The demographic group most affected by the war on drugs and the incarceration boom are the juveniles. Youth who turn to drugs and alcohol abuse are faced with harsh reality at YSI Facilities, another branch of the private prison industry. Rather than being charged with fines appropriate to their offenses and being sent to rehabilitation or other forms of drug treatment, non-violent offenders are locked away with long, harsh sentences. This profit-driven war on drugs and other substance abuse ruins the lives of the inmates, turning them into harder criminals by exposing them to such environments. According to a project run by The Huffington Post, 40% of juvenile offenders sent to private prisons on account of drug related crimes are arrested and convicted of harsher crimes in less than a year from their release (Kirkham).
Ethical Treatment of Prisoners SOC 120: Introduction to Ethics & Social Responsibility The life of detainees somebody may never realize. There are the individuals who mind not to recognize what goes on behind that wired wall. We discover that some individuals that are sentenced unlawful acts that they didn't confer. Some individuals might rather turn their heads to what really happens in a jail institution; in light of the fact that they feel it is no concern of theirs. Blameless ladies and men face a fiasco in life when they discover their selves incarcerated in such facility as these.
Prisons are consistently overflowing with repeat offenders and minor criminals. In addition to repeat offenders and perpetrators of minor crimes clogging up the system, the cost of keeping a prisoner is astronomical compared to the author’s suggested form of punishment. However, I do see the need for prisons, or someplace comparable, to keep the most violent criminals out of society. I believe Moskos should have stated hard facts regarding the ineffectiveness of prisons and given pertinent details about the productive use of corporal punishment. I’m not sure there are any “appropriate” forms of punishment.
Reintroduction to society II. Conclusion: Recidivism in the United States has tremendously grown and the reason for its criminal or antisocial behavior is due to its treatment program, or detention program. As many of us find it hard to cope with the real world, inmates is struggling to live from day to day basic. Prison is supposed to reform inmates however due to the traumatic environment; the possibility of rehabilitations is not likely. However, the implementation of; Prison improvement program has made it possible for prison to preserve the basic human rights of inmates.
“Corruption has been a problem in prison contracting historically and it is a problem in other types of government contracting today. It is therefore quite reasonable to be concerned about the possibility of corruption in correctional privatization” (Logan, 1990,p. 211). Sometimes people can be tempted to keep some money for themselves when there is plenty of money around. There have been studies showing that employees and law enforcement have tried to get extra things like money, drugs and sex.
With no rehabilitative plan in place for these criminals they become more alienated, frustrated, socially and psychologically deprived; which will almost always result in more criminal and antisocial behaviors and a high rate of recidivism (Prison Structure & Management, 2013) Conclusion Correctional leaders and thinkers back in 1870 knew there was a need for reform in the US prison system. They concluded with their own principles of effective intervention that “the supreme arm of prison discipline is the reformation of criminals, not the infliction of vindictive suffering” (Cullen & Grendreau, 2000). This need hasn’t changed in our modern day version of law and justice, and it needs to continue to be the focal point in every judgment made about our prison systems in the United
It is a bad idea if they decide to increase bail amount. This because more people would have to wait in jail for a trial. Also, they would be violating some of the constitutionals rights, such as The Fifth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which provides that everyone is innocent until proven guilty. Everyone has the right to defend themselves, because anybody can punish you for something that you haven’t done. The legislation should not increase bail because The Eight Amendment of the U.S Constitution prohibits the excessive amount, excessive fines or cruel and unusual punishment.
Treatment Versus Incarceration Anthony Williams Ivy Tech Community College Treatment Versus Incarceration One of the most controversial points in America is the debate about Treatment versus Incarceration. We have sectors that seem to believe that you cannot treat and rehabilitate an offender. This sector, which is the Justice System of this country, simply states ‘build more prisons’. We have come to a time where there are so many prisons in some states that it is considered a vital source of income for that state. As we will soon learn, if we do not put some type of behavioral modification program in place we will continue to have the problems of prison overcrowding.
REHABILITATION VERSES INCARCERATION Rehabilitation should be viewed as more key than incarceration itself. People who are convicted of crimes should be allowed to heal and better themselves. Many of those people have serious addictions and issues that need to be addressed. In jail however, those issues will only worsen or fester. When the prisoner is released, they may be very angry about the lack of attention they recieved, and become a repeat offender.
Most prisoners do not expect to really have to do anything out of the ordinary schedule and see no reason why they should help the prison staff. Being forced to do tasks by intimidating a prisoner either by pain or restriction is not the best way to operate a prison. Instead of a coercive type of power I would try rewarding prisoners that complied with me on a daily basis. Such rewards may be spending an extra hour out of their cell or allowing them to have extra educational or recreational time. Getting the prisoners to work with me and not making my job more complicated would be a major goal of mine if I was to be in this type of position.