Inequalities In Mexico Prisons Research Paper
Ultimately, 71 of the state prisons contained penitentiaries were overcrowded with potential and convicted criminals (Cawley 2017). For a cell that is intended to house four people, as many as 30 would share a single cell. Inmates with close quarters such as this raises high health concerns. With health conditions not being treated quickly, diseases can spread rapidly. More often, this lack of room also results in many other deprivations such as recreational activities, quality food, hygienic facilities, clothing, and health care (Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology 2017). The government is so focused on the goal of protecting society from the dangers and violence of citizens, that they do not consider what would happen if they locked up
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It is clear that there are many inequalities amongst the inmates in Mexican prisons. Disabled inmates for instance, are not provided with accommodations in order to allow them to earn good conduct credits. This being said, “people with disabilities have a constitutional right not to be subject to arbitrary or irrational exclusion from the services, programs, or benefits provided by the state” (Mental and Physical Disability Law 2002). Mexico fails consistently with providing inmates access to public services and programs in order to allow disabled inmates to have the same opportunities as those without disabilities. Most prisoners do not even get equal opportunity to be employed (Drago 2011). They are forced to sit and wait out their sentence. Following this into greater depth, there is inequality amongst the mentally unstable in prisons, and as a result, where are increases in deaths in prison (Mental and Physical Disability Law 2002). This can be caused by anything from genetic conditions, to the unpleasantness of prison conditions that finally took over a prisoner’s mental health completely. Finally, there is inequality for women in prisons. Women inmates undergo different and very serious deprivation of basic human rights. They lack basic health care, proper management of mental health, and frequently experience sexual abuse (Sodja
It is clear that there are many inequalities amongst the inmates in Mexican prisons. Disabled inmates for instance, are not provided with accommodations in order to allow them to earn good conduct credits. This being said, “people with disabilities have a constitutional right not to be subject to arbitrary or irrational exclusion from the services, programs, or benefits provided by the state” (Mental and Physical Disability Law 2002). Mexico fails consistently with providing inmates access to public services and programs in order to allow disabled inmates to have the same opportunities as those without disabilities. Most prisoners do not even get equal opportunity to be employed (Drago 2011). They are forced to sit and wait out their sentence. Following this into greater depth, there is inequality amongst the mentally unstable in prisons, and as a result, where are increases in deaths in prison (Mental and Physical Disability Law 2002). This can be caused by anything from genetic conditions, to the unpleasantness of prison conditions that finally took over a prisoner’s mental health completely. Finally, there is inequality for women in prisons. Women inmates undergo different and very serious deprivation of basic human rights. They lack basic health care, proper management of mental health, and frequently experience sexual abuse (Sodja