The original role for prisons was just to hold criminals and no regard was given for an inmate’s well-being. These prisons were often overcrowded and dirty (2011). The welfare of the inmates did not seem to matter. As Roth states in the text “Contrary to existing penal protocol, Rush envisioned a prison system in which convicts were housed in a large building equipped with single cells to segregate the more dangerous and disruptive prisoners. All others were lodged in apartments” (2011, p. 89).
Between the years 1934 and 1963 one of the most infamous prisons in history was operated. Alcatraz Island Federal Penitentiary earned a reputation for being one of the most feared prisons in the world. Its maximum-security “escape-proof” environment was built to house the most villainous criminals of its time. For 29 years, under four wardens, Alcatraz Penitentiary succeeded as being a place of isolation and reformation for a total of 1,567 inmates. During the 1930’s a crime wave crashed through American towns and cities.
Licking County Jail I felt educated about the Licking County Jail’s housing for dangerous inmates; their quarters are humane and civil. In advisory segregation, also known as “ad seg,”which consists of four housing units, the officers sit in a small room with mirrored glass completely surrounding them to observe the inmates. The officers do not carry mace or weaponry around with them, nor do they handcuff the inmates every time they are led out of their quarters. One of the four units in ad seg is known as the disciplinary block, or D block, these inmates are known for their behavioral issues. Inmates in D block are only allowed out of their cells for one hour and fifteen minutes a day this is considered their recess or rec time
They were completely convinced that they were actually being arrested. Researchers set up a mock prison in the basement of the Stanford University psychology building, and they chose 24 of the 70 students that had responded to the newspaper advertisement. Those 24 were chosen because they did not have a criminal background, psychological problems, or special medical conditions. Ex-convicts and prison employees helped to replicate the prison environment to make it as accurate as possible. Laboratories were turned into cells by removing the doors, and a closet was turned into solitary confinement.
Facts; The prison in North Carolina only had one library for the inmates to you. That library was inadequate and there was no assistance given to the prisoners in the department of corrections. The prisoners needed the proper facilities in order to prepare their cases and request appearances before the judge. Issue(s); Is it the state's responsibility to provide law libraries and/or legal assistance to prisoners to prepare their cases? Is this a Federal Constitutional issue and/or a state issue?
Lookout Mountain Youth Service Center is a state prison located in Golden, Colorado. It is a low security prison that houses juvenile inmates, up to age 21. This institution is for the highest risk and highest needs kids. The max capacity of the prison is 160 inmates, with the average age being 18. 85% of the juveniles are on some type of medication, and many struggle from mental issues.
Social Structure Theory "Pelican Bay Prison" Social Structure Theory "Pelican Bay Prison" Pelican Bay Prison Video Background Pelican Bay Prison houses the most violent gang members in northern California. The facility was built in 1989 to control gang activity but has proven to be gang leaders “command center.” The prison is split up into two facilities. On one side is the security housing unit for gang leaders where they usually in individual cell for 22 hours a day with only one and half hours for showers and recreation. The second facility is called the “mainland.” The mainland houses about 2000 prisoners where they only are together in the recreation yard. The prisoners are controlling outside illegal drug trades, gang activities,
He also mentioned that a large majority of juveniles were sentence to life in prison without parole and that they not even killed no one but were part of a crime. After a voting against the law he couldn’t accumulated enough supporters. Then after the extremely modest nature of Yee’s bill, this flip flopping is baffling. The law didn’t change regarding juveniles sentence to life, but what the law change was that every youth who were convicted could ask the judge to reexamine their cases after 15 years in prison. It doesn’t mean that after they will go free what it means is that the
correctional system is the most robust in the world—housing nearly 25% of the world’s prisoners within its walls. This system is, however, by no means a perfect system. With a system of this magnitude, there is bound to be problems. The U.S. must get a grasp on these problems and get back to the original function of prisons: retribution, incapacitation, deterrence and rehabilitation. Only then can we celebrate the successes of our correctional system.
Society today looks at prisoners as people who have committed crimes against society itself and even though that is the case, where in there does it say that once a person becomes incarcerated that they are no longer considered an American citizen. Being an American citizen grants every person to have rights under the Constitution. From the beginning forefathers never stated that once a person commits a crime that they are no longer an American citizen, nor did they state that once incarcerated their rights were no longer theirs. While the idea is to protect those who work in prisons and those who are incarcerated from any kind of violence, prisoners still have very little basic rights. “Hostility breeds violence, and violence breeds fear” (Hallian, 2005, p.10) When prisons take away basic human rights, they begin to see chaos and violence and where in that is it making prisoners better or rehabilitated.