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Men at Kansas City Release Center Worry as Prison Plans to Move In", the article covers an important part of life in cities. That is when buildings come to the neighborhood. Although the prison does not seem like it would be accepted by the townspeople, what is would replace (a halfway house), would make it so that way the prison seemed the best option and the lesser evil. All is not good in the area however.The men part of the halfway house may not find a suitable alternative. This could lead to them being homeless. What is interesting to note is that that main reason for the prison and not the release center is overcrowding in prisons. The writer stated because of the increase in inmate population and overcrowding, there is less space for prisoners, hence the need for the additional prison. What is also being ignored is the fact that most of these men whether in a release center or prison, are not receiving the help they need to become better people. Everything seems to be done to the detriment of prisoners including building more prisons to house them. This could detail a big problem within the country.
The next one is "Correction Officers Show Solidarity for Rikers Colleagues on Trial" and offers a look into what may happen on the inside. So often people get an outside perspective...
In this article, one gets to see an inside perspective, at least from the perspective of employees. Correction officers work for the government or company as they oversee the processes of a prison. Sometimes things get out of control and things must be handled before corruption sets in and people are treated unfairly. Jahmal Lightfoot is one of those people to be treated unfairly and has suffered orbital bone fractures.
Jahmal's injuries helped shed light at the attempted cover-up. Although this is a NYC jail complex, there is corruption afoot in terms of tampering with physical evidence and official misconduct. Especially considering some of these correction officers want to stick by their friends regardless of whether their actions were moral or not. This show how important likability is versus morality.
What this means is, a person can do bad things and still be accepted and defended. This is because that person is likable. A likable person can generate loyalty even amidst a poor sense of morality.
This provides a nice Segway into the next story seen on YouTube about prison changes. Trump aims to increase prison sentences, adding to the problem of overcrowded prisons. All of these problems seen from adding new prisons to corrupt corrections officers…
Prison Reduction of Prison Population Current impact Population affected Government Policies. Effectiveness of Policies Efficacy of the strategies This paper highlights the prison system and relates multiple factors to it. It gives a brief background of the topic and then describes the U.S. crises of prison system. In addition to this, it highlights various factors related to the prison population of Indiana. After that, this paper focuses on the present situation of the prison system and then
American Prison System Identify the four types of prisons. There are four types of prison in the United States: (1) Military prisons house offenders who are in military service at the time of their conviction by military courts martial; (2) Juvenile prisons house offenders who are minors and therefore ineligible for incarceration with an adult prison population; (3) State prisons house inmates convicted of crimes for which sentences exceed one year;
The need for less restrictive parole policies could help relieve prison overcrowding (Kunselman & Johnson, 2004). According to Hughes (2007), "On any given day, a large number of the admissions to America's prisons come from individuals who have failed to comply with the conditions of their parole or probation supervision. For years, the revocation and incarceration rate of probationers and parolees has had a significant impact on the growth of
American Corrections The statistics about imprisoned Americans in jails of local, state, and federal prisons and juvenile detention centers reveals a growth from 1,319,000 numbers in 2002 to 2,166,260 in 2002. During the year 2003 has seen the fastest rate of growth of imprisonment over the period of recent four years. The rate of growth of prisoners in state prisons is estimated to 1.8% while that in federal prisons is 7.1%
Causes of Increases in Prison Populations The United States has experienced an unprecedented increase in prison populations over the last decade, a trend that began in the 1980's. In just seven years during the last decade, prison populations rose by 58% -- from 1,726.000 to 1.1 million (SW, 1998). 1997 alone showed an increase of over 5% (SW, 1998). Three factors play heavily into these facts: the war on drugs, longer sentences,
Economic Impacts of the American Prison System Over the last couple of years, the number of people incarcerated in U.S. prisons has been on a steady increase. Can the country afford to continue paying for its massive prison system? This text concerns itself with the economic impact of the U.S. prison system. In so doing, some of the key issues that will be addressed include but they are not limited to