The Stanford Prison Experiment was a mock prison experiment where they had chosen 24 Male Students selected from the 75 who volunteered to join the experiment. They had chosen the 24 Male students “because they had no criminal background, lacked psychological issues and had no major medical conditions. The volunteers agreed to participate for a one to two week period in exchange for $15 a day.” From those 24 Male Students, they were assigned randomly to either be a prisoner or a prison guard. The “Prison” was conducted in the basement of Stanford’s Psychology Department building. The “Prison” had a “yard”, which was the only place in the “prison” where you are outside.
They had a room for solitary confinement and a area designated as the prison yard. The participated were randomly assigned to either a prison group or guard group. Prisoners were instructed to remain in the mock prison for 24 hours a day but guards were instructed to work 8-hour shifts then return home until their next shift. Researchers used hidden cameras and microphones to observe the behaviors of the prisoners and guards. Philip Zimbardo actually played the role of the warden and looked over the behavior inside the prison.
Bob Henry Mrs. Patterson English 1123 p25 October 31, 2012 “Revisiting the Stanford Prison Experiment: a Lesson in the Power of Situation,” is about a prison experiment designed to prove how good people can do bad things when face with a certain situation. In the experiment Philip G. Zimbardo brings 24 physically and mentally healthy college students with no criminal history to participate in his experiment. These participants were assigned to either play a prisoner or a guard and were paid 15 dollars a day just to be in the experiment for 2 weeks. Before the two weeks were even over Zimbardo had to call the experiment to an end, due to extreme street and zombielike attitude and posture in the prisoners. To some the experiment seemed like a complete failure but in reality Zimbardo proved his point within six days of his experiment.
However, despite the cold and indifferent conditions at the two institutions, inmates do have realistic opportunities to better themselves and rehabilitate into law abiding citizens. Western Youth Institution At the first stop of our tour, Western Youth Institution seemed more like a college dorm type of building than a prison. The single structure design and sixteen floors resembled something you might even see on Appalachian State’s campus! Nevertheless, this was still a prison and in the case of Western Youth Institution, the initial appearance did masquerade the ominous nature housed within the walls of the prison. Western Youth Institution, designed and built in 1972, is a minimum security prison that houses male juveniles up to the age of eighteen years of age.
Ideally, the prisoners would not have had sufficient access to enough materials within their cells to create a successful riot. Therefore, it was not necessary to install tear gas outlets in the individual cells of the prison. The next security feature that was added to alcatraz penitentiary was the hiring of armed guards. For every three alcatraz inmates, there was one guard, who was professionally trained to maneuver a gun. johnston established gun galleries in different ends of the cellhouse, and installed electric doors and gates throughout the prison.
In the period in-between, the prisoner accommodates his/her very own cell in a section of a state or federal prison called death row. The exact events that go along can differ from state to state, Consequently, the general procedure is generally the same as any other state. Once a prisoner's petitions are depleted, an execution order is given and a date is set for the execution. The convicted inmate may be transferred from the general predestined housing area into a exceptional area of the prison, called death watch. This area may be sheltered in the
He was kept 23 hours in his cell every day, merely lit by a lamp. Because of which he was unable to sleep or know what the time was. He was only allowed to have one visitor once in six months and he was once not allowed to see his wife (Winnie) for two years. He was allowed to write and receive one letter every six months. The letters he received was screened by the guard, who would cut and remove the parts that were considered unsafe or effectively erasing.
10: Sentencing and Ch. 14: The Juvenile Justice System, located on the student website in preparation for your assignment: • Myth v. Reality: When does "Life in Prison" mean "Life in Prison"? • Issue 1: "Three Strikes" and other Mandatory Sentencing Guidelines • Issue 2: Alternative Sentencing • Myth v. Reality: Juvenile Boot Camps are an Effective way of Treating Offenders • Issue 1: "Net Widening" with Regards to Juveniles • Issue 2: Transfer of Juveniles to Criminal Court and Juveniles in Adult Correctional Facilities Complete the following ‘Simulation’ in CJi Interactive found in Ch. 10: Sentencing, located on the student website in preparation for your assignment: • Sentencing 09-24-12 0 Individual Rehabilitation Paper Write a 1,050- to 1,750-word paper in which you define and examine the origins of rehabilitation in prison, and the option of parole based on rehabilitation. Be sure to address the following in your
In the bigger cells, people were shackled to an iron bar in the middle of the floor. Prisoners were usually kept only 2-3 months.The prison had many strict rules. Prisoners could not do anything without the approval of the guard.They were forbidden to talk and got very little food or sleep. THe day began at 4:30 AM every
The visit lasted for fifteen minutes, but can be as long as two hours. During the visit we observed the conditions under which prisoners are kept, and can interview them about how they have been treated. As lay visitors we don’t have access to the interrogation room, but there is a area from where we can observe the interrogation. Lay visitors provide independent oversight of the treatment of the most