He is very experienced in criminal law and is against mandatory sentencing. This journal presents information that the mandatory sentencing policy in the U.S. is a failure. It argues that Legislators thought that they could “get tough on crime,” especially drug crime. I feel this source gives educated reasons as to why drug policy needs to be changed. It also backs up my other sources with the same research results; by removing the sentencing discretion of judges, and replacing it with mandatory jail sentences, we are sending more offenders to prison instead of programs designed to rehabilitate.
Sullivan will most likely be able to establish that his employer, Lonestar Bank, is liable for false imprisonment. In the state of Texas, to establish a claim for false imprisonment, the plaintiff must prove that (i.) the defendant willfully detained the plaintiff; (ii.) that the defendant detained the plaintiff without lawful authority; and (iii.) that the defendant detained the plaintiff without his consent.
Criminals who breach their early-release conditions, by failing to keep an appointment or committing another offence, can be recalled to jail. Enver Solomon, the author of the report, said: “The untold story of the record prison population is the large number of offenders who do not pose a threat to the public but are being dragged back to overcrowded, overstretched jails at great expense to the taxpayer.” His report calls on the Government to relax the national guidelines on when a prisoner should be “breached” for breaking licence conditions and make them less punitive. Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, accused the Home Office of setting up ex-prisoners to fail. She said: “Arrangements designed to be tough and fair
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).
Jail is not effective in changing the values of youth offenders or aiding the youth; it never has been and never will be. Addressing this, the Youth Criminal Justice Act (YCJA) was implemented in 2003 to keep more youth out of jail, following reports that Canada had the highest rate of youth incarceration in the western world. The act instead aims to rehabilitate and reintegrate youth who break the law, through various extrajudicial measures. Since the YCJA, incarceration rates of youth have gone down by 60%; however, the overall effectiveness of the YCJA is currently being debated. The YCJA should not be amended by Bill C-10, to be tougher on youth offenders because jail doesn’t work, to incarcerate youth because it is costly, and because the YCJA’s founding principles would deteriorate if Bill C-10 were to be passed.
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.
There is much faulty science behind claims that men are biologically inclined to rape. “Telling us that it [rape] is natural tells us nothing except that it is found in nature” (Alcock 101). Rape is the act of sexual abuse that happens when a female refuses sexual intercourse with a male and he forces it upon her. Anyone can be raped at anytime. If a man has respect for women he is less likely to rape.
Not only are these crimes becoming violent and involving money, guns, and sex, but also murder. Financing these activities exceed national levels of debt; Worldometers real time world statistics reports that $329,576,150,900 and counting have been spent on illegal drugs this year (Worldometers Statistics, 2012) The amplitude of this problem has become out of reach for our neighbors, state and local drug agencies, Federal Drug Enforcement, national and transnational Security this problem has to be regulated, enforced
Never the less, capital punishment does come with restrictions. In 2004, the Resolution Supporting Worldwide Moratorium on Executions was once again passed by the United Nations (Amnesty International). This proclaims restrictions on internal executions. The restrictions include; the limitation of the number of offenses for which it can be imposed, as well as not imposing it on juvenile offenders. Even with the restrictions, the issue is still torn with pros and cons.
Hepatitis in the Prison Systems The Silent Killer By Heather Davenport December 6, 2012 The most dangerous thing coming out of the prison these days may be something most convicts don’t even know they have Hepatitis. Adults in correctional facilities are at risk for hepatitis B virus (HBV) infection through sex with HBV-infected persons, injection drug use, and sharing of close living quarters with other inmates infected with HBV. A high percentage of prison inmates have Hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommends Hepatitis B vaccinations for adults in the prison setting because of the increased risk for infection, both inside and outside of prison. The majority of HBV infections among