new prints be here? Then he heard a door close behind him. He walked back to the entrance, the doors were shut and a little girl was standing there holding a teddy bear. He asked her where…

This week I knew I was one of the volunteers that was going to do a interview for the new inmates at Second Chance House. I was hoping to have the intake for a few days before so I could get familiar with it and so I could know what to expect and not be asking question myself while doing intake. I felt that while I was doing intake that I didn’t do such a good job. I wish I would have more time because going down the form I had questions myself or didn’t agree with certain things. I did like…

repair. BLANKLINE Inmate Magill presents with a history of a retinal detachment repair. A review of his records shows that he had detachment in and around 2007 with AC IOL placement. He has also had some difficulties with chronic inflammation in the left eye and has been on topical steroid in the same left eye. The inmate states the right eye is like looking through a "dirty windshield." He says the left eye has some central distortion which has not changed over time. Inmate states he…

The mentally ill inmates make up another group with special needs in a prison population. There are several challenges that the state and federal prisons face when dealing with large mentally ill inmates population. These challenges that the correction officers face with mentally ill inmates, are personality disorder problem schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, and major depression. Incarcerated mentally inmates are at a higher risk to be mistreated by the staff and other inmates. A prison can be an…