Real Prison System Analysis

There are many people who are critical of the US‘s prison sysetm; the idea of locking up those who commit crimes against a society simply to keep them from doing harm. Many say that more rehabilatation is necessary to improve these individuals and, therefore, society as a whole. What are some ways of doing this? Do you agree/disagree with this view and why? Is the prison system currently in place the best option for society? 2 pages, double spaced, 12pt. font.

As understood by sociologists and scholars mass incarceration is a wide term that describes the increased rate of imprisonment in the prisons of United States for the past four decades. Accounting about 5% of the population of the world, United States recently have rapidly accommodated one-quarter of world prisoners. With the population statistics, the large numbers of prisoners leaves everyone with endless questions that need urgency in answering. Why the large number in the prisons? What are the causes of imprisonment? Are the constitutional laws in United States so harsh on minor faults that should have alternative ways of dealing with? Is justice really followed to the letter completely? And most importantly, who constitutes for these prisoners?

The United States prison system struggles eminently with keeping offenders out of prison after being released. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, more than third of all prisoners who were arrested within five years of released were arrested within six months after release, with more than half arrested by the end of the year (Hughes, Wilson, & Beck, 2001). Among prisoners released in 2005 in 23 states with available data on inmates returned to prison, about half (55 percent) had either a parole or probation violation or an arrest for a new offense within three years that led to imprisonment (Durose, Cooper, & Snyder, 2014). Why are there many ex-offenders going back to prison within the first five years of release? Are there not enough resources to help offenders before or/and after being released from prison.

Criminality in our country is often assigned to you at birth determined by trivial categories such as race, class, gender, immigration status, religion, and the list can continue forever. Life outcomes can be predetermined when taking all of these identities into account, making someone more susceptible to the reach of the mass incarceration system. However, I will be focusing on undocumented immigrants and how being seen as “illegal” is part of their daily lived experiences and how there are very strong parallels between the immigration detention centers and prisons in the United States. Undocumented people experience similar forms of social and political disenfranchisement that people affected by the criminal justice system also have to

The base of the U.S judicial system is founded on justice and truth, yet there are flaws in the legal and prison systems. People go to prison for crimes they commit then released. They often come out angry and likely to repeat a crime again. To avoid a repeated offense, U.S prison system should implement an assimilation program, to ease convicts into society. So that assimilation is even more successful prisons should offer vocational education programs to inmates, to obtain working skills, benefiting them for the future once they are released.

The “Prison Industrial Complex” was a term that was used by anti-prison activist within the prison abolishment movement to argue the attendant interest of prison industrialization, and t development of a minority prison labor force (Davis, 2003). This giant prison enterprise is an essential component of the U.S. economy, and has as its purposes such as profit, social control, and an interweaving of private business and government. These giant financial institutions recognized that prison building is one of the fastest growing industries and one of the best stock performers in the United States. The notion that global private cooperation’s currently rely on the prison complex as vital source of profit gives reason to believe that prison privatization trends of both the increasing presence of corporations in the prison economy and the establishment of private prisons connect to the historical efforts to create a profitable punishment industry based on free black male laborers.

Lets take a minute to delve into the demographics of incarcerated prisoners today. According to Schmalleger, in 2012, 93% of all prisoners were male, with females picking up the remaining 7%; this is a 3% increase from 1980. 35% of all prisoners are white, 38% are black, and 21% are Hispanic (Schmalleger, 2015). Approximately two-thirds of prison inmates are between the ages of 25 and 44 years old. Why are women and minorities being incarcerated? Well, to be perfectly blunt, they broke the law. The last time I took a gander at old Lady Justice, she was wearing a blindfold; she doesn't care about your color, sex. or religion, she cares about justice. But since I am sure that is not the answer anybody is looking for on here, I'll play along.

In order to start and continue to accomplish the German and Norweigan approach to incarceration the U.S. must create new sentencing models in order to stop mass incarceration. The U.S. centers its system on incapacitation, removing the possibility for the individual to commit further crimes, and punitive sanctions to punish individuals. By 2012, the prison population grew by 705 percent, meaning just a little under 1.4 million inmates. This increase in inmates can be analyzed in the harsh sentences for nonviolent crimes, such as drug possession. Mandatory minimums are responsible for the increase, which is why in order for these methods to be effective, they must be gotten rid of and a new method for punishing certain crimes should be established.

In considering the jails, as well as state and federal prisons, and in modern America, one must understand the historical contexts in which the three institutions were conceptualized and put into practice. Then a discussion of the reasons behind the drastic recent growth off these three ancient institutions must be had. Finally, a review of the security classifications which enable these facilities to carry out the business of incarceration and rehabilitation in a secure and safe manner should be conducted to round out our consideration of these ancient institutions. The role of jails and prisons is a complicated one, made more

During the “New South,” there was also an establishment of the “Convict-Lease” System, in which southern states leased gangs of convicted criminals to private interests as a cheap labor supply. Such a system is important as it set up the basis for the current prison industrial complex, in which there is a rapid expansion of the U.S inmate population due to the political influence of private prison companies and businesses that supply goods and services to government prison agencies. This complex, originating from the Convict-Lease system of Reconstruction disproportionately affects black men modernly, as it affected black men during the late 19th

Politicians all throughout America accept bribes from private prisons in the form of lobbying and campaign donations, private prisons support politicians who will ensure their cells remain full. Private prisons use their wealth and political influence to pass laws that require minimum sentencing, expand penal labor, and increase punishments for prisoners adding time to sentences. According to the private prison contractors Corrections Corp of America, in October 2015 California governor Jerry Brown signed a deal that would remove thousands of prisoners from Federal prisons in California and relocate them to a private prison outside of California, The deal requires California to fund the prisons with hundreds of millions of dollars at an annually

On April 17, 2016 60 Minutes aired the interview of Bill Whitaker with Preet Bharara, U.S. attorney. He stated that the Rikers Island prison had a culture of violence. Specifically he claimed that if a prisoner commits an offense, they need to be punished; however, the same goes for a prison guard if they, too, commit and offense; they’d need to be punished as well. As the interviewee said, “People have to understand that there are consequences for their actions, not just the inmates, but the officers as well.” Although some people believe that if a prisoner steps out of line then they deserve whatever punishment they get, Jonathan Abady, a private attorney, insists that many of the injuries go too far, including facial fractures, traumatic

I spoke with Inmate Bockes #JP1894. IM stated that in his previous jail (SCI-Pitt), one inmate tried to have sex with Him. IM was showing signs of worry and unease. IM wishes to be released from the RHU to the GP. Inmate was promised that his concerns will be delivered to Unit staff. IM also has requested to get his 4-boxes of property. IM believe that his property was lost during the transfer to

This study by Clear and Frost demonstrates the overall outlook on the private prison system. Clear and Frost proclaim that the private prison system has become a increasing institution since the 70s due to the its capability to house more prisoners than just through the public prison systems. Despite the capability to house more than federal prisons, there has been many controversial disputes on the overall affect of the private prison systems. Some of the main disputes focus are issues such as whether or not this system is actually cheaper than the federal prisons, if they are better ran by their private providers, more suitable and the better choice longterm. Many argue that despite their exclusion from the public, they do not perform better

If Johnny Cash described the sad daily life of inmates in his classic « Folsom Prison Blues », today it’s all the prison system which is feeling pretty blue. Justice is defined as the administration of law. But within that definition is the implicit understanding that the law must be applied even handedly. The rule of law is meant to apply to all, but currently in America that crucial principle can be questioned. It is blatantly obvious that the justice system could be better. It takes minimal effort to peer under the veneer of blind justice. Some argues that prison system is a necessary solution to make our society safer, I would say that justice system has many failures, its effects are so much negative to not be questioned. The assumption about prisons benefit is based on two principles : The first principle is that the fear of incarceration deters crime. The second is that for criminals who are imprisoned, time spent in prison is supposed to serve a rehabilitation goal which will allows detainees to better fit with the society in the future. But the modern prison system has failed to fulfill either of these objectives. Indeed, two thirds of prisoners commit an offense again within their years of being released and often with more important crimes. The supposed balance between punishment and rehabilitation is out of date and the cause of this can be explained by several