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offer "equitable access to 31 faiths, including Baptist, Jewish, Native American and Rastafarian" (Padgett, 2004, p. 50). Neverthe...
available through the work of the well known psychologist Phillip Zimbardo. During the 1970s, he conducted experiments with a mock...
them locked up securely; however, they also note there is a need "to stick with our philosophy of humanization" (Alvarez, 2005). T...
racial profiling and how it is often the minorities who are sentenced more often and for longer amounts of time than their white c...
the prison is not supposed to be a box for the miscreants to fester, but a real place for them to learn to become better people. H...
Associated Press Article "Ala. ex-governor, fired CEO in prison". Comparing this article to accounts on the World Wide We...
sex taking place-inclusive of rape-- and so, there is a greater chance of transmission. Its prevalence in prison has been supporte...
sector in the form of assets and labor which provides the revenue which supports the consumption of households (Scott and Derrick,...
sentences imposed throughout the U.S., data from the Department of Justice indicates that recidivism rates are extremely high, as ...
Rehabilitation is only one reason for punishment. Other reasons go to retribution, deterrence and social control. Prisons do provi...
training" (Murphy, 2005, p. 23). As a prisoner, the author observed prison culture from the perspective of a participant. Various ...
is interesting to note that while increased efforts to incarcerate people have not proven necessarily effective, there are still m...
vital option again during the 1980s and early 1990s for several reasons, the first of which was the existence of a general sociopo...
(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 ...
each town adopted their own ways of dealing with criminals (Meskell, 1999). Punishment was swift, nearly as soon as the crime had ...
Reiman seems much more forthright and confrontational than Kennedy.. Reiman points out that despite such things as the "three str...
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...
There appear to be many attempts to alleviate the problems of overcrowding, each implemented by individual states and communities,...
Even within the segregated unit there is a hierarchy: "People charged with rape and other sex crimes will attack child sex predato...
(Reiman, 2006, p. 16). This means that although the overall number of prisoners has increased, the percentage in jail for violent ...
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...
or orchestrate the smuggling of more contraband" (16). In another state, the state of Arkansas, "Prison officials...see the spread...
of psychological maladaptions. The "guards" took on sadistic tendencies and the "prisoners" showed extreme signs of stress and dep...
be addressing morality, with little mention of religion, for morality must be accepted and embraced in society regardless of relig...
p. 3569). Privately subsidized prisons have become a popular consideration as a means by which to offset the exorbitant amo...
treatment of prisoners at that particular time. As well as our usual prisoner survey, we also carried out structured interviews w...