The Katz Family: A Brief Analysis

Without any diversion from their actuality, the inmates start to feel as though their existence is pointless. Hopkins says, “It strikes me that for most of them, prison has become a life of waiting: waiting in line to eat, for a phone call, the mail, or a visit. Or just waiting for tomorrow-for parole and freedom. For the older ones, with no hope of

For over centuries, the only form of punishment and discouragement for humans is through the prison system. Because of this, these humans or inmates, are sentenced to spend a significant part of their life in a confined, small room. With that being said, the prison life can leave a remarkable toll on the inmates life in many different categories. The first and arguably most important comes in the form of mental health. Living in prison with have a great impact on the psychological part of your life. For example, The prison life is a very much different way of life than what us “normal” humans are accustomed to living in our society. Once that inmate takes their first step inside their new society, their whole mindset on how to live and communicate changes. The inmate’s psychological beliefs about what is right and wrong are in questioned as well as everything else they learned in the outside world. In a way, prison is a never ending mind game you are playing against yourself with no chance of wining. Other than the mental aspect of prison, family plays a very important role in an inmate’s sentence. Family can be the “make it or break it” deal for a lot of inmates. It is often said that “when a person gets sentenced to prison, the whole family serves the sentence.” Well, for many inmates that is the exact case. While that prisoner serves their time behind bars, their family is on the outside waiting in anticipation for their loved ones to be released. In a way, the families

The Sanchez family is the typical Latino family that you find in most neighborhoods. The mother Celia Sanchez doesn’t speak English since she’s surrounded by people who speak Spanish. As a Latino mother she’s very religious attends church and participates in church events where she gets food as well. Since Celia’s English is limited this has been an impediment during school conferences and other situations that she has faced. Celia wants to apply for food stamps but her husband Hector doesn’t agree and is completely against it. I kind of understand where Hector is coming from being the man of the house he feels that he needs to provide for his family and thinks he’s responsible for everyone. Thus, he doesn’t leave room for additional help and wants to everything himself.

In this society, depending on the crime many people may view women in prison as people who should be kept off the streets, such as thugs, gang members, and women who are drug addicts. A big misunderstanding that people have is that they see them as a lost cause. However, through each of these stories you get to know each person and their life stories

This years theme is “Leadership and Legacy in Georgia History.” Our topic is the Bradley-Turner Family. The Bradley-Turner family has been very influential in Columbus and Georgia’s history.

Reading these reports have disrupted my thought process; insofar, flashes of my daughter, sisters and all the females in my life, cannot imagine them ever being gang raped. By the way, wouldn’t this entire ordeal caused psychological trauma? There is no question whether the event happen, but the result of the rape created a major uproar and lives were ended. Mrs. Floyd was certainly traumatized, she reported to the police being raped thirteen times as if thirteen men actually raped her, then she only identified seven men. Please help me clarify this report. It was dark, and in a state of trauma she reported being raped thirteen times by thirteen men. How can she recall being raped that much time while in a state of shock, then to top it off, she identified only seven men who alleged raped her in the dark? But it was dark! Was she wearing night vision goggles? And how could she remember the faces in the dark while in a traumatized condition? There are still missing information and numerous unanswered questions were ignored. Eventually, those seven men receive the death penalty via the electric chair.

Terry Kupers says “What we’ve found is a series of symptoms almost universally. They are so common that it something of a syndrome.” “I’m afraid were talking about permanent damage.” Not only are these men and women being held without any social contact, but are also under constant surveillance with fluorescent lights never shutting off. Our human brain is ill adapt for such conditions. Being kept in these “special housing” rooms no bigger than bathroom sized restrooms these inmates experience a large number of mental and physical trauma. Having social interaction is a must as a positive impact on our brains releases a molecule called the growth factor. Neuroscientist Huda Akil said “Depriving people of that is physically depriving the brain of its nourishment, without any social interaction some people hallucinate or

How is the family meeting affective, socialization, reproductive, economic and health care functions (See Chapters 14, 15 and 16 for more detail explanations of functions)?

But what affect does all of this have on a prisoner? The human brain is ill-adapted to such conditions, and

In chapter four of the book; he introduces his readers to a Vietnam War veteran named Herbert Richardson. Herbert’s diagnosis of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder sent him straight to a prison cell because of a murder. Due to Herbert’s PTSD; he was sent to a veteran hospital to recover from his severe head pain which were caused by his time on the battlefield. During his time in recovery at the hospital; he met a nurse which he loved because of her compassionate care towards him. She did not live in New York, so eventually it came time for her to move back to Dothan, Alabama; thus, Herbert followed her to back to her house in Alabama. The nurse and Herbert entered into a brief relationship with each other, but the relationship didn’t last long. She wanted to end the relationship by staying away from Herbert, but Herbert didn’t want to have any of it; he wanted to constantly be near her presence. Eventually Herbert became corrupt, dangerous, and irrational because of his obsession with the nurse. He, at one point, got so obsessed and infatuated with the nurse that he came up with a plan to woo her and they would live together happily ever after. Unfortunately, Herbert’s plan didn’t work out well, as a result he ended up unintentionally killed two little girls in his neighborhood when a bomb exploded in front of their innocent faces. He was charged for their murder; however, the prosecutors didn’t consider his mental health history. This perspective of Herbert is unfair and uncompassionate; the prosecutors should have taken Herbert’s mental health history into account for the murder charges. Herbert should not have been sent to jail; he should have been sent back to a mental health facility. At a facility, he is able to be given the proper care he needs and he is able to be supervised,

The victim speaks about how much her life has changed since the incident. She speaks about "sleeping with the lights on", showing the fact that she is still scared a year and a half later. The "long and invasive" rape exams effected the victim not only mentally but also physically. The psychological damage inflicted on rape victims is long lasting. The victim uses words like

Some of the challenges in the perinatal care in the correctional setting include lack of prenatal care prior to incarceration, drug or alcohol dependency, psychosocial problems or lack of outside family support, victim or transgressor of past abuse or violence and the psychological challenges of being incarcerated. For many women, the reality of being in the prison system can be devastating; the separation from family, which often includes their own children, and friends can cause depression, anxiety and fear. Personal physical safety is also a concern, as prison is often described as having its own “culture”, structure and hierarchy,

This is the story of Piper Kerman, and how her personal story from being in prison relates to that of other female offenders. Kerman came from a well educated family, who were mostly doctors, lawyers, or teachers.“Much to the skepticism of my father and grandfather,” she writes, Kerman had majored in theater (Kerman, p. 4), and graduated from Smith College in New England. After college, her classmates and friends were going off to their graduate school programs or new jobs. Kerman, however, decided to stay in Massachusetts. She felt unmotivated pursuing a career in theater, and did not have an interest in truly continuing on with her education. Furthermore, she also felt that she did not have a “meaningful career” (Kerman, p. 4). Kerman

     In the second phase, called the recoil stage, the victim struggles “to adapt to the violation and tries to reintegrate their fragmented selves” (Bard and Sangrey, 1979, pg. 40). During this phase, the victim tries to recover. This phase is very complex and deals with a lot of issues and emotions. The victim often faces extreme fear and anxiety. They become fearful of their safety, as well as anxious in their surrounding environment. They are afraid of the person that has violated them as well as fearful of being alone. They also may “fear the medical, legal, or social consequences of the crime” (CASA House). During this phase, the victim experiences sadness and depression, as well as low self-esteem. Along with this phase comes anger. The victim either becomes angry with the person who defiled them or they may turn against themselves. (Bard and Sangrey, 1979, pg. 45). The victim has a sense of guilt and blame. They often ask themselves “why did I go there by myself?” or “why didn’t I fight back harder?” During this phase, the victim may also suffer from mood swings (Bard and Sangrey, 1979, pg. 46). They may go from happiness to sudden sadness, or from rage to despair.

Two experts, Carniglia and the Katz couple, who both have their own companies, give suggestions about this dilemma. Both experts make the point that Susie and Antonio should list their entire home and work responsibilities. However, the viewpoints of the two experts are certainly different. While Carniglia states that the couple should work as a couple entrepreneurs, the Katz couple argues that the couple should switch