Penology

Her mother left one day and never returned. Aileen’s alcoholic grandparents, Lauri and Britta Wuornos adopted Aileen and her brother in 1960. The Wuornoses raised the two children as their own, along with their other two other children. Aileen and her brother were never told that Lauri and Britta were in fact their grandparents and not their parents. Both children were physically abused by their grandparents. Her grandparents were distant and unaffectionate. Her grandfather was emotionally…

The prison system in the United States faces many problems. The problems vary from financial problems, the safety of the guards and inmates, prisoners’ mental health, gang activity, and overcrowding. Overcrowding is arguably one of the main problems that prisons face, with mental health and financial problems being other problems that are often addressed, and even tie in with overcrowding. Overcrowding happens when there is an excess amount of prisoners that aren’t able to be suitably fit into…

Capital punishment or the death penalty is considered to be the most severe punishment. It is the execution administered to somebody convicted of a capital offense, such as murder or treason. Capital punishment has been around for thousands of years, from the infamous guillotine to hangings, shootings, and poisonings. It has been banned in numerous countries, but it has not yet been banned in the United States of America. The ban of the death penalty is not fully supported, since the U.S.…

Walter Dean Myers’ Monster: Does Prison Make Steve a Monster? Creep. Psycho. Thug. Monster. The moment a mugshot appears on the six o’clock news, viewers make assumptions about the person in the photo. In a court system based on the premise that all men are innocent until proven guilty, people are quick to assume the worst about each defendant before the trial begins. In Walter Dean Myers’ novel Monster, Steve Harmon is on trial for his alleged role in a robbery that ultimately led to the…

Prison, where convicted criminals are sent as a punishment is found in almost all countries (United Nations, 2007). People are sent to prison if they commit a criminal offence, breaks the law or they could be put in a prison while they are waiting for a trial. However, it is claimed that there is an over-reliance on incarceration and it is believed that the over-reliance on imprisonment increases the population of the prison, which could have negative influences on prisoners (ibid). Therefore,…

The controversy has gone on for countless years as to whether the Death Penalty is a form of civilized punishment, or whether it is a form of state-sanctioned murder. The Death Penalty is the punishment of execution, administered to someone legally convicted of capital crime. Society should object the Death Penalty because it is immoral, hypocritical and is more expensive than the more cost-effective alternative, life without parole. Morality is brought into question when the deplorable issue…

precondition on how to be a professional or as career convict opposed to productive citizens. Unless steps are taken to educate youth if they do not physical die in prison they do so mentally. Placing youth in solitary confinement restricts opportunity for growth and development. Majority of incarnated youth are denied a formal education until release. This put them at a disadvantage because most juvenile offender especially those place with adult population are release before they are twenty…

George Orwell argues that Capital Punishment is wrong with some narrative evidence that he experienced and described in his essay. Orwell chooses carefully placed words to make the reader feel the experience Orwell was endured during his visitation to Burma prison. He was sharing his experience by choosing the appropriate tone and expressive mood without real details. Orwell uses a good amount of details to show how capital punishment is wrong. For example Orwell states, “We were waiting outside…

The United States is a prison society. We have the highest incarceration rate in the world – more than historically harsh societies such as Russia and China; we sentence people to longer sentences than other nations; and we are one of the only developed countries who still practice the death penalty. Our rate of incarceration increased a staggering 700% from 1970 to 2005 (banking on bondage pg 5, 11) and, as of 2013, 1 out of every 110 adults in the USA are in jail or prison, with a further 1 in…

Additionally, another question of the constitutionality of the death penalty is the double sentence the condemned seems to be serving. Due to reforms in the law, changes in technology and lengthy appeals the condemned prisoner may spend years awaiting death. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, these long delays cause a great deal of mental anguish since much of this time spent awaiting appeals the condemned spends living in solitary confinement, therefore; serving a double…