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2008). When aboriginal women are imprisoned their families are left even more dysfunctional than before. Furthermore, reg...
remain marginalized; when it comes to choice, few believe they have any options at all (Street, 2007). Street notes that whites, a...
available through the work of the well known psychologist Phillip Zimbardo. During the 1970s, he conducted experiments with a mock...
prisoners are noncitizens being held in the course of military operations outside the United States" (Savage, 2009). The ...
them locked up securely; however, they also note there is a need "to stick with our philosophy of humanization" (Alvarez, 2005). T...
offer "equitable access to 31 faiths, including Baptist, Jewish, Native American and Rastafarian" (Padgett, 2004, p. 50). Neverthe...
(Reiman, 2006, p. 16). This means that although the overall number of prisoners has increased, the percentage in jail for violent ...
of that abuse to his superiors. As horrific as the problem was, it can be contended that a series of critical decisions spanning ...
and as such this book clearly offers insights. The next issue concerns an inmates need to experience respect, hope and saf...
is interesting to note that while increased efforts to incarcerate people have not proven necessarily effective, there are still m...
Reiman seems much more forthright and confrontational than Kennedy.. Reiman points out that despite such things as the "three str...
each town adopted their own ways of dealing with criminals (Meskell, 1999). Punishment was swift, nearly as soon as the crime had ...
Rehabilitation is only one reason for punishment. Other reasons go to retribution, deterrence and social control. Prisons do provi...
vital option again during the 1980s and early 1990s for several reasons, the first of which was the existence of a general sociopo...
fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...
(Kopel, 1995). Another article supports the notion that the majority of offenders in prison are not violent ("Crime," 1998). Ther...
Kafka story in respect to Foucaults ideas. II. Foucaults Conception of Law First, it is important to note that Foucault was ...
training" (Murphy, 2005, p. 23). As a prisoner, the author observed prison culture from the perspective of a participant. Various ...
of ethnic minorities in the prison system in the modern era. In his work Stigma: Notes on the Management of Soiled Identity, Goff...
brings up the question as to "What kind of society could justify locking up so many of its young men," who are the principle demo...
or orchestrate the smuggling of more contraband" (16). In another state, the state of Arkansas, "Prison officials...see the spread...
be addressing morality, with little mention of religion, for morality must be accepted and embraced in society regardless of relig...
of psychological maladaptions. The "guards" took on sadistic tendencies and the "prisoners" showed extreme signs of stress and dep...
hesitate to say what he believed and never compromised" (Thomas Mott Osbornes Within Prison Walls). In 1913, Osborne "was appoi...
care is a basic survival need. Without adequate health care, they could and sometimes do die. There is empirical evidence that the...
Prisoners spend as much as 22 hours a day in their cells, and the cells are now overcrowded (Weinstein and Cummins). The prisoner...
in the abuse at Abu Ghraib. Although attempts have been made to blame this abuse on "low-level personnel" at the facility rather ...
to become productive citizens upon their ultimate release back into society. Advocates of these programs have long argued how the...
in the prisons is blindly accepted. Clark (2003) states that "Prison administrators and guards have witnessed the violence--or at ...
to incarceration, and how effective those are as well. But before we begin, there are a few things we need to address...