Prison

has been sent to prison. For those of us who have never committed a crime, jails and prisons are something we hear or read about, but have never personally experienced. Hit shows like “Lockup” give us a chance to embrace our curiosity of what it is really like to be thrown in jail/prison and be isolated from society. However, TV shows like Lockup have surprised many people because prisons don’t look as frightening as we may think; in fact, it appears the scariest thing about prison is the inmates themselves

Running head: PRISON PRIVATIZATION 1 An Assessment of Prison Privatization Sharon Baumann-Heller ORG 8575 Michael Mills August 12, 2012 PRISON PRIVATIZATION 2 Abstract Over-crowding in our federal, state, and local prisons, along with a depressed economy, has resulted in a trend toward privatization of these facilities. This paper examines the core issues surrounding private prisons in the areas of cost-effectiveness, recidivism

the free and the home of the imprisoned” According to the International Centre for prison studies “The United States imprison more citizens than any other nation. Of the 10.2 million incarcerated felons around the world 1/5 of them are U.S citizens imprisoned by U.S officials. There are 30 people in the class today if you do the math a little less than ¼ of the class will know or knows someone who has been to prison. I have not hugged or seen my sister in months; she is currently facing her 1st year

approach, this group aims to create a film that will shed light onto the inhumane treatment of women in prison. When there is a crime, it seems as if illegal substances are not too far behind. According to studies found on the Drug Policy Alliance (DPA) website, released by the U.S. Department of Justice and the Bureau of Statistics, by the “year-end of 2012, roughly 58 percent of women in federal prison

Alcatraz prison was one of the strictest prison. The prisoners had to follow the rules perfectly. They said that if were to break the rules you were sent to prison and if you broke these rules then you went to Alcatraz. Alcatraz prison can be found on the Island of Alcatraz on the San Francisco Bay. Although many people know of the building of Alcatraz and where it is located, many do not know the history and what went on in the Alcatraz prison. The island was named after the sea birds. This is

can sometimes feel like you’re in a crimson prison and “Aunt Flo” is your prison guard. But, how much worse would this feeling be if you got your period while you were in an actual prison? “Don’t Bleed On the Floor” The first thing you would notice in prison is the serious lack of feminine hygiene supplies. Each month, women in many prisons receive 10 small, wingless pads with weak adhesive. This supply has to last their entire period. Women in prison can forget about making pads out of toilet

The Reality of Prison Life Orange Is The New Black is a new hit tv series presented by Netflix. The show is about a young woman named Piper Chapmann, who has been sentenced to jail for fifteen months for being an accessory to a drug cartel with her former girlfriend, Alex Vause, who is an international drug smuggler. Ten years later, after committing the crime, Chapmann lives a normal life with her soon to be husband, Larry Smith. The series conveys Chapmann’s life in the first season, and in the

Alcatraz was a prison, that was in use from 1934 to 1963. It housed some of the world´s most dangerous criminals over the span of twenty-nine years. I chose to write about Alcatraz because I like the history of weird and creepy places, which Alcatraz is. Alcatraz is creepy because there are many claims that people have heard the cries and moans in cell blocks A, B, and C. I also chose to write about this because I wanted to learn more about Alcatraz. Someday I want to go there. This essay will explain

American prison system was initially a result of the significant change in focus from criminal offense incarceration to rehabilitation and reintegration, a shift that took place during the 1940s and 1950s. At the end of WWII, correctional institutions began to emerge that had more lenient and relaxed programs than those of punishment, pain and suffering, that more closely characterized the institutions of an earlier era. In the decades prior to the 40s and 50s, conditions within the prison community

in a state mental facility, mentally ill patients are placed in prisons. The environmental stress of the nation’s psychiatric hospitals being shut down caused many individuals to fend for themselves. They suffered; they did not have a home to go to or someone to care for them. In the end, their mental health deteriorated, in which they were forced into the correctional system. In the video, they