Devin Johnson
CCJS 380 7980 Ethical Behavior in Criminal Justice (2162)
Case Study
May 5, 2016
The Parole Board
The chair of the parole board Robert has the responsibility of calculating the risk associated ensuring the inmates released back into society are not reoffenders. The first element that Robert has to take into consideration is the overcrowding of the prisons. The external forces of the court system is looking for the correctional units to expand or increase the mandates that the parole uses to release inmates. There is controversy surrounded in this case where the advocates are making demands for the expansion of the parole eligibility to release more inmates than expected.
Robert along with hi board identified that the mission
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There are wo areas that Robert can take action in. The first area a motivating factor is influenced by the outside bodies associated with the federal justice system. Robert is only an actor in this case, it is likely that the chair of the parole board may insist on letting the federal lawsuit take action as he maintains the credibility of the parole board. From an ethical point of view, the governor proposed to renounce the mandate of the parole board in the risk assessment procedure. That is with regards to the process of selecting the most feasible inmates that can be released into society. That mesas that he will pave the way for ethical practices to take place. In this tie of scenario, the chair has the mandate to suggest alternate options in guaranteeing that the planned modifications in the required policies of allowing inmates to be released into …show more content…
That means that there has to be a reduction in the number of arrest made on felons no matter the nature of the crime. Martha’s fear become reality after the mayor issues an order for agencies to arrest and prosecute drug dealers in the community. The number of inmates going to become high within a short period of time. One of the most ethical issues that should be observed is that of the superior giving and participating in the directive that one does not support. (Pollock, 2013). The circumstance that the mayor directs officers to decrease the degree of the manhunt is a win for Martha’s alternative provisions. The moral situation is that Martha intends to seek clear-headedness in the process of ensuring that the other substitute is
When envisioning a prison, one often conceptualizes a grisly scene of hardened rapists and murderers wandering aimlessly down the darkened halls of Alcatraz, as opposed to a pleasant facility catering to the needs of troubled souls. Prisons have long been a source of punishment for inmates in America and the debate continues as to whether or not an overhaul of the US prison system should occur. Such an overhaul would readjust the focuses of prison to rehabilitation and incarceration of inmates instead of the current focuses of punishment and incarceration. Altering the goal of the entire state and federal prison system for the purpose of rehabilitation is an unrealistic objective, however. Rehabilitation should not be the main purpose of prison because there are outlying factors that negatively affect the success of rehabilitation programs and such programs would be too costly for prisons currently struggling to accommodate additional inmate needs.
Visher is the Principal Research Associate at The Urban Institute, a Washington DC-based think tank that conducts policy research and offers solutions. In the article, Visher begins by asserting that the United States’ criminal justice policies swing from “tough on crime” to “rehabilitation.” The problem of prisoner reentry no longer focuses on just the offender and his/her circumstances, but the broader approach to find new evidence-based solutions. Policy makers are now extremely aware of the prison situation and is now a topic of interest. Although a larger number of prisoners have been released since the 1980s and 1990s, most of them come back. The admission rate of prisoners is higher than that of releasing them. Prisoner reentry is a main policy concern at the state, local and federal level for several reasons. First and foremost is the public safety problem. The recidivism rate has not changed in the past decade or two. One-third of all prison admissions nationwide, are offenders who are being returned to prison for new crimes or technical violations. The second reason is the fiscal implications the prisoner reentry phenomenon has on society. Expenditures on the correctional system has increased six fold in just 25 years. As a result, policy and political attention in the United States has grown, that councils have passed resolutions to deal with the crisis. Some examples of new legislation include the Serious and Violent Offender Reentry Initiative (SVORI)
Prison litigation is a form of lawsuit process with which prisoners seek relief from prison. The Prison litigation Reform Act clearly outlines an increase in the litigation of prison cases that was enacted in 1996. Through such litigations, inmates are able to fight for their rights and fair treatment in prison. For instance among the prison ligations, we have prospective relieve where one can file a lawsuit to request the prison to change some of their policies to let one for example pray amongst groups. Exhaustion of remedies for administration also allows for one to articulate grievances against the prison official before suing them. Emotional or mental injuries are among other issues of prison litigation addressed in this prison litigation
Prison reform has been talked about since the late 1800’s and early 1900’s with the goal of giving prisoners better living conditions. Today’s issues involving prison reform have caused many debates on whether or not prisons should change their traditional ways and try to find a more suitable solution with prison related problems like overcrowded facility and huge sums of money being spent on these prisons. Two article that are going to be analyzed in this essay are entitled “Do the time, lower the crime” by James Q. Wilson and “Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Waste Resource” by Kevin Zeese. Both of these articles have opposite viewpoints toward prison reform. One side of the argument which is introduced in “Do the time, lower the crime” argues that harder prison sentences are lowering the crime rate and that the cost of prison is succeeded by the beneficial outcomes society gets in return. The pro prison reform side in “Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences Waste Resource” contends that an increase in overcrowded prison facilities has to do with stricter laws and prison sentences being placed on minor offenders. The pro-reform side also argues that treatment programs must be emplaced so less previous convicts return for violations. While prison reform is something that can be beneficial, the opposing side argues that imprisonment has positive outcomes, while the supporting side argues that overcrowded prisons and prison spending have become a serious problem.
Convicts rarely serve their entire sentences in prison (Ross and Richards, 146). To alleviate the costs of imprisonment on taxpayers and lessen the staggering populations of prisons across America, it is simply prudent to let inmates out on parole. Unfortunately, the parole system is imperfect and often leads to many ex-convicts recidivating. With the various trials and challenges that ex-convicts are bound to face when rejoining society after prison, Ross and Richards provide valuable lessons in their book of how a convict might survive beyond bars.
The proliferation of prison overcrowding has been a rising concern for the U.S. The growing prison population poses considerable health and safety risks to prison staffs and employees, as well as to inmates themselves. The risks will continue to increase if no immediate actions are taken. Whereas fighting proliferation is fundamentally the duty of the U.S. government, prison overcrowding has exposed that the U.S. government will need to take measures to combat the flaws in the prison and criminal justice system. Restructuring the government to combat the danger of prison overcrowding, specifically in California, thus requires reforms that reestablishes the penal codes, increases the state’s budget, and develops opportunities for paroles to prevent their return to prison. The following context will examine and discuss the different approaches to reduce the population of state prisons in California in order to avoid prison overcrowding.
Ethic is connected with what the correct conduct within society is. It relies on what the majority is doing or saying instead of laws or what is right or wrong in a situation. Ethics derived from the Greek word ethos meaning character, which refers to my previous statement of the major concerns for the upright people, those that are reliable, and the ones that exemplify the appropriate conduct suitable within society’s line of approval. “Ethics challenge us to use the difficult practical task of applying norms and standards to ever new and changing circumstances”(Center for Journalism Ethics, 2015).
Fear and confusion plays a huge part in the criminal justice system because of the huge number of cases and facilities unable to handle them. The building is condemned and they have new judge had begun his position as the new supervising judge. His name is Roosevelt Dorn. Beckstrand is excited to be working on Duncan's. His case is a well known infamous one and Beckstrand almost hated the kid. Offenders in this case are used to a substantial number of setbacks in the system and and finding her main witness is becoming trouble for Beckstrand. Ronald, along with the other young delinquents, doesn't seem to care about anything.
In prisons today, rehabilitation, deterrence, incapacitation, and retribution are all elements that provide a justice to society. Prisons effectively do their part in seeing that one if not more of these elements are met and successfully done. If it were not for these elements, than what would a prison be good for? It is highly debated upon whether or not these elements are done properly. It is a fact that these are and a fact that throughout the remainder of time these will be a successful part of prison life.
Before a prisoner can be released on parole he/she must meet before a parole board. Each prison with a parole system is set up with one of two types of parole services. Service one is the independent model. Like its name says it is independent, independent from any other state agency. Meaning that it’s parole officers do not work for the corrections system. This enables them to be more bias and fair with their decisions. Service two is the consolidated model. This model is ran by the corrections system and is under the direction of the commissioner of corrections. The consolidated model does not give its members the ability to be bias. They have to bite their tongues in some instances as to not ruffle the feathers of those appointed over them. No matter which model is in place if not used correctly it is a failure. In most states the members of the parole board are appointed by the governor and serve a term of...
Throughout the country there are approximately 2 million inmates in state, federal and private prisons. California has the highest incarceration. So what will we do to reduce this rate? This is where society looks into rehabilitation for these inmates, hoping to free some space within the prison systems. The advantage and disadvantage of rehabilitation in the community compare to incarceration.
The “Tough on Crime” and “War on Drugs” policies of the 1970s – 1980s have caused an over populated prison system where incarceration is policy and assistance for prevention was placed on the back burner. As of 2005, a little fewer than 2,000 prisoners are being released every day. These individuals have not gone through treatment or been properly assisted in reentering society. This has caused individuals to reenter the prison system after only a year of being release and this problem will not go away, but will get worst if current thinking does not change. This change must be bigger than putting in place some under funded programs that do not provide support. As the current cost of incarceration is around $30,000 a year per inmate, change to the system/procedure must prevent recidivism and the current problem of over-crowed prisons.
...niors who brought us into this generation. We deserve to be protected as much as any other human race. Our tax dollars spent on housing inmates are a lot cheaper for us to pay when one considers the cost of irreparable pain and suffering, of a victim who falls prey to a parolee who had no intention of reversing his or her former lifestyle and recommitted their life to crime. One cannot put a price tag on scarred lives. It would be worth every penny to keep these criminals behind bars until they have completed their full sentences, if it meant even saving one innocent life, or sparing someone an unforgettable damaging experience. In conclusion, parole serves to benefit the inmate who is seeking his or her freedom, while society seldomly benefits from progress or efforts implemented by parolees in the community. We must understand that parole is a privilege, not a right. We must take into consideration that if almost half of the population that is released on parole returns to prison; parole is not working and should be abolished. Law abiding citizens have earned their right to freedom, and criminals have earned their right to confinement, and should remain that way, as sentenced.
With the substantial increase in prison population and various changes that plague correctional institutions, government agencies are finding that what was once considered a difficult task to provide educational programs, inmate security and rehabilitation programs are now impossible to accomplish. From state to state, each correctional organization is coupled with financial problems that have depleted the resources to assist in providing the quality of care in which the judicial system demands from these state and federal prisons. Judges, victims, and prosecuting attorneys entrust that once an offender is turned over to the correctional system, that the offender will receive the punishment imposed by the court, be given services that aid in the rehabilitation of those offenders that one day will be released back into society, and to act as a deterrent to other criminals contemplating criminal acts that could result in their incarceration. Has our nation’s correctional system finally reached it’s critical collapse, and as a result placed American citizens in harm’s way to what could result in a plethora of early releases of inmates to reduce the large prison populations in which independent facilities are no longer able to manage? Could these problems ultimately result in a drastic increase in person and property crimes in which even our own law enforcement is ineffective in controlling these colossal increases in crime against society?
According to National Corrections Reporting Program in 2009 based on 24 states, there were 3,75,576 inmates, who involved with 9.6% of state prison population, were served with life sentence (Bureau of Justice Statistics, n.d.). In 3,75,576 inmates, 63,759 were life sentences and 11,817 were life without given parole or life added for additional years and this can equivalent to life without parole (cited in Fellen, 2012). Therefore, it is difficult for inmates who served life sentence to be discharged on parole due to parole boards and governors was greatly influenced by public judgement and the wish to prevent a political backlash from the discharged of someone convicted, such as notorious violent crime (Liptak, 2005). Regardless to how regardful or rehabilitated violent inmates are or how good their prison record are, parole boards may need them to stay in prison for many years that past their parole qualified date (Weisberg, Mukamal & Segall, 2011). Under some circumstance, parole boars may directly never approve to parole, and even if the parole boards do, their judgement may be opposed by governors (Weisberg, Mukamal & Segall, 2011). According to a study taken in California about parole decision making showed that only 6% chances for lifers who committed murder being permit parole by parole board and the decision was not opposed by the governors (Weisberg, Mukamal & Segall, 2011). Thus, the number of inmates that being life sentences as well as life without parole was very high which can have eventually increased the number and become the fastest group of older prisoners