probation versus incarceration will be discussed. To better understand the points made in this essay, it necessary to know what both incarceration and probation refers to. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics, probation defines a situation where an adult offender is been placed under supervision, most often in lieu of incarceration, through a probation agency. Though, it must be noted that some jurisdictions may sentence probationers to a combined short-term incarceration sentence followed
Min Kim Professor Bisschop CJBS 415 Annotated Bibliography 3/31/2015 Mass Incarceration in the U.S Incarceration in the United States is one of the main forms of punishment within its Corrections program. The United States has the largest prison population in the world, and the second-highest per-capita incarceration rate. America has become the leading country within the globe, having a population of 7.5 million under correctional supervision. This has become a political concern of
The purpose of a prison is to educate an individual that has been convicted of a felony. These individuals are sent to prison to be disciplined for a crime they have committed. An article in the Huffington Post titled “Growing Up in Prison: What I’ve Learned during My Eight Years of Incarceration” sends a message to society of what it is like to be locked in prison. Every inmate has a story of why they are locked up in prison and how long they are sentenced to be there. The prisoners are part of
prisoners, according to the Washington Post. (Grimson, "6,000 Federal Inmates to Be Granted Early Release”) The main reason for the early release of prisoners is due to over crowding. Jeffrey Beard, chief of the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, stated that Prop 47 has “Been integral to bringing the inmate population below the 113,722-prisoner cap set by a federal court in February 2014. At the time the federal court ruled, the state prison
Today’s prison system is over run with people who are mentally ill and psychiatric wards full of criminals. The overlap between the two are almost impossible to decipher. It is estimated that the prison populations is at least five times greater than in the general population. The most commonly report mental issues are anti-social behavior and post-traumatic stress disorder What is the reason that our prisons and jails are full of mentally unstable inmates
Mentally-ill Prisoners Kyle Sloan Indiana University East Imagine if you were in prison with a mental illness. The illness does not allow you to think rationally, and you are not receiving the proper treatment. The guards do not know what to do with you, and when they try to help, they only make things worse. People are constantly calling you stupid, and they try to hurt you every chance they get. Guards use force, pepper spray, and isolation to control your behavior. You feel alone
The prisons population is a group of people I was taught to stay away from as a child. The mentally disabled people population was categorized as a group of people that were dangerous too. My mother was extremely protective over me, her youngest daughter; and through these primitive assumptions by her, it seemed to me that she was afraid of these groups of people herself. Coming out of my comfort zone, and choosing the “prisoners with mental illnesses” group for my Model for Change assignment, I
Andrews explains “social networks and smartphones are funneling our personal information to “data aggregators,” massive companies that track every aspect of our lives online” (707). The internet works as a digital data vacuum and everything someone posts on social networks is being digest, analyzed, and monetized. Are Americans really free? It is astonishing that American’s privacy and security are being invaded and there’s nothing that can be done. There is a prevalence of limitations put upon liberty
Within American prisons and jails it has become extremely common to locate an elevated number of individuals suffering from a mental illness such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, anxiety, or manic depression. “These [mental illnesses] can profoundly disrupt a person’s thinking, feeling, moods, ability to relate to others and capacity for coping with the demands of life” (Lambert, n.d.) influencing the individual’s behaviors prior to being incarcerated and then the individual’s behavior within
Cole Vickery COM 114 Section 749 Specific Purpose: To persuade my audience that placing those addicted to drugs in mental hospitals rather than prisons. Thesis Statement: Locking up those who abuse drugs instead of treating their illness in a hospital is ignoring the problem and putting their health at risk. INTRODUCTION: I. Attention Getter: According to a recent article released by the Federal Bureau of Investigation, 48.8% of inmates are convicted for drug abuse. The number of people convicted