Ethical Treatment of Prisoners: A Case Study

August 7, 1970, a young black male, Johnathan Jackson held Superior Court Judge, Harold Haley, a prosecutor, and three jury members hostage. He eventually shot and killed Judge Haley and the prosecutor. Coincidentally, the pistol Johnathan Jackson used to kill the judge and prosecutor were bought by Angela Davis a day before the shooting; therefore, Angela Davis was put on a 13 week trial for murder, kidnapping and conspiracy charges. In the end, Davis was found not guilty, yet still has to live with the

More than two million people in the united states are in jail. (Does the U.S.) The united states holds about 25 percent of the worlds prisoners. That has caused overcrowding and money issues within the united states. From 1920 to 2012 the prison population increased from 170,000 to 1.5 million prisoners. That causes prisoner reform that supporters and critics are disagreeing about. (Tough on crime) The topic of prisoner reform has been debated for years now; there will always be supporters and critics who continues to debate this topic.

A report dated on April two thousand and seventeen stated that more than one hundred gay men have been arrested since the beginning of two thousand and seventeen. By the end of July, a report indicated that a hundred thirty more are looking for help since the persecution targeting the LGBTQ+ in Chechnya. Ethos is used by interviewing two former prisoners and victims during their time at the secret concentration prison camps.

Sarven was the case that brought the scandals to an end it’s the case that put end to the extortion brutality and cruelty in the Arkansas prison system. After thorough investigation this case was brought against Sarsen and the board of corrections. Using the inmate interviews and testimonies from others the inmates had a solid case against the board of corrections there was no denying the evidence gathered. they had proved that not only where inmates being beaten but why they were beaten and to what extent. They proved not only that the inmates where mal nourished and over worked but kept unsanitary but they had proof of what the kitchen look like what they were being fed where they slept and just what jobs they did. They could no longer past these extraordinary measures off as insufficient funds and in adequate works. the Arkansas person system was corrupt and justice Was well over due. The inmates where protected under the eighth amendment which prohibits the government from using excessive fines, excessive bail or cruel and unusual punishment. The prison had to be brought up to slandered the prisons boards where required to make a writing report on how they would meet the constitutional violations found by the

November 20, seven of the accused appear on Judge William Callahan’s court. The youngest defendants, Eugene Williams and Roy Wright, were transferred to a juvenile court. On October 1, 1934, Police in Nashville arrest two lawyers whom allegedly intended to blackmail Price with $1,500 to change her statement. January 23, 1936, Haywood Patterson is declared guilty and is sentenced to 75 years in prison. On January 24, 1936, while he was being taken back to Birmingham Prison, Ozie Powell stabbed one of the officers who accompanied him, Deputy Edgar Blalock, in the throat. The other officer who was in the car, Jay Sandlin, shot Powell in the head. Powell and Blalock survived the event. Throughout the dates of July 12th through the 16th of 1937, Clarence Norris’ third trial ended in a death sentence while through July 20th through the 21st, Andy Wright’s trial ended on conviction and he ended up with 99 years in prison. In August of 1952, Hayward Patterson died of cancer and in August of 1959, Roy Wright died. In the year of 1937 throughout the dates of July 20-21, Andy Wright’s trials ended in conviction and he was sentenced 99 years in prison. The same year

At any given time, a single corrections officer, can expect to be outnumbered by upwards of 400 inmates (Conover, 2011). It can be chilling to work in the midst of hundreds of inmates, some of which initiate attacks and inappropriate relationships. However, other issues have impacted the psychological health and physical safety of the staff. Detrimental factors have included heavy workloads, the prisons physical structure, and a lack of support from both peers and superiors. Each workplace issue has been in addition to role problems, specifically role ambiguity and role conflict (Schaufeli & Peeters, 2011). It is believed that anyone of these undesirable facets of prison should be enough to deter the public from attempting to enter such

In Rachel Buchan's article titled "Who killed Kalief Browder", she grabs the attention of the readers by the opening paragraph describing the date and cause of death of Kalief Browder. He was a 16-year-old, African American male, who was wrongfully accused of stealing a backpack while on his way home from a party. He was taken to one of the nations cruelest Penitentiary for three years.There he was mentally and physically abused- then placed in solitary confinement so he can reflect on his actions. After he served for three years, when he was released he wasn't the same anymore. He was struggling with mental issues that he decisded to take his life anf hang homself .

The ethical treatment of prisoners is a surprisingly contentious topic, considering how much is known about the conditions and contexts in which human beings function optimally, both physically and mentally. However, ethical discussions frequently have very little to do with what best allows human beings to thrive and function, but instead concern themselves with formulating rules and standards of acceptable behavior, usually out of the mistaken belief that these rules or standards represent some kind of objective, universal ethics. A problem arises when dealing with prisoners, because in many people's minds, the crime or offense of which a prisoner is accused warrants the denial of a certain subset of their rights, but there is not universal acceptance of which rights may be denied and to what extent, due to a disconnect between different modes of ethical thought. Believing in objective, universal ethical standards actually means that anything is justifiable; because these imagined objective standards do not actually exist, people are free to imagine them however they see fit. More utilitarian ethics rooted in conceptions of the social contract are far more useful for determining social policy, because they do not purport to represent objective ethical standards; rather, they acknowledge that ethics and morality are socially constructed, and as such they seek to rationally determine the best practices for achieving any particular goal. By examining two especially

Charles was arrested in Amarillo Texas on March 1991; the trials began on December 2, 1991. During his trial there were many difficulties gathering evidence to prove that was Charles. Finally, the court ruled him guilty on December 18, 1991. The court had decided that Charles would spend life in prison (“Eyeball Killer” n.d.).

In lincoln County he led a shootout in the streets lasting 5 days. He killed a famous man back then named John Tunstall, and he was a famous horse thiever. After all the battle’s the newest sheriff elected Pat Garrett a man who knew Henry McCarty personally to kill him. The sheriff wrote a letter to the marshall sentencing him to

How true is Christie’s warning that an increasingly privatized penal service threatens the ethics and effectiveness of the criminal justice system?

Gresham M. Sykes describes the society of captives from the inmates’ point of view. Sykes acknowledges the fact that his observations are generalizations but he feels that most inmates can agree on feelings of deprivation and frustration. As he sketches the development of physical punishment towards psychological punishment, Sykes follows that both have an enormous effect on the inmate and do not differ greatly in their cruelty.

Finally, American prisons have such high stress levels to a point where inmates are receiving stress related illnesses. America placed number fifty four in the top stressed countries in the world. While Norway placed number seventy four in the most stressed countries.

The ethical theory of utilitarianism and the perspective on relativism, of prison labor along with the relativism on criminal behavior of individuals incarcerated are two issues that need to be addressed. Does the utilitarianism of prisoner’s right laws actually protect them? Or are the unethical actions of the international and states right laws exploiting the prison labor? Unethical procedures that impact incarcerated individuals and correctional staff, the relativism of respect as people and not just prisoner’s; the safety of all inmates and correctional staff, are all issues worth continuous reflection.

Our society tends to jump to conclusions and make assumptions of prisoners. Despite what they have committed and how severe it may be they are still human. We look at them as if they are inhumane because they are in prison. They still deserve some of the rights that they had before being convicted. I’m not saying that I am okay with the crimes they have committed but I am okay with them having a little more of their basic rights.