the Unites States of America. This paper will discuss the development of penitentiaries as well as how punishment had changed for inmates from the beginning days of penitentiaries to current day. So grab a drink and possibly a snack, and let’s get to it. The penitentiary was a stepping stone in the evolution of the prison. The penitentiary, however, was the first attempt to use confinement as the punishment itself. In England, one of the first models for the modern prison was intended to provide
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Alexia Mersola Professor Kone Political Science Oct, 24, 2017 Orange is the New Red, White and Blue In America, our criminal justice systems list of duties is to keep communities safe and treat people fairly, regardless of the color of their skin or the size of their bank account. In order for our system to do a good job, it must be cost effective by using our taxpayer dollars and public resources wisely. But our criminal justice system is not doing a good job. It has failed on every account:
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zimbardo essayThe Stanford prison experiment (Zimbardo, 1973) In 1960s America there were many concerns about the treatment of prisoners by prison guards. Many complaints were made by prisoners of violent and brutal attacks by the guards that were meant to be protecting and caring for them. Zimbardo wanted to find out exactly what made prison guards behave in this way, and in particular was it the situation they found themselves in (referred to as situational factors) or the personalities of the
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There is common debate over whether there should be an implementation of private prisons in the United States. This implementation would require the prison facilities to work with private contractors in order to decrease issues currently present in public facilities. Within the implementation of private facilities there are arguers who claim that the private facilities are going to have issues controlling the overall well-being of the inmates and therefore there have been studies conducted in order
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think of? Do you believe that capital punishment should be abolished without question? Should a man or woman not receive the same punishment as they committed? Is it better to kill a person or allow them to sit in prison for there whole life? What do you think is right, what do you think America needs to do about capital punishment? Capital punishment dates back to the eighteenth century B.C. in the code of King Hammurabi of Babylon. At this time only twenty five crimes were punishable by death. These
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society. The United States has a very dark history or oppressing the minority, this has been done through many practices such as slavery, Jim Crow laws etc. Although America has made strides in certain areas regarding equal quality of living for all, America still has ways to go. The oppressive was and discriminatory nature of America continues as
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of light from the United States to Europe. Yet in still we haven’t come up with a plan to address the issue of imprisoning non-violent crimes. Wouldn’t our hard earn tax dollars be more useful in fighting the war on terrorism? After all isn’t America under attack every day? The threat of an attack on us happens not just in other countries but right here on American soil. And yet we spend this unthinkable amount of money to bring individuals to trial and imprison then for crimes that are of a
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Development of Corrections CJS230 John O'Hern The 18th century government had started sending prisoners to penal colonies, this was first in America, for a given period, usually seven years, but in some cases for life. The American War of Independence which broke out in 1775 stopped this. After this men and women were sent to new penal colonies in Australia. During the course of the years roughly 160,000 people were sent including
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Michelle Gutknecht Critical Issues in Corrections Final Essay February 18, 2013 In prisons across the country there are multiple challenges faced, one being HIV and AIDS. Inmates are often held in unsanitary conditions in which the HIV virus is spread through the use of non-sterile drug injection equipment, sexual contacts, tattooing and sharing of razors. America has the highest rate of HIV positive inmates in the world at about 1.5., and this is at the lowest it’s been. In previous years
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Georgia, the state Supreme Court sentenced Dixon to ten years in prison. He was a black athlete accused of sexually assaulting a 15-year-old white girl in a small Georgia town. In addition, many believe that the justice system is not equal because of the outcomes of celebrity court cases. Some may disagree with the fact that celebrities get special treatment in the courtroom, but their court cases seem to prove contrary. Celebrities in America are able to get any and everything that money can buy. Hence
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