Prisons And Torture Methods

Following along with the ticking time bomb scenario or any other future terrorist attack, many opponents of torture like to argue, how do the investigators really know the person they have in custody is for sure the terrorist who knows where the location of the bomb is or any other information that is needed. What if that isn’t the right person and the one who is in custody is being tortured but is completely innocent. The way that technology is improving and advancing from day to day, the idea of being wrong is very rare (Torture). Before investigators and researchers take the time to arrest the terrorist and get them in custody, they do precise investigations to make sure they are right. They will not take into custody and torture the person

Kohlberg’s morality theory defines various levels and stages where a person’s morality can be tested on a scale. Reviewing the Stanford prison experiment and the Abu Ghraib prison was interesting. The guards in the Stanford prison experiment reacted differently than each other and showed different levels of morality. In the Abu Ghraib prison, the guards were put in a real life situation where the morals were tested. It was fascinating to see how the two different scenarios had similar behaviors.

In today's modern society prisons are seen as a dirty, old, and scary place where those who have committed crimes go to spend time depending on what crime they committed. The idea behind prisons is that no one will ever leave because of all the actions taken in order to avoid a prison break, but in actuality prisons are more easy to break out from than people think, due to the psychological aspect or how guards treat the inmates, food, and how big or small the prison may be.

Mohamed al-Kahtani was a prisoner at Guantanamo Bay who endured numerous disgusting and truly horrifying acts of torture. Being seduced by prostitutes and female officers, told to act like a dog and forced to crawl on his hands and feet while barking, and forced to urinate himself are just a few examples of the type of life prisoner’s at Guantanamo Bay are living. They are held in solitary confinement, while all day and night their lights in the rooms are kept on. Each day prisoner’s are tortured. Whether it is psychical or emotional torture, it is occurring all round the camp. Prisoner’s being tied down and forced to listen to extremely loud rock music for and extended period of time is one of the tactics used

Crime and punishment was much different in medieval times than it is now. In today’s ages you may get sent to jail or prison, or have to do community services. While back then you may be put on the Catherine Wheel, be Drawn Hanged And Quartered, or even be put in the Scavenger's Daughter device. There were many other ways of brutal, diverse ways to make a point

Chip Ellis is a coordinator for the National Memorial Institute for the prevention of Terrorism and he provides some very insightful information on how someone in prison becomes radicalized and loyal to a terrorist group (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). The type of inmates that are most susceptible to radicalization are those who feel they have little worth, require protection, and looking to identify with a group (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). Mr. Ellis states that these types of folks while in prison have little distractions and extremists take advantage of this by subjecting them to other radical inmates and preach anti-US rhetoric during their prayer time (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). Even the FBI states that al-Qaeda attempts to enlist these convicts estimated at a population of 9,600 (Schmalleger & Smykla, 2015). John Pistole, a FBI counterterrorism chief, said this: “These terrorists seek to exploit our freedom to exercise religion to their advantage by using radical forms of Islam to recruit operatives”. The question then, is how can we prevent terrorists from taking advantage of our religious freedom?

On March 19, 60 Minutes aired the interview of Holly Williams, a news correspondent with Mohamedou Slahi, an author and ex-prisoner at Guantanamo prison. He explained his personal “enhanced interrogation” program that was approved by then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld. Specifically he claimed that “he was interrogated for 70 straight days, almost around the clock.” Throughout the 70 days he experienced complete isolation in “the fridge”(small holding cell that is cold), two hours of sleep, and much more inhumane acts. As the interviewee said, “they broke me. I told the captain, that the boss of my team” even though that information was false. Slahi was merely protecting himself from any more cruel and unusual punishments. Although some people believe that Slahi’s book can be humorous, Slahi insists that the now illegal form of interrogation or torture is an invalid way to gain information. All things consider Slahi states, that torture works “giving false confessions” but doesn't work with “giving good intelligence.” In sum,

Beaten, broken, burned, bruised, tortured. Torture is defined as a “deliberate, systematic, or wanton infliction of physical and mental suffering by one or more persons acting alone or on the orders of an authority to force another person to yield information, make a confession, etc” (Torture). Throughout history, torture has been used for extreme punishment or unreasonably hateful oppression but more recently torture has been used to force the weaker willed into talking. Torture is an extraneous way to get any information or a needed confession from a suspect and it has very terrible effects on those who do the torturing and those who have suffered/are suffering through tortured. Even

Some may argue that consecutive 6-month solitary confinement sentences is allowable if the sentences are for separate charges or the inmate consistently poses a threat to the prison staff and other inmates. However, extensive solitary confinement often causes serious psychological harm to the inmates. Therefore, spending a full year in solitary confinement should be considered cruel and unusual.

As I watched this film I was just really surprised by the fact that in today’s society the reason for prison have taken a total different path than it should be. Today, prisons are now being seen as a way to make money instead of what they are made for, send a message that prevents people from committing crimes. As I watched this film I even started thinking that the government and the people that profit from prisons are actually glad anytime that crime rate increases. Before I watched this documentary, I agreed that people should be put away for committing related to drugs; but now, after realizing how unfair the system is, and how the system always finds the way to find blacks and hispanics guilty, I do not agree with such a discriminatory

According to the State of Rhode Island General Assembly (2016), in a statement you made on June 16, 2016, at the House Judiciary Committee meeting, this was confirmed. “The Department of Corrections has reported they do not track even basic information like how many people are in each disciplinary class of confinement, the lengths of their confinement, the offenses for which they received it, and how many people in confinement have a mental illness or disability.” RIDOC previously kept no data on solitary confinement of mentally ill

The United Nations has also taken a stance on solitary confinement. According to a United Nations special reporter with the U.N. Committee Against Torture, when solitary confinement is used as punishment, it is by definition a form of torture. It is recommended that all solitary confinement be banned, but the report especially stressed forbidding isolation for more than 15 days. Juan E. Méndez, a special reporter with the United Nations warns, “Considering the severe mental pain or suffering solitary confinement may cause, it can amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment when used as a punishment, during pre-trial detention, indefinitely or for a prolonged period, for persons with mental disabilities or juveniles” (UN News Centre). The government claims that no torture occurs on United States soil, but the United Nations says otherwise. If solitary confinement is a form of torture, it definitely should not be used in this country.

Offenders that have done their time and that are released back into society with the expectation to become productive members of society come face to face with struggles unknown to the average citizen. Discrimination, lack of education, insufficient housing, and no access to treatment programs are hardships they face everyday. Without the appropriate support structures in place, before and after their release, increases the probability of recidivism in the offender. Statistics show that more than one third of offenders released back into society will be incarcerated again within a year of the release date. To decrease the probability of offenders being re-incarcerated it should become mandatory for prisons, state and federal, to utilize

This week, our learning subject was focused on the “Corrections Policy”. Therefore, For this Discussion, I chose to discuss is the “Prisons and Terrorism”.

Having compared the plantations in the United States to the death and labor camps of the Nazi Regime historians believe slaves and prisoners were equally enslaved. Quite a few argue that the treatment of the slaves was as inhuman as the treatment of the prisoners, in the death camps. In countless ways, the historians can be proven correct. Designed to hold prisoners’ captive, the Nazi death camps were a place to send prisoners to their death because they were thought non-superior race. Though of as animals, slaveholders had no dispute with using their wealth and power to hold slaves captive. Both parties were guilty of mistreatment and unjust actions towards fellow human beings. Ironically, a hundred years’ separation and yet history