This is a speech that i had to do for English Recently in the news and the media there has been a big debate over the execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran. I believe that Andrew and Myuran should have been sentence to life in prison because they have made a drug rehabilitation centre in the prison that has turned a lot of people around, and towards a new life. Some people believe that Andrew and Myuran should have been given a second chance because of all the good they did in prison, while others believe that it was the right thing to do because they knew about the death plenty in Bali. One of the questions on every one’s mind is why were they executed after all they have done in the prison. Too many people have hurt by this, not only Andrews and Myurans family and friend but our whole world.
173 Reflective Journal. Week 1: Aims of the criminal Justice system This week was essentially an introductory topic and provided me with a basic understanding of the aims and operations of the criminal justice system. I learned that there is a number of different steps within the criminal justice system and the involvement of all the parties involved such as police, judge and jury and the defence. According to John Champion the main purpose of the criminal justice system is to process and prosecute individuals who commit crimes against society and to deal out suitable punishments for these individuals. This is a pivotal part in terms of maintain the functioning of society and to ensure that people don’t go around breaking laws wherever and whenever they want.
Amendment five in the Bill of Rights was set in place in order to protect citizens from misconduct on the part of the government and its courts. It allows us to live freely and not be “deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law.”(Amendment 5, Bill of Rights) To many, this is an amendment that preserves their rights, yet citizens are not to decide what the “due process” part of law really is. Dershowitz states in his piece, “The current U.S. Supreme Court interpretation of the 5th Amendment privilege against self-incrimination: Any interrogation technique, including the use of truth serum or even torture, is not prohibited.” (Elements, 85) By bringing in this interpretation of the fifth amendment by the Supreme Court, Dershowitz brings fear into his audience by showing them that what they believe is the definition might not be the government’s definition. The audience is shown a contradiction of their beliefs in the beginning of the article making it easier for Dershowitz to persuade them to side with
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.
Punishment in the United States Corrections System The United States Corrections system has been responsible for the handling of all offenders of society since the formation of this nation. For the early times the methods of punishment were very harsh and cruel. The conditions of imprisonment were unimaginable and were often referred to as inhumane. Throughout history our corrections system as well as government has evolved into what many would call a more proficient justice system. This report will help describe many steps of this evolution as well as many of the missteps that have occurred.
That experience gave me a whole new aspect of the people behind the law. There are many ethical issues/problems in the prison system that needs to be evaluated (in my opinion). Ethical Issues/Problems #1 (Officers against Inmates) Inmates are placed with different levels of crimes. For example: Inmate Jones is doing time for murder in the 1st degree (Level-High Classified) and Inmate Smith is doing time for robbery in the 2nd degree (Level-Medium Classified). These two inmates along
Over the course this study we will break down the different effects and try to figure out why our nation has increased prison inmates fourfold. One of the main phrases that is commonly used for the association of reintegration back into the free world is recidivism. Recidivism is the behavior that occurs when an ex-prisoner breaks the law again. There are many other problems and effects that lead to this behavior, some of the issues that they may go through are finding employment, reintegration, psychological effects and the effects of being institutionalized. One of the problems the prisoners face coming out of prison is finding employment.
When you have a warden like Luther, willing to help inmates regardless of their criminal record or status, it gives hope that the prison can be called a correctional facility. If the system would have more people who are willing to help the inmates by providing them with available resources that will guide them to succeed, there should not be so many violations in the correctional institutions. On the other hand, when Warden Meko took over, he did not supply any resources or
The Rights Of Inmates Olanda Tyler Everest College Phoenix Introduction to Corrections CJC2000 Instructor: John Kuivila Saturday, March 1, 2014 The nature and extent of the privileges afforded to individuals kept in custody or confinement against their will because they have been convicted of performing an unlawful act. For most of U.S. history, the treatment of prisoners was left entirely to the discretion of prison administrators. In the late 1960s and early 1970s, the federal courts began to oversee state prison systems and develop a body of law dealing with prisoners' rights. During the 1980s, however, a more conservative Supreme Court limited prisoners' rights, and, in the 1990s, Congress enacted laws that severely restricted litigation and post-conviction appeals by prisoners. Two statutes enacted during the 104th Congress have had a significant effect on the federal court's treatment of prisoners who seek to bring claims against prison officials.
The ethical treatment of prisoners is topic that people agree and disagree. Their arguments are mainly based on their personal emotions, there are many individuals in prison all over the US, but the ethical treatment of the prisoners’ rights must be examined. As a community, have we done all we can regarding the treatment of prisoners? On the other hand, can we say we have made prison an easy lifestyle that is no longer punishment for some? Utilitarianism is the perception that those ethical guidelines should be options created by a community to advertise the pleasure of its members.