In some of these inmates crime and deviance is all they know. The strain they have put or have been put in for most is hard to come out of. Some inmates have been there more than 20 years and have no hope of ever getting out. The gang activity is so great at this facility that the inmates have managed to control the gangs still on the streets from prison. Can or will this stop is the question criminologist have to find the answers
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).
A recent report states: ‘Homelessness in the UK is a crisis that is destroying the lives of people, especially young people.’ Write an article for your school or college newspaper persuading young people to support charities which help the homeless. There are over 2,300 people who sleep rough on England’s streets on any given night. There are charities which help the homeless, such as Crisis, St Mungo’s and Sleep Link. These charities are funded people and organisations nationwide, such as Help The Homeless. They help some of the UK's most disadvantaged people.
Returning to society after years in prison is a rude awakening, what everyday tasks and events you and I see as part of everyday life the parolee sees as giant obstacles to overcome. In these times of despair parolees often return to their old criminal ways and peers to feel some sense of comfort but end up right back in prison doing so. Furthermore, parolees are having a very difficult time acquiring jobs. Most parolees come out of prison with no useful skills or vocational training. Therefore the only jobs suited for
In the United States, there are million of women and men being convicted of crimes and sent to prison. The prison system is thought to be a place for rehabilitation, for convicted felons to change their life from being a menace to society to begin a positive contributor. However, for many years prisons have not been able to meet their goal due to unlawful treatment of prisoners and corrupt authoritative figures in the prison system. Many prisoner do not get the protection the law provides. In the Rita Hayworth and Shaw shank Redemption written by Stephen King, the prison system and it’s corruption is presented in support of these accusations.
When the mental health facilities were shut down, police and prisons are left to deal with the mantally ill patients. As these patients were released from the hospitals, due to their lack of mental health, many would become homeless and eventually cycle into the prison systems. Once in the prisons, these mentally ill individuals are offered much less care than what many of them need in treating their different types of disorders. Group therapy in such prisons is very informal and conducted in an uptight environment. In these sessions the inmates are kept in chains and separated by jail cells in an open room, as opposed to a patient friendly atmosphere the psychiatric hospitals are able to provide.
I personally believe that American prisons can be quite harsh when it comes down to how the prisoners are treated. A lot of factors come in to play when you look at the conditions of our prison systems. Such factors are population, cleanliness, the rules of the prison, and most importantly the severity of the punishments. The first thing I am going to discuss is the population. Ever since the populations of prisons have gradually increased over 2 million inmates, many prisons are becoming overcrowded.
Criminal Justice April 4, 2011 Term Paper For many years, abuse in prisons has been a serious issue and over the years, the abuse has only gotten worse. We see on the news of this happening in other countries but many Americans do not realize this is happening in our country as well, right under our noses. Some of the most unimaginable things take place in prisons not too far from where we live. Everyday, inmates undergo a variance of different forms of abuse. According to www.hrw.org, some forms of abuse are being beaten with fists and batons, stomped on, kicked, shot, stunned with electronic devices, doused with chemical sprays, choked, and slammed face first onto concrete floors by the officers whose job it is to guard them.
Donna King (Smart Justice) described her experience in jail as “Each prison sentence I went through, my crimes got bigger. I started to learn new things about crime.” While the criminal is in prison they cannot commit crimes, however, when released a large number (44% of Victorian prisoners) reoffend, are caught, and jailed again. Society needs to accept that for the vast majority of criminals, there is no magic wand that can be waved to make them see the error of their ways and lead a crime-free life. They are unable - and do not want - to hold down a regular job; they see crime as a way of life, a source of
Jason Lockhart November 4, 2011 University Of Georgia Composition I-45 “My Experience In Jail” Last year around summertime was one of my biggest life changes; I was arrested and took to the downtown police station for questioning. I was under the influence at the time I was arrested and while being questioned I could see that the detectives had a mean face expression but, when I turned to look at my mother and sister’s face through the glass across the room it hurted me even more because, I could see that they were in so much pain and sadness because of the situation I had gotten myself into. The only thing that was on mind at the time was coming back home to my family but, things didn’t turned out that way at all. I refuse to cooperate with the detectives because, I wanted my lawyers present because, I know I was innocent of all charges so the detectives called for a jailer to come and escort me to a holding cell and they place me in handcuffs which was tight and cold to my wrist and flesh. The holding cell was so boring, cozy, very well lit and the bed was very uncomfortable from the one I was use to laying in at my house, which made it hard for me to go to sleep.