The Pros And Cons Of Cedric Richmond

Senator Mitch McConnell often delayed speaking on his decision, possibly because of impact on future elections. Senator John Cornyn of Texas and Paul Ryan showed their support in criminal justice reform, believing that change needed to happen during the last moments of Obama’s presidency.9 Currently, Senate Judiciary Committee Chuck Grassley and Minority Whip Dick Durbin are working to revive this act with similar legislation but with changes to appeal to the GOP.10 A past successful bill, The Fair Sentencing Act(FSA), has support from constituencies that would very likely support the new bill which adds retroactivity to convicted persons before the passing of the

Bush signed the “Second Chance Act of 2007.” This act required that all federal correctional facilities document and report, and justify on security grounds the use of physical restraints on pregnant inmates before, during and after labor and delivery (Dignam, B. & Adashi, E.Y., 2014). Due to the amount of sexual and physical abuse a woman endures during her time outside the prison, random searches and restraints often trigger PTSD symptoms (Zust, B., 2009). The Federal Bureau of Prisons, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the U.S. Marshal Service, and the American Correctional Association have all adopted policies to limit the use of shackles on pregnant prisoners (American Civil Liberties Union, unknown). The shackling of pregnant women has created legal challenges and even more challenges for the defense of human rights. The majority of legal cases that have went through the legal system based on the shackling of pregnant inmates were based on the Eighth Amendment to the United States Constitution, prohibiting “cruel and unusual punishment” (Dignam, B. & Adashi, E.Y., 2014). In 1993, a class action suit by women inmates was filed against the District of Columbia; Women prisoners of District of Columbia of Columbia Dept. of Corrections v. District of Columbia (Dignam, B. & Adashi, E.Y., 2014). This was the first case to challenge Dept. of Corrections and their policy on the shackling of pregnant inmates. Federal District Judge June L. Green, strongly expresses her disapproval of shackling female prisoners during pregnancy and the labor process. The judge concluded that shackling pregnant prisoners during their last month of pregnancy and during the labor process is redundant and unacceptable (Dignam, B. & Adashi, E.Y.,

When analyzing the case of Randy Jones, it is necessary to piece together the meaning behind each of his actions in order to understand his mental status at the time of the murders. According to the two psychologists who examined Jones, he suffers from Antisocial Personality Disorder, APD. APD is a personality disorder actually listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. So according to the Psychologists he does have a mental disorder. This type of mental disorder is characterized by repeatedly infringing on the rights of others; including behaviors such as aggressiveness, deceitfulness, impulsivity, recklessness, lack of remorse and failure to conform to social norms. I agree with the psychologists that Jones does have a mental disorder. Jones killed five women over the course of six years. Society does not approve of killing another human being but rather condemn it, this is a failure to conform to the norms of society. By only targeting women this narrows down his trigger to women. Jones doesn’t just kill these women but he mutilates them afterward, showing an anger or rage that is so strong it continues after his victim is dead. The incident with the police officer contributes to his state of mind during the commission of the crime. Jones was able to elude the police officer, thus displaying his deftness in persuasion and deceit. He was able to remain calm and collected in an extremely when he got pulled over with a victim in his

The most valued documents in modern American society tend also to be the most heavily debated. For instance, interpretations of the United States Constitution tend to be rooted in one of two firmly entrenched beliefs;while the first camp believes it to be set in stone, the second his convinced that the United States Constitution is by nature a perpetually evolving document, meant to reflect the desires and needs of the people. Even amongst those in the same camp, disagreements abound; those believing that the Constitution is set in stone are divided on issues such as the eighth amendment’s prohibition of ‘cruel and unusual punishment’. It is difficult to reach a consensus on what, constitutes cruel and unusual punishment. For example, the concept of waterboarding is championed by many as a ‘humane’ form of torture which causes no physical harm. However, it was deemed a cruel and unusual punishment due to the sensations of drowning and symptoms of mental illness which it produced in its victims. It can therefore be inferred that physical injury is not the only factor to be considered in whether or not a practice is to be deemed inhumane; factors such as mental wellbeing and fitness of punishment must also be considered. This leads one to ponder how the concept of solitary confinement could possibly even be considered when it so clearly violates the protections which the eighth amendment provides.

Cedric Richmond was born on September 13, 1973 in New Orleans, Louisiana. He is married to Raquel Greenup and they have one child. He was raised mostly by his mother because his father died when he was only seven years old. His mother was a public school teacher and a small business owner. Richmond started his education off by attending Benjamin Franklin high school. After he graduated from high school, he attended Morehouse College in Atlanta where he earned his undergraduate degree. In 1995 he also earned his juris doctorate degree from the Tulane University School of law in New Orleans. Cedric is a graduate of the executive education program at Harvard University.

The inmates know now they are going to get away with a minimal punishment for something that used to bring a much more severe punishment. Better equipment is helpful, but limitations on using solitary confinement have made the jobs of prison staff more dangerous” (Mahoney, 2017). According to leaders of the New York State Corrections Officers Police Benevolent Association, with the union, not on board of this measure, the relations between New York State Department of Community Corrections and Supervision and NYSCOBA coming into difficult waters. With the job of a corrections officer that now has to do more leg work to put someone in “The Hold”. With new rules and regulations coming from the settlement between New York State and the New York Civil Liberties Union has come to a hardship for the correction officers. By a hardship, one could dictate that by NYSCOBA not having a seat at the table during a “Historic Agreement” negotiations, would be a lose, lose for safety vs violence in our state prisons. Due to the that law suit, the corrections officers have less protection from violent inmates, Due to less time in the hold, will cause more times for violence, there have been studies done by the federal government that state that solitary confinement hurts those involved with it. But they

With Raise the Age being a controversial issue this year during the budget, bill A.3080 has a higher chance of going to the Assembly floor. This bill will limit the length of time prisoners are placed in solitary confinement, restrict prisoners from the special population from being placed in solitary confinement, develop rehabilitation units to help prisoners placed in confinement, and make facilities require training for their staff and report their solitary confinement numbers. It will lead to a reduction in costs for prisons because there will be fewer prisoners placed in solitary confinement with the restrictions. Overall, the whole state will be affected by bill A.3080 because there are prisons located throughout the state and the prisoners come from different parts of the

Derrick Rose is at the center of the basketball universe. It's a few days before Christmas in 2011, and the shy, 23-year-old point guard finds himself in the middle of a suburban Chicago shopping mall as throngs of fans scream for his attention. A few hours earlier, the Chicago Bulls formally announced that they have signed the reigning MVP to a max extension worth close to $100 million. The future was bright for one of the NBA's most prominent

Someone else Heat-Moon spoke to around the same time was Wes Jackson, founder of the "Land Institute". Like Lloyd Soyez, Wes can also see that we (humanity) are destroying our lands to make a profit at the expense of our future generations and planet. Only Wes has incredible theories about the future of farming and some extreme ideas about fossil fuels too. He has very intriguing ideas of crossbreeding annual crops like wheat with perineal plants native to the Kansas prairies; which would produce wheat every year without the need for tilling or replanting. The outcome of successfully producing perineal wheat would drastically reduce soil erosion and greenhouse gases from farm equipment by making multiple steps in farming obsolete. He also

The new House Bill 4321 is fixing the issue that the people in the United States have with the people working in the detention center and how they function. People have many critiques on the cleanliness, structure, function, health facilities, respect, and accountability that detainees are receiving while being in custody. Many people criticize detention centers because they are not clean, and they have human being living in a place that is dirty and unsanitary. People fighting the

A 2014 U.S. National Research Council reports discovered that in 2012, around one-fourth of the world's whole detained populace was housed in the United States. On a normal, 1 in every 100 Americans are in detainment facilities (Freudenberg, Daniels, Crum, Perkins, & Richie, 2005). One correctional facility practice has come under contemplation in recent years because of the separation of prisoners into special management for the purposes of severe punishment. It is commonly known as solitary confinement, segregation, isolation, and special management. This practice frequently involves sending prisoners in small, confined (precisely a box) for months, or even years. Long-haul detainment as an option apparently is more sympathetic sentence for detainees who have carried out terrible wrongdoings, and may not be considerably more caring than capital punishment. Turns out that keeping prisoners imprisoned in isolation for long-haul sentences can have genuinely harmful impacts on prisoners.

This reading made the reader question to who Kwame Anthony Appiah was presenting these ideas and respond to this topic with our own personal views. Discussion similar to this reading that discuss controversial issues, are that ones that make the reader dive in and reflect on their beliefs and values and how those views and morals are not the same for the everyone in the world.

Marshal also states “"The death penalty, I concluded, is a cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth and Fourteenth Amendments.” (ProCon). According to the Bill

Under the eighth amendment, cruel and unusual punishment is forbidden, however, that law stopped absolutely nothing. Inside the walls of the Eastern State Penitentiary, every action had a consequence. In the winter, if inmates were to misbehave they would get chained to the wall and have buckets of cold water thrown on them. In the summer they would get chained to a chair for days. It is bad enough most of the people in Eastern State were in solitary confinement, let alone getting strapped to a chair for days. If they continued to misbehave, an iron gag was placed over the mouth of the prisoner (Griest). The prisoners at Eastern State Penitentiary were clearly subject to cruel and unusual punishment. By the time Eastern State closed its doors in 1971, it was widely seen as a failure.

RIDOC has been working on an agreement with the Commission on proposed reforms for solitary confinement. RIDOC has already started some administrative reforms. For example, stated at a meeting “The corrections department said Friday it’s already implemented some reforms to increase out-of-cell time for some inmates and allow TV and radios in their cells. There’s also a proposal to provide certain inmates at least 10 hours a week of recreational time, and another 10 hours for them to participate in programs, though it’s not funded.” (Press,