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Overcrowding in Prisons

fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...

Prisons are Populated by the Wrong Offenders

(Kopel, 1995). Another article supports the notion that the majority of offenders in prison are not violent ("Crime," 1998). Ther...

Correctional Psychologists

each town adopted their own ways of dealing with criminals (Meskell, 1999). Punishment was swift, nearly as soon as the crime had ...

Prison Privatization

vital option again during the 1980s and early 1990s for several reasons, the first of which was the existence of a general sociopo...

A Foucaultian View of Kafka's The Penal Colony

Kafka story in respect to Foucaults ideas. II. Foucaults Conception of Law First, it is important to note that Foucault was ...

Reiman: "The Rich Get Richer"

Reiman seems much more forthright and confrontational than Kennedy.. Reiman points out that despite such things as the "three str...

Integrity: A Key Quality in the U.S. Army

of that abuse to his superiors. As horrific as the problem was, it can be contended that a series of critical decisions spanning ...

Behind a Convict’s Eyes

and as such this book clearly offers insights. The next issue concerns an inmates need to experience respect, hope and saf...

CA Prison Health Care/Article Analysis

training" (Murphy, 2005, p. 23). As a prisoner, the author observed prison culture from the perspective of a participant. Various ...

A Typical Day In Prison

after which he cleans the room, which is his "job," apparently, in the prison (Myers, 2007). After that, he goes to the exercise r...

The Effectiveness of Prison Counselors

13 counseling teams, comprised of a "psychiatrist, psychologist, social worker, nurse and secretary" (Younkman, 2003). Each team h...

Wrongful Imprisonment in Colorado

under the Constitution as well as the U.S. Code. In Colorado, however, false imprisonment may be a misdemeanor or a felony, depen...

Behind a Convict’s Eyes/Prison Life

sums up this code very well: Even if you do not feel tough enough to cope, act as if you are. Suffer in silence. Never admit you a...

Sentencing and Armed Robbery

sentences imposed throughout the U.S., data from the Department of Justice indicates that recidivism rates are extremely high, as ...

Circular Flow of Goods; A Case Study

sector in the form of assets and labor which provides the revenue which supports the consumption of households (Scott and Derrick,...

Why the Segregation of the HIV Prison Population Is Ethical

sex taking place-inclusive of rape-- and so, there is a greater chance of transmission. Its prevalence in prison has been supporte...

Contentious Tactics: Examples And Impact

two distinct areas - light and heavy - that define the seriousness of each one. A neutral or beneficial outcome are classified as...

Insuring Integrity in the Prison System

The effective apprehension, trial, and incarceration of criminals are predicated on integrity at all levels of the criminal justic...

Prison Systems

Prisons are the way most of the world chooses to punish criminals for their crimes. The specifics of a prison, however, can...

The Bernie Madoff Scandal

Bernie Madoff is in prison serving a sentence that will see him there for the rest of his natural life. His crimes are explored as...

Case Study on Prison Reform

care is a basic survival need. Without adequate health care, they could and sometimes do die. There is empirical evidence that the...

Long Term Solitary Confinement and Its Mental Health Impact

Prisoners spend as much as 22 hours a day in their cells, and the cells are now overcrowded (Weinstein and Cummins). The prisoner...

Austin H. MacCormack and Thomast Mott Osborne

hesitate to say what he believed and never compromised" (Thomas Mott Osbornes Within Prison Walls). In 1913, Osborne "was appoi...

Incarceration and Morality

be addressing morality, with little mention of religion, for morality must be accepted and embraced in society regardless of relig...

Notorious Psychological Experiment at Stanford Prison

of psychological maladaptions. The "guards" took on sadistic tendencies and the "prisoners" showed extreme signs of stress and dep...

Justice and Ethics V

Theories of punishment indicate that the above is an invalid association. Certainly murder is serious, but it also - by definitio...

Criminal Justice Issues

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...

Interrogation Policy Analysis and Abu Ghraib Prison Prisoner Torture

in the abuse at Abu Ghraib. Although attempts have been made to blame this abuse on "low-level personnel" at the facility rather ...

Overview of Behind a Convict's Eyes

of ethnic minorities in the prison system in the modern era. In his work Stigma: Notes on the Management of Soiled Identity, Goff...

California Correctional Peace Officers Association

terms and conditions of employment, including representation of CCPOA in arbitration disputes arising from the collective bargaini...