Should one person have the ability to decide whether another lives or dies? What punishment is sufficient enough to fit the crime committed? This decision is not one to be taken lightly. How can one take another`s life and not give their own? It is my belief, as a member of society, only one punishment can fit this sort of crime, the death penalty. The question to be answered, is should we rehabilitate, remove from society, punish, or even sentence to death. If one is incarcerated for a life term, can rehabilitation occur? According to Webster`s dictionary, “rehabilitation is to teach (a criminal in prison) to live a normal and productive life.” Imagine being locked in solitude with only four walls to look at. Years and years …show more content…
There are correction officers that handle these dangerous inmates on a daily basis, putting their lives on the line to keep violent offenders under control. According to corrections.com, “thirty-three percent of all assaults in prisons and jails are committed by inmates against staff. Correctional Officers have the second highest mortality rate of any occupation, and on average are assaulted at least twice in a 20 year career.” Sentencing a person to death is the ultimate punishment. The death sentence has been criticized for a long time about being inhumane and costly. The truth of the matter is uncertain, but in this case is cost really an issue? If a person kills someone, is that inhumane; and at what cost to the loved ones? There isn`t a monetary value that could be put on a family, even the suspect, that has been convicted would probably say the same. If a person is convicted beyond a reasonable doubt, the death penalty is the answer. In conclusion, can we believe that the person has been rehabilitated to the point where they can be a productive member of society? Or should the criminal be locked away for life without the possibility of parole, where the innocent corrections officer may get one of his two assaults during his career. Imagine being put in the position where someone has inflicted that sort of non-repairable pain. There is only one answer to the question of what fits the crime, which is the death
At some point in my lifetime, I had learned that in prison, the correctional officers are naturally very tough, to the point of abuse on the inmates. I assume this was learned from watching “The Green Mile” years ago, where violence between guards and inmates make up a portion of the plot. Conover’s
I agree that rehabilitation should be the primary goal in sentencing. Rehabilitation teaches a criminal how to interact with the community after being away for a set amount of time. Days in prison and jail can hinder the positive thoughts in one’s mind. Anger and depression can build up, and make the criminals want to act out again. The rehabilitation process can even mend burnt bridges with family and friends.
More specifically, the focus was on the patters, as well as characteristics staff and inmates involved (Sorensen et al., 2011). The research consisted of 79 coded incident reports, involving Texas corrections staff, who had been seriously assaulted, over a 14 month period (Sorensen et al., 2011). It was determined that serious assaults were reasonably infrequent, yet the characteristics and indicators of what led to attacks were delivered (Sorensen et al., 2011). Both of these articles aid in the process of indulging into the hardships that corrections officers have dealt with. The physical conditions and assaults are two of the undesirable aspects that are undeniably attached to such a career, as the next section will exemplify.
Those criminals need to be corrected and helped, and then brought back into their societies and Imprisonment is thus not meant to be an avenue for inhumane treatment for members of the community who err in their behavior.
In conclusion, after much debate, the punishment should fit the crime. We as a society have deliberated on the emotional aspect, of both sides and the funding for keeping these criminals alive with no chance of parole. There will always be a new standpoint or opinion on the matter. But, we must always try to make the right decision
What if someone broke into your house and stole everything of value and sold it so they could buy their next dose of heroin? Would you rather see them spend the next ten to fifteen years in prison? Or would you prefer the crime never happened because they got the rehabilitation they needed so they never robbed you for drug money? The United States correctional system uses both punishment and rehabilitation when dealing with offenders. There are many ways that the justice system handles these punishments such as incarceration, probation, and sometimes death. However, punishment does not seem to work. It seems that the only way to effectively handle criminals successfully is with rehabilitation.
A Corrections Officer has many duties to consider as they manage the activities of inmates. They are charged with the responsibilities of conducting head counts, monitoring recreational activities, and supervising their work assignments while maintaining a safe environment ensuring the welfare of those who are incarcerated in the correctional facility and employed there, as well as protect the safety of the public communities. They are investigators trained to search for illegal or prohibited goods smuggled into the institution, respond to riots, transport inmates and write reports. Although the job of an officer is challenging still the manner in which they ought to interact with the inmates should exemplify a standard of discipline that displays ethical professionalism, and respect at all times.
Why is the death penalty used as a means of punishment for crime? Is this just a way to solve the nations growing problem of overcrowded prisons, or is justice really being served? Why do some view the taking of a life morally correct? These questions are discussed and debated upon in every state and national legislature throughout the country. Advantages and disadvantages for the death penalty exist, and many members of the United States, and individual State governments, have differing opinions. Yet it seems that the stronger arguments, and evidence such as cost effectiveness, should lead the common citizen to the opposition of Capital Punishment.
The Death Penalty Discussion In today’s world terrible crimes are being committed daily. Many people believe that these criminals deserve one fate; death. Death penalty is the maximum sentence used in punishing people who kill another human being and is a very controversial method of punishment. Capital punishment is a legal infliction of death penalty and since ancient times it has bee used to punish a large variety of offences.
Now, in order to truly look at the topic at hand, I feel that it is necessary to examine a few different viewpoints when it comes to this ethical issue. These viewpoints are called deontological, and utilitarianism. Each approach provides a unique look in the idea of capital punishment and will help to look at the consequences at the present time, as well as in the future. The question of whether it is ethically acceptable to take the life of someone is at the heart
Correctional facilities have four major purposes. These purposes are retribution, incapacitation, deterrence and rehabilitation. But the big question I have for you today is: will a person who spent 20 30 40 or more years in prison ever be rehabilitated? Prison life comes with his own “laws” if we want to call them so and an individual has to quickly adapt to what happens around him. The transition that a long-time prisoner has to overcome from the prison life to the so called “everyday life” can be rough in fact adjusting to freedom and to the demands and expectations of other people can be difficult. Problems like Family Breakdown, Self-Acceptance, Difficulty Finding Employment and adapting to new technologies and habits all at once can really
Prisons not only rehabilitate, but they also deter people from going to prison. The fear of going to prison is a great deterrence for a perspective criminal. Hard life styles along with loss of freedom tend to push the criminal away from the chance of being incarcerated. Numbers show that there are fewer rapes, and fewer murders, each year, all an obvious product of prison deterrence. After all, if a person has a friend who just got out of jail, and hears all of the war stories, that person would surely not want to go to prison and end up like his friend. By making life in prison hard, the prison is doing a great job in getting the word out. Prison is no joke! They are doing their job in deterring criminals from wanting to enter the gates of hell.
As much as I would like to agree with harsh punishment, these inmates will land a spot back into our communities once their sentence is up. Knowing that these criminals are reentering our communities with a more rage and violence, because of the psychological damage, is terrifying for our communities. Reducing violence should be the primary goal of our prison system. Our personal justice should not be so wrapped around our current victims that we choose to ignore the victims that we create in the future. Sending someone to prison will never undo the crime that has been previously committed. Instead of creating some subconscious feeling that justice will be served behind bars we should take precedence over preventing a much bigger epidemic within our
Death penalty is an ancient punishment since time immemorial. It has been used as a way of resolving blood feds and it is more of a thing of the past. The modern contemporary society must adapt a more human procedure to punish those accused of doing wrong. However, it is important to note that there are a minimum number of offenses that an
Capital Punishment or commonly called as Death Penalty is used in several countries today and in comes from ancient times which was used to penalize many grave offenses. On religious sentiments one considers then Bible advocates for death punishment to those who do unjust with other individuals. However death penalty has caught eye of many human activists and government organizations and has called for a long time debate whether death penalty is ethical or not and has made it one of the most debated issues. More than sixty percent countries in the world have provision of death punishment. However, question of killing someone probably innocent still arises also life and death are in hands of god