How Do Prison Standards Have An Impact On Radicalisation

In the sharp contrast, the European system of treating the deviants is vastly different in the beliefs and methods. In Netherlands, Denmark and Sweden, (Doleschal, 1977) they believe that the treatment is better than the prison or death. For example, the Netherlands has “ 18 persons per 100,000 population, 1/12 of the U.S. rate of 215 per 100,000”(Doleschal, p.52) which is amazing if it did happen in America. The reason for abolishing prisons’ conditions is that the environment of the isolation and deprivation did harm than good to the prisoners and created the cycles of violence. In Denmark and Sweden, Doleschal illustrated the humane conditions that Europe preferred in the prisons,

The prison system in England and Wales could reasonably be described as being in crisis. Discuss.

The refugee crisis has been a contentious issue for the past decade as the amount of people seeking refuge in foreign countries is rising exponentially, with many countries turning to off shore detention as a way to deal with this issue (Coffey, Kaplan, Sampson & Tucci, 2010; Crock, Saul & Dastyari; Ljungholm, 2014). As a result of this influx the demand for human rights lawyers has increased, because the indefinite nature of the detention it is seen to be a breach of human rights (Saul, 2012; Evenhuis, 2013; Ljungholm, 2014). It is evident from the literature that long term indefinite detention of children and young adults has a significant adverse effect on their mental health, both long and short term. The two major themes that this literature

Prison’s were established a long time ago to try to put an end to the rapidly increasing crime rate, however over time we are seeing the effectiveness of the most prisons decreasing. As a result of this epidemic, prisons have a higher recidivism rate and over 40 percents are currently operating over maximum capacity (Holder.) Through different types of research, we are finding out that our prison systems are no longer effective and there is a serious need for improvement. The United States has only 5 percent of the world’s population, yet we incarcerate almost ¼ of the worlds prisoners (Holder.)

Within this paper I will be explain the what the term “prisoner rights” mean and which rights are allowed and denied for prisoners. I will also be giving a brief history on and explaining how prisoner rights have changed from the early days till today. I will also try to give my own views on if those changes have been beneficial for the prisoners and how their rights may develop in the future.

According to the prisons inspectorate, the ‘health’ of a prison should be measured according to safety, respect, purposeful activity and resettlement (HMCIP, 2013). Choose one of these factors, and using academic research to support your argument, discuss to what extent this represents a critical element of imprisonment in contemporary society.

This paper will explain what some states are doing about prison gangs to prevent them from increasing. The number one reason why staff say that they don't like prison is not due to the contraband or violence. “Prison gangs create the idea in other prisoners head that the prison staff is not in full control (Jane wood, Emma Alleyne, Katarina Mozova, Mark james,page 1).” A prison gang is described, “as a cohesive group of prisoners with a leader, whose criminal activities negatively impact the institution” (Jane wood, Emma Alleyne, Katarina Mozova, Mark james,page 2).

American Civil Liberties Union an organization for protection of liberties of the common American said “Overcrowding, violence, sexual abuse, and other conditions pose grave risks to prisoner health and safety. Mistreatment of prisoners based on race, sex, gender identity, or disability remains far too common” (“Prisoners’ Rights”). Since the population of prisoners are hidden such injustice is not commonly reported on. THe denial of prisoner rights in no more clearer than in the case of solitary confinement. Keri Blakinger writer for Vice and author of “How Solitary Confinement Affected Me Five Years After My Release” said in her article “‘It's a little like PTSD,’ Kupers said. ‘A lot of people go to war and have traumatic experiences, but only some develop the symptoms of PTSD’. ‘I would say maybe a quarter of the people have full-blown isolation panic,’ he continued, referencing a term coined by his colleague, Hans Toch, to describe immediate, intense reactions to solitary” (Blakinger). With such intense responses and PTSD like symptoms cruel and unusual punishment like this should be banned. Prison’s ultimate goal is to reform prisoners and allow them to lead happy healthy lives outside of prison and harsh punishment like this does not help that

In 2014, the United States incarcerated 449,000 newly convicted offenders while releasing 636,300 inmates (Carson, 2015). Upon release, offenders were expected to be able to function back in society under parole supervision. This is not the case for many offenders. As they are released from prison, they lack the necessary skills, education, opportunities and support system to successfully reintegrate back into society (Petersilia, 2000; Travis & Visher, 2003). In 2005, research showed that 67.8% of released prisoners were arrested for a new crime within 3 years, and 76.6% were arrested within 5 years (Cooper 2014). The high percentage of recidivism is overpopulating correctional facilities while producing a cycling effect for offenders. To attack the issue of recidivism this paper will address the following question: How does lack of support system and resulting poverty influence prisoner re-entry? What are some programs or policies we can incorporate to reduce recidivism?

However, there is not a high possibility one will be able to make sure all components of the research have been presented; every single individual in every prison on all 7 continents have not and could not be accounted for. From the studies research, what was most commonly found is that studies taken from european and scandinavian countries, with somewhat “different” systems in comparison to the United States show their citizens are less likely to recidivate given their circumstances of

The population at the prison is growing dramatically in the US. In 2013 the population in at the US State and Federal prisons were nearly 1.6 million inmates. Many inmates are serving long sentence at these facilities, and many of them are not immune to violence. In fact, most prisoners are still committing crimes within the walls of the correctional. There’s many factor contributing causes for violence, either between prisoners or between inmates and prison staff.

With the population of the United States prisons growing every day we need to evaluate if they are doing any good. Personally, I believe that we need to keep our prison system, but we need to take steps in reforming them rather than abolish them altogether. The United States has the highest number of incarcerated people than any other country in the world. We must sit down and look at other countries and see what they are doing different than the United States. In this paper, we will first look at what the prison system in America is like and what we can do to improve upon our prison system. Then, we will also look at the Finland prison systems and see if we can learn anything from them, since they have one of the lowest incarceration and crime rate in the world. We will then look at reforming our prison system or abolishing it. Finally, we will investigate other punishment alternatives other than the prison system that we could use.

The focus of this research is strictly based on the amounts of violence our prison systems in the United States have on a regular basis. This research is designed to look at all aspects of violence in the prison system and if it is being controlled properly. The amount of physical, emotional, and psychological damages that occurs in many of the victims of this prison violence plays a major roll in creating a heavily, violent prison environment. Other key factors that leads towards violence includes gender, security level, and community outreach. This issue is important because there are over two million people incarcerated in these violent prisons. Each day more and more people are sent to these prisons. Since so many people are continuously

A culture of injustice combined with racism and religious discrimination has left the prisoner’s rights forsaken. As these matters get more serious, prisoners are having their rights taken away from them. Even the most corrupted inmates have the right to be free from discrimination while imprisoned. Held in conditions that threaten their health and safety, these inmates’ rights are being violated without people’s knowledge. With so many of the world’s population being behind bars, it is essential that they should not denied from their basic human rights. As known, being a convicted prisoner inherently means that one may lose certain constitutional freedoms, however prison officials cannot easily restrict anything they want.

Radicalization process in prisons in not a new phenomenon. Prisons have served as a school for criminals throughout history. The education the inmates receive in these institutions can be either positive and allow them to progress once they are out, or very negative and lead to radicalize inmates with extreme ideologies. It is crucial to understand the definition of radicalization, which is a process by which an individual or a group comes to adopt increasingly extreme political, social, or religious ideals and aspirations that reject or undermine the status quo or reject and/or undermine contemporary ideas and expressions of freedom of choice. Throughout history prisons have bred racial ideologies that spread not only in prison but throughout