Punitive and correctional system in the United States

Punitive, and correctional system in the United states of America in contrast with the German, Norwegian and Netherlands systems. • Introduction to US criminal justice system • A general outlook of the German, Norway, and Netherlands criminal justice system • A thesis statement Similarities Opening statement Classification of prisons • security levels • Prisons differentiated based on age, and sex.

Operations within incarceration facilities • Compulsory work duties and vacations • Compensation for work Access to amenities • Leisure activities • Education and skill improvement opportunities Differences Opening statement Basic and foundational principle of the criminal justice system, • Rates of imprisonment • US is punitive/retribution and neutralization • German, Norway, and Netherlands is rehabilitation and re-integration to society • Routines and environmental settings of prisons • Solitary confinement in the US • Prison sizes are smaller and crowded in the US • The use of imprisonment • Netherlands, German, and Norway sparingly used and short • US mass incarceration and considerably long • Alternatives to imprisonment used in German, Norway, and Netherlands 2.

Length of jail term • For same crimes: jail term longer in US than in German, Norway, and Netherlands 3. Connection with the society • German, Norway, and Netherlands prisoners maintain their status and rights as citizens e.g. voting • US prisoners suffer reduced access to social welfare programs • In Netherlands, German, and Norway prisoners have weekends off for family 4.

Correction and judgment delivery procedures • Judgments involving jail terms are more widely delivered in America • US criminal justice has punitive meaner for all offences where Netherlands, Norway, and German.