Yuma Territorial Prison

Under the U.S. Constitution, individuals who are sent to prisons are entitled to certain rights and liberties. Incarcerated individuals are guaranteed the rights to sustain a reasonable way of life. Some of the familiar rights afford to these incarcerated individuals include free from cruel and unusual punishments, access to the court, voices complaint about prison conditions, practice of free speech, press, and religion, free from discrimination and sexual harassment. Even though not stated…

He was sentenced to life in prison, just nearly escaping the death penalty because he was under 18 years old and not considered an adult yet. He was convicted due to false confessions or admissions and informants saying that he committed the crime. Thanks to the Innocence Project,…

community wide level (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2009). The Australian Medical Association (AMA) Report Card on Indigenous Health (2015), proposes adopting a justice reinvestment approach to funding services, in order to divert individuals from prison, as a major objective. The AMA, urged all levels of government to act to implement solutions and address the health and justice crisis which significantly impacts 3% of Australia’s…

United States, but internationally as well. Prisons are made to keep danger off the streets and out of our community. The greater the crime, an even greater punishment is destined to be sentenced. What effect does punitive sentencing have on recidivism rates? Punitive sentencing is ,in a way, there to help the convicted deter from their wrong doings for the future, yet the recidivism rates are increasing. A lot of money is spent on building and running prisons, compared to money spent on…

earn a degree. College is only available to deserving, well-rounded, and deserving students. Once a student proves he or she is worthy of a college education, he or she spends thousands of dollars each year to earn a degree. So is someone who is in prison because and committed illegal acts a deserving, well-rounded, and dedicated student? That person is in jail as a punishment, giving that prisoner a free college education would be giving him or her a reward that he or she does not deserve. We…

1997). However, community-based mental health service providers are few and far between, and the development of deinstitutionalization has had severe impacts on the criminal justice system. Through the movement of deinstitutionalization, jails and prisons have been forced to accommodate those with mental illness.…

lead to immense suffering. He does not want to rely on anyone else for how he dies. Meursault contemplates an appeal and believes he may be pardoned and feels great joy and hope during these times, but eventually he is visited by the chaplain of the prison. The chaplain asks him one final time to turn to Christianity and God for comfort. Meursault refuses and claims he has no time or use for Christianity or God. When pushed further, he goes…

abusive childhood. We should treat mental health patients with the same respect and dignity that we do with other patients on death row. However, I do believe that mental health patients should get a reduced sentence. Herbert should have gotten life in prison without parole because he did kill two people, even though it was accidental. The Supreme Court held in Ford v. Wainwright, in 1986, that executing the insane and the intellectually disabled couldn’t be executed. However, inmates who are…

community ties. The Second is employment. However, the way that the prison systems is set up, a barrier exists, preventing prisoners from accessing the opportunities to cultivate relationships and employment opportunities, thereby increasing the rate of recidivism. This paper aims to look at these factors in depth, as well as look closely at the barriers prisoners face when it comes to reintegration, and how overall the prison system fails to provide prisoners with the necessary tools needed to…

else with the death penalty, by going that far with everything you midis well have a purge. If someone if accused with murder then that person should have to deal with a punishment that nobody wants to deal with and that is spending there life in prison looking up for life with nothing to see is walls and bars because killing the person who had done the kill is too easy of a punishment, it isn’t even a punishment. Legislative Branch: Death Penalty is wrong I understand punishment to people…