Essays on Inmate

The first design also referred to as the first generation jails were established during the 18th century. The first design consisted of division of the spaces to form fixed cells or seating areas that resembled cages. The rows of the prison cells had autonomous cell blocks that were facing the spacious cage-like areas. The prisoners were kept in the cages like animals and were allowed minimal contact with the wardens. The prisoners experienced extreme boredom and idleness that occasionally led to fighting and violent outbursts. The wardens passed food to the prisoners through the slotted door spaces in the ...

The prison system that currently exists today offers a retribution measure instead of corrective actions to assert and ensure that the convicted assailants, after serving their prison time, could go back to the community as responsible individuals. While this is the case, a documentary featured in 2005 and 2009 documents a different role of prisons. Aside from housing convicted individuals, it also serves as a modern day asylum for mentally-ill individuals convicted of committing a crime against society.

I am writing this memo as my personal take on the existing problem regarding the release of convicted mentally-ill individuals to the society after serving ...

Introduction

The way how a correctional department handles inmates may vary from state to state. However, these state correctional departments may have something in common. Australian and British correction department authorities usually assign incarcerated individuals in areas that require human resources for community services, public projects and other civic-related works . Now what makes this idea great? Is it beneficial? Can it be considered ethical or a direct violation of human rights? Either way, that is what this presentation will be all about.

Community Service Sentencing among Low Risk Inmates

Some sources argue that community service cannot really be termed as a punishment because it is not something you assign to ...

Mental Health and Incarceration

Among the industrialized nations, the United States ranks at the top for the highest number of adults that are in prison or in jails. In the work of Daniel (2007), the American correctional system held at one point more than 2.2 million individuals that are incarcerated. The numbers of inmates that have mental health concerns or issues are steadily rising in the last 30 years. This is purportedly due to the “deinstutionalization” of the local and state mental health establishment. Correctional and penal facilities have assumed the position of becoming the “default” state mental health facilities, and at an ...

Policy and procedure directives are meant to ensure that all actions taken in every institution of the criminal justice system abides not only to the federal constitution, but also to ethics and human rights. Therefore, when policies and procedures are being drafted, their main foundation is the constitution. However, as history has shown, things are not always direct in the criminal justice system. An action taken in criminal justice system such a jail and that seemingly abides by the constitution may later be interpreted as an infringement on the constitutional right of the defendant. Such is the case of Carter ...

Introduction

Miscarriage of justice is defined as the wrongful convictions of people due to the control of the police department and the prosecution during the investigation or pre trial when the individual could be proven innocent. This kind of injustice has been experienced throughout the world a good example is Australia in cases such as the Andrew mallard conviction, Lindy chamberlain Creighton conviction in 1982, Farah Jama conviction in 2008 and Terry Irving conviction in 1993. There are many factors that contribute to wrongful convictions in areas such as Australia. These factors are false confessions, eyewitness identification and testimony, tunnel vision, ...

Analysis of “One is One” by Marie Ponsot

In the context of human experience, there are few emotions which evoke such a sensation of bitter irony as forbidden love, especially among individuals on opposite sides of the law. In her poem “One is One”, author Marie Ponsot constructs a style of reflective monologue from the perspective of a jailer who is seemingly addressing an inmate with which he or she has had some form of relationship in the past. Ponsot establishes this relationship between the jailer and the inmate to demonstrate the contrasting power balances of dominance and vulnerability which witnessed in the traditional form of power which the ...

- The extent to which. the Proposed Consent Decree squarely addresses the situation, the policy and procedure, directive, and the appellate court decision

Consent decree is the resolving of a lawsuit where an individual or a corporation reaches a resolution to take specific actions without admission of guilt for the occurrence that resulted to the lawsuit. This settlement is contained in a court order as the court instructs relief against the defendant and comes to a decision to the maintenance of jurisdiction against the case to ensure the settlement is followed (Hensley et al, 2006, pg. 389). This case involves Plaintiffs Jack Jones and ...

Part 1

Community oriented policing services or COPS developed as a response to public fears in the early 1990s of rampant crime and politicians promises to “put 100,000 officers” on the streets at a minimal cost (Roth & Ryan, 2000). At around the same time new research into policing methods began to question the traditional police approach to fighting crime. According to the research, simply putting out more patrols to respond to crimes after they happen was not enough to substantially decrease crime. Instead, the research argued police needed to attack the underlying issues that facilitate the occurrence of crime (Roth ...

Corrections officers play a huge role in the criminal justice system of a country. They maintain order in prisons or rehabilitative institutions in order to keep the general public safe from dangerous criminals. Their main responsibility is to maintain peace and order in prison cells while ensuring everyone observes and follows established regulations and procedures. In other parts of the world, they are also called detention officers and prison officers. Correction officers take full control and responsibility of inmates' security and well-being while doing jail time apart from performing administrative tasks in the institution.

A correctional officer's function is important ...

This researcher intends to investigate the effects of life experiences on a person’s behavior.Specifically, the study shall focus on the effects of incarceration or imprisonment on a person’s behavior. Using qualitative research methods, the study shall look into the different aspects of one’s behavior being affected by incarceration. The following sections present materials that are relevant to the present study. These documents are derived from published books and journals, many of which were available online.

Bui, H. & Morash, M. (2010). The impact of network relationships, prison experiences, and internal transformation on women’s success after prison release. Journal of Offender Rehabilitation, 49, pp. 1-22. doi 10.1080/1050967090343581.

In this study, 20 former women inmates who were paroled, were interviewed about their life experiences before incarceration, during, and after their release. ...

How do special needs, mentally ill, and substance-abusing prisoners affect the jail and prison systems at state and federal levels? Persons with disabilities include those who have long-term physical, mental, intellectual, or sensory impairments (Atabay, T., & United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2009). Their special needs demand treatment to reduce the risk they pose to themselves and the society. The prison authority at state and federal levels have to bestow special attention to such inmates along with generating funds, staff, and facilities for them and building them special programs aimed to rehabilitate them. Mentally ill inmates cost ...

The article entitled “ACLU Calls for Immediate Resignation of Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca and Thorough Federal Investigation” published online by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) proffered pertinent issues relative to alleged abuse, brutality, violence and violations to human rights reportedly perpetuated by the deputies of Sheriff Lee Baca to the inmates of the Los Angeles County Jail. As noted, accounts from eyewitnesses, chaplains, and even testimonies from inmates revealed that a culture of violence has been constantly applied to the inmates by the sheriff’s deputies who allegedly allow, inflict, and even encourage “deputy-on-inmate assaults, ...

Gangs have continued to grow and spread in many American cities and counties. This occurrence has been paralleled by the growth of gangs in American prisons. Researchers reported that the boundaries between prison gangs and the community have become harder to identify because the gangs have become more sophisticated, and are a threat not only to the institutional security, but to the public safety, as well. According to a survey conducted by the National Gang Crime Research Center, in 1999, members of gangs in prisons and jails increased from 9.4%, in 1991, to 24.7%, in 1999. Other studies reported a smaller proportion ...

A. Prison management is a daunting task due to several factors that has to be considered in order to keep the corrections facility to function for its intended purpose. There are several approaches to prison administration that can be adopted, but each of them has their own advantage and disadvantage. There are three administration approach and models that applies to prison management, derived from different principles and employs a variation of approach. The three administrative approach models are based on control, consensual and responsibility. In terms of the communication responsibility model more informal and it has the tendency to cross the ...

There has been an ineffective penal system for punishing criminals. The government should aim at getting tough on criminal activities to ensure that the society becomes safe and comfortable in a criminal free environment. However, there has been conflicting influences in the penal system that has proved to be inefficient in protecting people from crime. Law makers have tried to raise issues to solve the problems within the penal system but with less success because the criminals have always been given less punishments. For a penal system to be effective, it should focus on reasonable principles and should serve the purpose ...

A prison is an institution in which individuals are forcibly confined and denied a variety of freedoms under the authority of the state, as a form of punishment to the individuals who have been accused of committing a crime. Prisons are used as part of a criminal justice system where individuals who are criminally charged with or convicted with a crime, are detained. The individuals who are arrested have to be found guilty to be incarcerated in prison. Apart from punishing criminals for their wrongdoing, prisons are used as tools of political repression to punish political crimes (Pratt & Jeff 349). However, people who ...

Now it is time to give careful consideration to the nature of corruption that is the case in the USA. Pepys (2) notes that corruption within the system of justice may be defined as the use of management reserves or public authority to one’s own advantage or for personal gains resulting in an inappropriate legal protection of citizens and delivery of judicial services. In a broad context, the system of justice embraces judges, police, prosecutors, public defenders, court personnel, private bar, and a variety of court decision enforcement agencies, such as, for example, penal institutions. Whatever the variety of justice ...

Inmate Rights

Inmate Rights and Prisons Part 1: Supreme Court decisions Helling v. McKinney (91-1958), 509 U.S. 25 (1993). A Nevada state prisoner McKinney filled a suit against prison officials claiming that his uncontrolled exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) from his cellmates violated the Eighth Amendment. He argued that the second hand smoke from some of his cellmates especially one who smoked five packs a day presented unreasonable risk to his health, therefore subjecting him to cruel punishment (Supreme Court Media 2014). At the time, the Eighth Amendment “deliberate indifference” only applied to current medical conditions and not future ...

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Rehabilitation of mentally ill in prisons and jails: issues and concerns

The California Department of Corrections (CDC) in 2005 added the term “rehabilitation” as a part of the agency’s official title, becoming the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, or the CDCR. However, the change in title did not result in a change of philosophy in the treatment of prisoners in the United States. Though the reintegration of the methodology of rehabilitation officially entered the regime of the CDRC, there is little or no evidence that the methodology has significantly changed (Berkeley- University of California, 2009, p. 277). Berkebile (2010, p.1) reported that by 2009, California’s penal facilities ...

Unethical behavior by Correctional personnel:

The correction personnel have a role to play in taking care of the well being of prisoners. Most of the times, the ethics of taking care of the inmates is always complicated. The prisoners have a low social status which makes them excluded and marginalized from the common mainstream of the society. This paper outlines the examples of unethical behavior conducted by the corrections personnel and considers how the corrections personnel are expected to behave and the procedures they should follow when handling inmates. The correction personnel have a tendency of making the inmates experience stigma and discrimination right behind the ...

Prisoners' Right to Vote in the UK and the Need for the Current law Reforms

Voting is the most common way of choosing leaders in the continents. Voting rights are the privileges given to those who have acquired the requirements to vote, for example, attaining the required age of eighteen years. However, restrictions are placed on some people as prisoners and ex-members of parliament. A case in point is observed in the UK where prisoners are denied the right to vote. This may be a major setback to the social life of those citizens behind bars, but may also act as a control measure for security reasons in the state of UK. Issuing the inmates with a ...

(1) Kris’s file: Upon review of the file containing Kris’s details and my subsequent research to ascertain the truth therein, it is true that he is now 25 years of age. The information I have also confirms that while he was 13 years old, he was charged with battery and later on placed on probation. Further information, according to my research, confirms that Kris was again charged with criminal trespass and again placed on probation. This is his third probationary sentence he is facing, although his first upon attaining the age of adulthood. However, the information ...

Police crime control policies

Crime control is paramount for the economic development of any civilized society. The political stability of any nation is measured by the crime rate. Countries that have low crime rates are more attractive to investors and business leaders. The crime rate in the United States of America was high in the 1990s. The cities were controlled by criminal gangs and at times the fights between criminal gangs took place in the streets. The frequency of homicides was relatively high. The residential places were not spared from crime related violence. Law enforcement officers were criticized for being weaklings. The police ...

Inmate Rights

Inmate Rights and Prisons Part 1: Supreme Court decisions Helling v. McKinney (91-1958), 509 U.S. 25 (1993). A Nevada state prisoner McKinney filled a suit against prison officials claiming that his uncontrolled exposure to environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) from his cellmates violated the Eighth Amendment. He argued that the second hand smoke from some of his cellmates especially one who smoked five packs a day presented unreasonable risk to his health, therefore subjecting him to cruel punishment (Supreme Court Media 2014). At the time, the Eighth Amendment “deliberate indifference” only applied to current medical conditions and not future ...

Split sentencing is a practice that is not strange to the court system of America and the world over. A split sentence is where a convicted felon spends half of his time behind bars in prison, and the other half of his sentence outside prison on probation. However, the probation duration cannot exceed a total of five years. The inmate who is eligible for split sentencing varies from state to state in the US.Using Alabama as an example, a convicted sexual offender whose victim was a minor can never be granted a split sentence. A jail bird whose sentence is more than 20 years is ...

Overview

The Department of Corrections has changed its mail room policy to reduce the risk of contraband inflow through the mail and to reduce its burden on existing correctional officers. The measures taken include the introduction of a postcard that inmates can use to communicate with the outside world. According to the Commissioner, this postcard will end the flow of contraband through the mail and more easily managed by the existing staff. He also believes that this measure will reduce the overtime burden of staff. The inmates, their families and lawyers see this measure as a violation of the First Amendment; they ...

Purpose of Classification Systems

Classification systems are used throughout the US prison system. In common with similar approaches in other states, California’s Department of Corrections (CDC) uses such a system in the interest of increasing the efficiency of utilization of available incarceration facilities. For example, by assigning offenders to the most appropriate type of prison accommodation, the highest security accommodation (which is also more costly to operate) is reserved for the prisoners for whom that higher level of security is considered necessary. Issues such as the likelihood of misconduct in prison and the escape risk have to be taken into account, too (Berk & ...

United States and China

I. Legal System The United States criminal legal system is based on the British Common Law system. Common law refers to those laws that are created and imposed by judges in the absence of specific a specific code or applicable statute defining the law (LaFave, 2000). Accordingly, during the early years of the nation when a judge was faced with a criminal activity that was not covered by a statute, he would use precedent, or refer to the decisions of similar cases, for guidance. Absent statute and precedent, the judge would simple use his best legal, professional and personal judgment to make ...

Introduction

Every criminal justice system in the world is characterized by policy and procedure directives that ensures that all the actions and processes in this system are within the constitutional and legal confines. The policy and procedure are enacted to ensure that the constitutional rights of stakeholders are not infringed upon when these individuals are exposed to a particular criminal justice process. Unfortunately, there arises some situations in the course of disseminating justice where some actions cause massive legal disagreements. An individual who has been subjected to a particular process may claim that the process was unconstitutional or that his rights were ...

Is There a Place for the Death Penalty in the Modern United States?

INTRODUCTION A man in a plain orange jumpsuit is led down a long hallway of dark cells, surrounded by a number of armed guards, his feet and arms shackled. They enter a small room, with a number of windows, and several officially dressed men. This is this man’s execution. From here, he may be strapped into an electric chair, led onto the gallows, or prepared for lethal injection. The means of capital punishment may differ from state to state, as well as, and debate whether or not capital punishment, or death penalty, should be a legal outcome of criminal convictions, regardless of crime. ...

The United States has a serious prison problem, and the problem is not the prisoners. The US locks up its citizens at rates higher than the rest of the world. Statistics show that time spent behind bars is not always effective in rehabilitating prisoners. One study showed that prisons were “failing to deter repeat criminals in 41 states” (Johnson, 1). California was included in this study as a state not doing a good job in rehabilitating criminals. In Orange County, the same problem exists. Orange County needs to reassess its prison system and find a way to do a better job in rehabilitation inmates ...

Theories of Behaviorism and Operant Condition or Learning

Theories of behaviorism relate to principles that seek to explicate behavior in terms of overt or observable actions and responses. Behaviorism is essentially defined by the theories proposed by John Watson and B.F. Skinner, which highlight the stimulus and response mechanism as a way to observe and understand human behavior. Behaviorism highly values observable behavior because it is a manifestation of internal behavior that is measurable and may easily be recorded (Nevid, 2012). Behaviorists such as Watson and Skinner argue that the observable and measurable nature of overt behavior makes it an essential and reliable gauge of human behavior. Watson is ...

Written by Kerman, Orange is the New Black: My Year in a Women’s Prison is the subject of discussion in this paper. At age 24, Kerman’s friend talked her into carrying and delivering a bag of money belonging to a drug lord from West African. Even though she got out of the life and built another, eventually, the past caught up with her. This book is a memoir of the repercussions of her actions 20 years ago. In the memoir, Kerman describes herself as a “nice blond lady”. When Kerman’s lawyer presented her with the prosecutors unearthing materials, in them ...

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Introduction

The training of police officers are rigid, exhaustive and provides opportunities to demonstrate leadership and criminal justice services to federal, state, municipal, and international agencies and partners . Bundled with these trainings include development of effective communication skills that will enable law enforcement officers to build a connection with the public, victims and colleagues. Since the work of police officers entail communicating with people of different background, preconceptions and attitudes, it is necessary that they adjust their communication practices . These practices can either be verbal or non-verbal communication. Verbal communication involves the use ...

The Corrections Department in the United States has experienced some changes and other defining influences over the last decade which have changed the operation of the American prisons. However, in a number of respects, the prisons in America have largely remained as they were several decades ago where inmates arrive, occasionally leave, while others stay on for long. Further, the staffs in the correction facilities experience the endemic problems of corruption, violence as well as shifting policies as they have done over the years. More so, the physical facilities in these institutions are still in need of repairs and renovations ...

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Death penalty Methods & the Eighth Amendment: An Introduction The American Congress or any state legislature may lay down the death penalty for a convict, as a result of murder and other heinous offenses. The US Supreme Court noted that the capital punishment is not a breach of the US Eighth Amendment; however, it outlined some practical features concerning when a judge might apply the capital penalty and how it must be performed. Due to the Fourteenth Amendment's Clause, the Eighth Amendment is pertinent against the US states, and the federal government. Eighth ...

Introduction

In the current world that is rapidly changing, the need for efficient management in prisons as well as other similar institutions is becoming greater. An effective prison management has been linked, both in practice and in theory, to sustainable economic development. In addition, effective prison management is credited as the key to the development of modern prison principles and systems. There have emerged various individuals as well as criminal rights groups asking for a complete overhaul of the current prison management systems to pave way for new systems. These individuals have also been calling for various changes to be instituted ...

Abstract

A good program for crime prevention must incorporate measures to stop the repetition of the cycle of unsuccessful adaptation by the frequent offenders. This paper will incorporate the many challenges often faced by the ex-prisoners in the course of their adaptation after release from confinement. These challenges may deter their aspirations of becoming law abiding members of the society. The paper will majorly target the aspects concerning the high risk prisoners who have a long track record of criminal involvement. The paper will also address successful crime prevention mechanisms through the consideration of the social reintegration of ex-inmates back into ...

Solitary confinement of inmates is a special form of imprisonment of a prisoner in a lone cell all day with limited social interaction and environmental stimulation. The confined prisoner is not around to interact with human except for the prison staff. Also known as the hotbox in the US, confinement is used as a form of severe punishment and is employed as a security measure for the inmate (Grassian, 327). The solitary confinement involves supermax prisons and segregation cells which lack windows, poor air quality, dull colors and temper-proof furniture. Current design comprises of electric doors which are intended to eliminate the inmate interaction ...

Introduction

The Ashley Smith case was ruled as a homicide by a 5-judge bench in 2013, 6 years after the after the 19-year old inmate with mental problems killed herself in a secluded prison cell. In passing the judgement, the jury came up with 104 recommendations (nationalpost.com, 2013). While I agree with nearly all of the recommendations, I shall discuss three of them and three others among the few that I disagree with. I agree with the following “That Smith’s experience within the correction system be taught as a case study to all Correctional Service management and staff at all levels” (nationalpost.com, ...

The society regards justice in terms of proportionality, the fit between the consequence and the offense, equal treatment, imposition of punishments without regard to personal characteristics such as gender, social class, or race. Yet, there is the view of justice in the second sense considering gender characteristics in terms of program and service provision (Heilbrun, et al, 2008). This essay provides an outlook in the inmate gender programs and services. Over the past few years, observers and players in the justice field have provided comparisons in the conditions under which inmates are confined basing on gender. They have come ...

The criminal justice system in the State of North Carolina would be incomplete without the prison system. Interestingly, North Carolina has one of the most elaborate prison systems. This paper shall discuss some of the classification methods applied in the placement of prisoners. It is imperative to appreciate the fact that rehabilitation systems need to be planned and arranged well to avoid the worsening of the prisoners. In North Carolina, in appreciation of the stakes, the prison system has prison classification specialists who assess prisoners and recommend for their placement. This approach is considered professional enough and avoids the ...

In correctional facilities, inmate custody and control is of the utmost importance, as this function is about the secure housing of inmates, the maintenance of a controlled and safe institutional facility and the safety of the facility for both inmates and staff. A variety of different methods are used in different combinations by different correctional institutions in an attempt to maintain inmate custody and control. Maintenance of inmate custody and control often begins with the design of a correctional facility. While using the build environment for control is relatively inflexible in existing structures, new facilities can be designed with inmate ...

Should we rape the rapist? Should we torture the criminals? Is Vengeance the right approach? Should criminals be reformed or executed? These questions crop up often especially when an inmate is executed. Death Penalty or capital punishment is a contested concept mainly on the basis of ethics and fundamental rights. There are arguments and equally strong counterarguments depicting the irrelevance of this practice. Those who are against the death penalty argue that human life is valuable and even the worst offenders shouldn't be deprived of their lives. In addition, everybody has the 'right to life' and death penalty deprives a person ...

In the recent past, Alaska has experienced overcrowding in its correctional facilities. Although this is a problem that has been there for quite some time, the population growth in Alaska’s prisons sky-rocketed very fast as compared to the rates in other states. Though this is the case, it is very difficult to attribute this increase in incarceration to definite causes. As at now, Alaska is among the eight states of the highest growth in prison population. Currently, its rate is one out of 36. As at today, there are over 6000 people in prison, either on electronic monitoring or ...

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Referral Source: Attorney Primary Evaluator: X Secondary Evaluator: X Testing dates: Reason for Referral LC was referred by attorney X who requested information and comments regarding this client’s competency to stand trial and state of mind at the time of the crime.

Presenting Problem

LC is a 50-year-old African American male with a long history of psychiatric problems. He is from the LA County Jail, August 7 through August 15, 20__ and he experienced difficulties adjusting to prison. While in prison, LC was observed to be “agitated, belligerent, demanding and made verbal threats to a custody officer.” He ...

A consent decree project was proposed by attorneys of a fictional jail named Adelphi County Jail in Maryland in the United States. This proposed consent decree was instigated by a particular situation that occurred at the jail involving two of the inmates where some prison officers accessed the inmate’s belongings on suspicion of possession of contrabands. This report analyzes the consent decree project in the context of the situation that occurred leading to the decree. This report seeks to address the extent to which this situation, the policy and procedure directive of the jail and the appellate court decision on ...

Prisoners usually face all manner of abuse while incarcerated, usually from prison staff, unaware – or in utter disregard for the minimum requirements for the treatment of inmates, which are based on principles that require safety, orderliness, fairness and respect for the law, with the intention of making the inmates to lead law-abiding lives when they leave. This is more complicated where inmates may have a mental or medical condition, such as those brought about by the use of addictive substances, and call for special treatment modalities in working towards reform and re-integration of the offender. It is in response ...

Introduction

Parole refers to the release of a prisoner after they have completed their prison sentence. It occurs at some point during the imprisonment where most prisoners will be eligible for release on parole. It involves an agreement made by prisoners where they comply with certain conditions given to them before they complete their maximum sentence period. Basically, parole does not mean that prisoners have been set free or that they have completed their sentence, they are still under strict supervision and if they engage in any criminal activity they will be taken back for imprisonment. Parole however differs from an ...

Film Studies

The House I Live In is a compelling account of the manner in which America’s War on Drugs has devastates families and individuals especially those belonging to the minority community. It has targeted the poor and the jobless. The film portrays touching anecdotes of those directly impacted by drugs – be it the grieving mother to the drug dealer, the senator to the narcotics officer, the federal judge to the prison inmate. The film highlights this as a serious human rights issue and urges people to speak against the injustice taking place in this country. The film in fact portrays ...

Wolff v. McDonnell

In the Supreme Court of the United States Argued April 22, 1974 Decided June 26, 1974 The plaintiff, an inmate on behalf of prisoners at the Nebraska prison filed a Section 1983 class action suit against prison officials (US Supreme Court, 1974).

Issue

In the suit, plaintiffs alleged that disciplinary measures at the facility contravened the due process; that the regulations concerning mail of inmates were unconstitutionally restrictive; and that the legal assistance program offered to inmates did not meet constitutional threshold (US Supreme Court, 1974).

Decision

The Supreme Court of the United States issued a 6-3 decision stating that ...

Introduction

Nothing is impossible, the impossible just takes longer. This is clearly brought out in the prison break series where the things done by the actors may seem impossible even to the viewers but through strategic planning, those involved deliver and make happen. Michael Scofield is the leader in this case and no matter how much his crew, the likes of his brother Lincoln Burrows, inmates T-Bag, Sucre, among others, lose hope as view Michael’s plan as not achievable, he proves them wrong. In fact, Michael shows qualities of a good leader indeed, it is true what they say that a ...

The media has put a lot of emphasis on the criminal systems in the United States. There are different views regarding the performance of correctional facilities in delivering their basic purpose of correcting the behavior of criminals. In America jails are viewed as correctional facilities that serve the purpose of correcting the jailed criminals. The courts have the mandate of sentencing an accused criminal if proved guilty to a jail term depending on the crime committed. As much as there is a need to isolate the criminals from other members of the society, jails are viewed to be correctional facilities. At the ...

Abstract

The paper reviews the extremely high rates of prison population per capita in the U.S. compared with other countries (e.g. in Europe) and the equally high recidivism rates that see the U.S. prison population growing, whereas other countries are able to bring their inmate numbers down. Evert (2010) – an ex-correctional officer – describes previous mistakes made in U.S. rehabilitation policies and methods, but sees rehabilitation as of utmost importance. Miceli (2009), having analyzed rehabilitation programs in Rhode Island, concludes that under-funding and lack of resources have hampered the effectiveness of rehabilitation to date. Ward et al. (2013) draw comparisons between ...

Introduction

USA has the highest percentage of prison population than any other country in the world. Over the last 35 years, USA has seen a boom in the rate of incarceration by increasingly relying on its strategy of building and filling prisons for crime reduction. USA took about 160 years to gather its first 1 million inmates and another 1 million just took 12 years. It is estimated the prison population witnessed a 321% hike between the years 1980-2000 when the total number of prisoners went from 315,956 to 1,329,367 (Kovandzic & Vieraitis, 2006). Statistics show that prison population has ...

Research shows that suicide is worldwide self-inflicted acts that nine out of ten times end in death. Every year, a regular of 35,000 suicide deaths happen in the United States and it is projected that 7,000 of those suicides which are usually committed by teenagers (Fazel, 2011) There a lot of Psychologists which have identified the teenage years as to be one of the hardest stages of human life. For the duration of this phase, they are usually out there trying to learn new social roles, new relationships are being formed, bodily changes are happening and choices in regards ...

Thesis: The Death Penalty is not fair because innocent people are convicted, some have been almost executed, some have been executed and exculpatory evidence was discovered post execution and some have been executed despite of exculpatory evidence. The high cost of prosecuting Death Penalty cases reflects this.

INTRODUCTION I In spite of far reaching ramifications many states in America still apply and carry out the Death Sentence.

A. The Death Sentence is obtained and carried out inconsistently. B. Death Sentence cases cost much more to prosecute than those of life without parole because of the finality of the sentence.

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II Death Sentence cases create situations where innocent people can be executed, or wait for years on “Death Row” ...

Law and order – have always preserved the world from total chaos. From the dawn of the civilization special rules, which were later developed into laws were created to regulate the relations between different individuals within the state. This is the only way to keep things in the society under the control. Nowadays, it is impossible to imagine the world without jurisdiction, modern criminalistics and forensic science and other essential bodies that control order and justice within the country. As a result specific correctional institutions were created. There are two main types – jails and prisons. The only difference between them ...

Introduction

The current state of correctional mental health Mental health is one of the most delicate issues that surround our correctional facilities. The matter needs to be handled with great caution being that it can be an expensive affair, yet the numbers of cases where persons with mental health issues being incarcerated are still on the rise. This report seeks to look deeper into some of the elements that need further scrutiny in order to make the facilities more accommodative to the mentally ill. We also look at some structural and design strategies that are highlighted as key to ...