Recently I had the pleasure of watching a YouTube clip titled, “Fresno Jail
Inmates Sleeping Outdoors under Tents?” which discussed Fresno and the Valley’s issue
of jail and prison overcrowding. “Sometimes Crooks get in and get out the same day,”
police say. The clip discussed Fresno’s problem with less room for inmates causing for
2,000 inmates to sleep on bed bunks in the desert, inmates being limited to 2 meals a
day costing 50 cents per meal, and counties losing jail regulation rights from the state
of California. Although some argue that convicted criminals deserve no special housing
treatment or luxuries inmates having to sleep in hot weather ranging from 85 degrees to
144 is inhumane. Prison overcrowding is a growing concern for the United States which
may cause states to create space for convicted criminals which could result in methods
that could violate the aspects of human rights.
Specific Issues:
Prison overcrowding is the need for more space when the facility has reached its
capacity. Lawmakers who find a better fit in keeping all offenders out of society to
reduce crime, prosecutors who’s motive is to win all cases in order to get more
convictions, convictions of corporate and white-collar crime, assigned minimum years
for convicted criminals to complete, and the belief from prosecutors that incarceration is
the only form of rehabilitation are all reasons why prison overcrowding is a growing
issue. Some prosecutors believe that keeping an inmate incarcerated for the rest of their
life is necessary, leaving taxpayers the cost of housing, boarding, and punishing them.
Some prosecutors will use illegal tactics holding critical evidence from the defense to
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...rison. But are Mr. Bradley and I proposals realistic? What are the
chances of this actually being adopted? Some believe prison and only prison with
violating inmates’ right because they violated others can fulfill retribution, rehabilitation,
in capitation, and deterrence.
Despite unwise choices a person decides to make no one deserves for their human
rights to be violated. Both the government and the criminal justice system must commit
to reform it in order to decrease over populations in prison. Prisoners incarcerated are
there to experience rehabilitation, and to pay for the crime they committed. There are
ways payback and rehabilitation can be enforced with always resolving to incarcerate
someone. The criminal justice system should evaluate each case to determine the best
place to place an individual in the hopes of make society a safer place.
you were to take a look at our prisons today, you would see that they are severely overcrowded. If there was a way that we could reduce the number of people that return to jail would you support this idea? Or would you say that it is a waste of time and money? One way of doing this would be start rehabilitating prisons so when they get out of jail, they can start contributing to society in a positive way. Currently there is more than 2.2 million people that are in prison in United States. Also the United
Overcrowding in prisons across the United States has been a controversial issue that needs to be more of a concern for the criminal justice system. In essence, prison overcrowding is a common social phenomenon in modern times- a phenomenon that occurs if and when the demand for prisoner space in prisons in a particular jurisdiction exceeds the capacity that the jurisdiction can provide to hold the prisoners. Prison overcrowding is felt more when the number of prisoners being incarcerated and admitted
that our prisons are the final frontier for the socially rejected criminals and violent offenders. We know that our prisons are so overcrowded that the Supreme Court of California issued a court order to reduce the number of inmates. We know that since there are more inmates in prison the chance of getting rehabilitated is very slim. And we also know that the ratio of supervision of guard to inmate is extremely high. But do we know what goes on in our prisons and jails? We know we have prison gangs
sectors of the prison system, in order to achieve a reform. I think, the government should eliminate private institutions and reform the system in order for all of the prisons to be just and equal. In return, this will lower the percentage of sentences, the number of inmates incarcerated and raise the number of inmates rehabilitated. There have been many similar reforms proposed
The Difference and Similarities between Life inside a Prison and Life on the Outside for the Convict and Ex-convict certainly has its ups, downs, highs, and lows. Convicts that have been incarcerated for quite some time continue to live life on the outside of prison as if they were still behind those walls. From going to bed early, waking up early, and even eating some of the same foods they ate while being in prison. One man made it through his entire jail sentence by committing himself to exercising
How much knowledge of the prison labor do you have? Many people do not have too much knowledge about prison labor because usually people do not have the opportunity to see the situation in the prison. Therefore, no one dissatisfied of the handling of prisoners. However, the United States prison have problem of modern-day slavery. That problem is prisoners are working like a slave in prison. Why is this problem? Prisoners do labor in prison, but prisoners are not everybody committed a felony. Some
Prison gangs are defined as criminal organizations that are formed in the penal system and operate within the prison facilities. How does prison gangs affect the correctional system you ask? Well let's break it down. Without a central ideology controlling how inmates act, it can be dangerous to be a lone prisoner. The main reason why inmates affiliate with gangs is for safety. People in prison feel vulnerable, and turning to gangs is a way to protect oneself from other inmates. Gangs control how
main goal of prison systems needs to be rehabilitation of the prisoners and their reintroduction into the world. We only need to keep the ones who are very dangerous to society or are serving a life sentence locked up to keep others safe. All prisons need to work under strict orders of what they can and cannot do. We need people to be turned around and benefit society, The putative benefits of more incarceration or longer sentences are actually costs(Furman 1). There needs to be prisons for holding
inform my audience of the similarities and differences between the American prison system and the prison systems abroad. Thesis: Comparing the policies and regulations in the American prison system to prison systems abroad to understand how their similarities and differences may contribute to the successes or failures of each system. Introduction: I. Attention Getter: There are varied opinions of what the purpose of a prison should be. For example, some people may think that a prison’s primary function
to the top concerns of the prison system. Officials have been severely struggling as surveys display the number of sexual assaults with no regard of the person’s age, gender, or race. Officers and other staffs have been engaging in sexual activities with inmates undermining the rules and regulation of the system, and ignoring the oath taken prior to becoming an officer. Inmates have been raped, had affairs, become pregnant and deeply involved with the staff of the prison. As a result of the struggles
sleep at night, suddenly disappears? This is exactly what happened during and in the after effects of the Attica prison riot of 1971. The riot created an incredibly immense shift and change not only in the conditions of prisons, but also in the security we feel as American citizens both in our penal system and American government. The Attica prison riot brought about a much-needed prison reform in terms of safety and conditions for inmates, which was necessary regardless of the social backlash it created
The privatization of prisons and jails has led to mass incarceration, an issue that does not only effect those who are imprisoned, but also communities a whole. Prisons should no longer be private because it can create a need to put more people in jail for more profit. When money is an incentive, it can affect how law enforcement polices people. Also, when there are institutional biases against groups of people, and when individuals who work in law enforcement or related fields have biases, it can
Prisons have never been a concern of mine. For a brief time, I was interested in the idea of touring the St. Cloud Prison; the reason behind that interest was merely curiosity. I wanted to know what a prison looks like in person rather than through a television screen. Before watching Last Week Tonight’s video, I thought I knew exactly how I felt about prisons and the prisoners inside. I had the mindset that the prisoners must have committed a really bad crime in order to be thrown in a prison and
to strive for a better future. Denying access to changed individuals fails the work the prisons have proposed to secure society. Even though a minority of prisons grant educations and programs for prisoners, many do not come effective as prisoners are not given opportunities. Furthermore, more prisons should provide an education for inmates as a few of them enter illiterate. Allowing education to be in the prison system gives hope to the inmates to surpass and have a better job that could benefit them
Panoptic Prisons According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, “Between 1991 and midyear 2007, parents held in state and federal prisons increased by 79% (357,300 parents). Children of incarcerated parents increased by 80% (761,000 children).” Children with parents in prison are more likely to commit a crime and end up in the prison system themselves. Often, they watch their parents go through a cycle of entry, exit, and reentry into and out of the prisons, and have to watch them suffer from prisons