History Of Penitentiaries With nearly 10% of its population incarcerated, it is important for Americans to understand the purpose and history of penitentiaries in this country. To this end, this paper reviews the relevant literature to provide a hi Continue Reading...
Confinement There is little argument, at least in general, that people that commit wrongful acts and crimes should be punished for what they have done. One of the common methods used to punish people for committed crimes is confinement in jail and/ Continue Reading...
Solitary Confinement for Prison Infractions In this article, the subject of solitary confinement as a punishment for breaking prison laws and its moral effect is discussed and a decision taken whether it should be continued or not. Background of So Continue Reading...
Solitary Confinement Effects on Prisoners There were two prison systems that were developed in the 1800s in the United States. These two prison systems were: the Auburn system and the Pennsylvania system. In the Auburn prison system the prisons had Continue Reading...
Functions, Issues, and Objectives in Corrections Introduction The functions of the historical state correctional system have changed since the founding of the nation more than 200 years ago. The Jacksonian Era, the Era of Reconstruction and the Progr Continue Reading...
Solitary Nation Response: Why Does America Allow Solitary Confinement in Prison 1 The major issue addressed in the documentary Solitary Nation is the role that solitary confinement plays in the incarceration process. Violent inmates are of Continue Reading...
Solitary Confinement Introduction As Clark (2017) points out, solitary confinement is typically a disciplinary, administrative or personal measure employed to punish, control or protect the individual who is isolated from others. However, the practic Continue Reading...
Prisons An analysis of the purposes for prisons in the U.S. justice system. The corrections system in America has historically fluctuated between being dedicated to incapacitation, rehabilitation, and to being punitive in nature. They can serve all Continue Reading...
A major portion of an inmate's helplessness, deprivation, depression and self-loathing etc. arises due to physical and psychological victimization that he or she has to face. Physical victimization includes homicide, assault and rape. These arise du Continue Reading...
Corcoran State Prison: Prison Culture and Effect on Inmates The prisons in the U.S. have a long history of offering correction services and rehabilitation for the people convicted of various crimes within the society. There have been increased incar Continue Reading...
Overhaul of Our Prison System Needed Most people credit increased incarceration with reduced crime (5). Prison growth has skyrocketed (5). Prison costs have skyrocketed (1) Large numbers of mentally ill in U.S. prisons (3). overcrowding, failure Continue Reading...
Maximum security prisons have grown in recent decades and have implemented methods some may deem inhumane. A 2016 article discusses prison conditions in maximum security prisons and addresses specifically the topic of preservation of human dignity an Continue Reading...
Title: Transforming the Future: The Need for Prison Reform Prison reform has become an increasingly important topic in discussions about justice, rehabilitation, and human rights. The current state of the prison system in many countries is character Continue Reading...
Prison Libraries When most people think about prison libraries today they most likely recall the 1995 movie, "The Shawshank Redemption" which revolved around the library of Maine's state prison from 1947 through the late1960's (Shawshank pg). The mo Continue Reading...
Costs associated with Supermax Prisons Most of the Supermaxes in the United States are brand new or nearly so. Others are simply free-standing prisons that were retrofitted. "According to a study by the Urban Institute, the per-cell cost of a Supe Continue Reading...
Classification in Prison Classification Systems Classification systems aid in the minimization of the upheaval of prison violence, institutional delinquency, and break out situations. During the past several years, professionals in prisons and thos Continue Reading...
And employers cannot by law attempt to intimidate or fire workers for their pro-union activities. Another action the correctional officers could have taken would have been to bring their Congressman or Congresswoman into the matter to put pressure o Continue Reading...
In fact, during the study, the guards became more sadistic when they thought no one was watching them. Zimbardo notes, "Their boredom had driven them to ever more pornographic and degrading abuse of the prisoners" (Zimbardo). This may be the same re Continue Reading...
Williams...consistently denied killing Owens. March 11, 1979 --...three of Williams' friends -- all with criminal histories and motivation to lie, Williams says -- testify that he confessed to the killings. A ballistics expert links a shotgun shell Continue Reading...
Women in Prison The justice system is designed to enact punishment on those who have committed a crime. It is not supposed to be a gateway to a regime of state imposed terror. For many women incarcerated in the United States, the prison system is no Continue Reading...
Aleinikoff, T. (2014). Between National and Postnational: Membership in the United States. Palgrave Macmillan UK, 110-129. http://dx.doi.org/10.1057/9780230554795 This paper focuses on the 'postnational viewpoint' to the American notion of sovereign Continue Reading...
A major concern regarding crime today that exists within prisons as well as on the streets is the formation of gangs. "Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized, stealthy and deadly, they are reaching out from their cells to organi Continue Reading...
Discontinuing Prisons Prisons have been used as institutions for punishing and rehabilitating offenders for a long period of time. These institutions have been used as facilities for detaining men against their will because of the illegal actions. T Continue Reading...
Correction Trends American corrections history The prisons or the correction units have been for long a part and parcel of the American history. These institutions have existed as far back as the slave trade era. Later on, under the watch of the co Continue Reading...
Stafford Prison Experiment is a study and film based on the study detailing the psychological effects people undergo when becoming a prison guard or prisoner. Stanford University held the conduction of the experiment from August 14-20 in 1971. Psych Continue Reading...
TREATMENT OF PRISONERS IN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA How Does the United States Compare to Russia in Following the UN Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners? There are nearly 9 million people under certain forms of incarceration or supervis Continue Reading...
Letter of Transmittal To the Head, Department of Jails There are often heavy psychological pressures on inmates as they are dislocated from the society. The type of interactions that happen in a prison setting also create psychological pressures a Continue Reading...
Essay Topic Examples 1. The Ethical Imperatives of Nonviolent Protest: This essay could explore the moral principles that underpin nonviolent protest as articulated in "Letter from Birmingham Jail." Discuss how King defen Continue Reading...
Prison system plays a significant part in promoting the well-being and sustainability of the global societies. The American prison system is an example of the prison system that has undergone significant transformation over decades to become what is Continue Reading...
Incarcerated Mentally Ill Patients It may sound unbelievable, but on any given day, scholars estimate that almost 70,000 inmates in U.S. prisons are psychotic; and up to 300,000 suffer from mental disorders like depression, schizophrenia, and bipola Continue Reading...
Wikileaks Ethics issues raised by the conduct of the American government in dealing with Wikileaks and Assange The behavior of the American government towards Wikileaks raises serious ethical issues related to government intimidation of the private Continue Reading...
Evolution of Prison Life What were prisons like, how were prisoners treated and classified through American history -- including prison environments in the last few years? This paper delves into those topics and provides the available literature tha Continue Reading...
Freedom Most of the existential thinkers laud humanity's boundless freedom to chose Total freedom is in existence in the world where the virtual actions of humanity cannot under any specified circumstances cause harm to anything real. Knowledge is Continue Reading...
Court records also stick on, whether the charges are dropped or followed by a conviction. People of color or ethnic minorities, such as African-Americans and Hispanics, have come to accept that they cannot avoid acquiring a criminal record. The 1990 Continue Reading...
Pelican Bay State Prison: War Zone How does the video you selected support a social structure theory? One social structure theory relates and highlights all the happenings in this video. Social disorganization theory appears to dominate the entire Continue Reading...
Business (general) Please list sections according to instructions Exercise 1.1: Review of Research Study and Consideration of Ethical Guidelines Option 1: Stanford Prison Experiment Go to: http://www.prisonexp.org, the official site for the Stanf Continue Reading...
Corrections Pennsylvania Correctional System VS Auburn Correctional System Compare and contrast the Pennsylvania Correctional System and the Auburn Correctional System. What correctional system most closely explains our modern day prisons? Why? Th Continue Reading...
Crime and criminology are frequent subjects in the American cinema, which is littered with films depicting some of the harsh sociological realities of the culture. Like many other movies of their kind, Marc Rocco's Murder in the First and Ted Demme's Continue Reading...
Eugenia Ginzburg and Stalinist Russia This paper looks at the book Journey Into the Whirlwind by Eugenia Ginzburg and examines how her story impacts the study of the Stalinist Terror. Eugenia Ginzburg: Portrait of a Prisoner Eugenia Ginzburg exper Continue Reading...
