“Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.” It’s the most unfortunate and inconvenient rule in the book, triggering paralysis while the other players are free to use their $200 to taunt you while “just visiting” you in the slammer. To most people, a “Go to jail” card might signify defeat at the end of a close game. In my eyes, there is no game without an unlikely comeback. Game nights are held at my house once a month, so I am well acquainted with techniques of revival. Don’t get me wrong, I have had my fair share of crushing losses, but I always go down fighting (or trying to convince my friends we are just playing for fun). Whether I cry “Uno!” after receiving a series of “Draw 4 ” cards, or use Life tiles to
Every civilization in history has had rules, and citizens who break them. To this day governments struggle to figure out the best way to deal with their criminals in ways that help both society and those that commit the crimes. Imprisonment has historically been the popular solution. However, there are many instances in which people are sent to prison that would be better served for community service, rehab, or some other form of punishment. Prison affects more than just the prisoner; the families, friends, employers, and communities of the incarcerated also pay a price. Prison as a punishment has its pros and cons; although it may be necessary for some, it can be harmful for those who would be better suited for alternative means of punishment.
People see jail as a place that one should not end up, but the freedom riders proved that wrong. They used jail, when they got arrested, to stage protests. The goal was to show the whites that even behind bars, the movement for freedom still continues in difficult situations. Blacks refused to pay bail and strengthened their will to fight on. This , however, was not fun for the whites because they couldn’t break the strong will of freedom within the blacks. It may have worked in the past, but going to jail now has a completely negative vibe about it. It destroys a person’s life, reputation, and it sticks with them wherever they
you go to prison, whether you belong there or not, you become a dangerous person, and they
Before one can hope to understand how the Hip-Hop community can possibly turn the "U.S .Imprisonment Philosophy" on it’s head one must be familiar with this philosophy . The purpose of imprisonment in the United States is to dissuade potential,and residing criminals from leading lives of crime . There are two types of deterrence("Deterrence Theory"),one type is "General Deterrence", the other “Specific Deterrence”.
The idea of prison has been around for thousands of years and seems to be an integrated part of the human concept. We remove the people that disrupt society and we put them away or get rid of them. We, as a modern culture, want things to run smoothly. Getting in the way of that will cause individuals to be noticed and processed by the system.
. I applied to graduate school with the long term goal of working in a correctional facility. A childhood friend of mine was arrested and sent to prison in August 2007. I saw him four years after his incarceration. These four years definitely took a toll on his physical appearance and his way of thinking. He is 25 and has the looks of a young person whose youth has been wasted. As I sat with him, I had high hopes of being able to laugh out loud while reminiscing about the past. However, I became upset and tears of sadness trickled down my face. He confided to me thoughts of suicide. He explained to me in prison terminology or street talk, one must never drop the soap. I sobbed as he continued to talk about his sentence. At times, his words
for youngsters who have a long history of convictions for less serious felonies for which the juvenile court disposition has not been effective” (qtd. in Katel).
Examining why people commit crimes can be quite difficult because there can be a million reasons as to why a individual would want to commit an illegal act. Some people are forced to commit a crime with justified reasons, some people commit petty crime as a way of survival and some people commit crime for self-assurance purposes.
Those blocks (block, block, block) in just plain gray (gray, gray, gray): the perfect surroundings to leave one's mind blank... or insane.
I received a voice mail today from Sean McKnight stating he has a meeting setup with Ken Barber and some other individuals on the executive board of Illinois Joining Forces (IJF). I felt it was my duty to inform the group about some important facts that Mr. McKnight is very good at hiding. I met Mr. McKnight during my time at NIU. I just served my time as the NIU Veterans Club president and decided it was time to let someone else take the helm. Matthew Galloway the current Veterans Club president introduced the club to Sean McKnight at a veterans club meeting. Sean came in and presented himself as a seasoned veteran’s advocate who has many connections throughout the state of Illinois and Washington D.C. He promoted his organization that he was starting Warriors Guarding Warriors as a revolutionary concept that has not been thought of as for yet throughout the veteran community. Finally, he offered his services to any veterans having trouble with VA benefits or the medical process. At the time we did not know that he was not officially certified to help veterans, and nor did he actually know the proper process or paper work needed to help our fellow veterans. Sean offered to be the Veterans Clubs mentor. The club held a vote and
Moving from a highly diverse community to a less diverse community has to be the weirdest yet interesting culture shock I ever had to deal with. As a young child, I did not know about the outside world. I thought everyone rides the bus or the metro, graffiti on the wall is normal and traffic wouldn’t matter as much since everything I needed was within walking distance sometimes. There were shocking things I learned once I moved to Nebraska.
All my life ,I’ve always wanted to be someone in life who can actually make a difference to this world in a positive way. Ever since I was a little girl I pushed myself to always best I can be just . I lived in a town outside Los Angeles, California , it was called Van Nuys,California.The elementary school (Kittridge Elementary) I had went to was in a low income area, mainly spanish community had lived in the area I was living in at the time .I had a lot of friends (mainly mexicans) I focused a lot on being on time for school , staying on task in class, and finishing my homework. At such a young age I had felt such ambition and was doing very good for myself. At the age of 10 was when reality start to really hit me , even though I was very young I started to see things differently.
Although the programs are being developed by reformists are not all being used. There are workshops and classes to help inmates are expensive; their system is still disorganized due to the lack of food, clothing, and medical attention. These inmates may have committed a crime, but they still deserve support from the government as any human being. This is when anarchists and reformists come together to develop new alternatives that are efficient and effective. There a lot of alternatives used by different countries that the United States should consider for instance Japan argues prison should be the last resort of punishment. If there are alternatives that could better help the inmate, it should be applied.
As part of the criminal process, the American justice system offers different levels of consequence for actions that are in violation of the penal code, sometimes after many months or years after the crime has been committed. “Currently, five general types of punishment are in use in the United States; fines, probation, intermediate punishments, imprisonment, and death” (Bohm & Haley, 2010, p. 14). These examples, while basically punative in nature, are intended to be carried out by the local Department of Rehabilitative Corrections or halfway facility, and serve as the main deterrents of crime. Dependent upon the severity of the offense, a pre-determined period of incarceration or detention is given; however, as in the case of parole, a criminal may only spend a fraction of their prison term before release.
I believe that life in prison have better retribution than capital punishment. Whomever should serve the term of life in prison, the punishment should be swift, severe, and certain. Someone that is on death row delivers less information on the circumstances of the crime and cost more. Life in prison provides more information and allows more resources to be invested into solving and preventing other crimes. People that are on death row gets a quick death without real benefits. “Sanctions for criminal behavior tended to be public events which were designed to shame the person and deter others” (History of the prison system, 2015). All inmates get treated the same way in prison. Today, there are over a million incarcerated prisoners that are serving time in prison. This paper will analyze and explore the situation of those sentenced to life in prison.