drugs‚ the number of individuals involved with criminal justice system continues to rise at alarming rates. Since 1980‚ the incarceration rate has tripled. 1 in 20 Americans will spend time in prison during their lifespan. The numbers speaks for themselves. Currently there are an estimated 2 million people in U.S. federal and state prisons. Given the unprecedented rise of individuals now involved with the American criminal justice system and the soaring rates or recidivism‚ there is a great need
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Altered State of Consciousness‚ also known as ASC‚ is a temporary change in one’s normal mental state without being considered unconscious. There are many different types of ASC but some examples would be dissociation‚ hypnosis and meditation. All these forms of ASC can all be achieved in different ways‚ and are achieved for different reasons. For example‚ meditation is usually used to help reduce stress‚ and lower anxiety. While hypnosis is used to open people to the power of suggestion. Altered
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Justice is a concept that can be broken down into a series of smaller beliefs or ideas. In many societies‚ justice is a system in which the people of a community or group are treated according to their actions and behavior. In societies such as this‚ people typically have roles that are delegated or earn where the people who disobey or do not follow the laws or regulations are punish. The idea of what kind of justice a person is entitled to is called distributive justice. This type of justice attempts
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say the criminal system is not racist‚ that racism ended long ago‚ but there will also be people who believe it is racist‚ has been‚ and continues to be that way. Although everyone is entitled to their own opinion‚ facts are needed to prove the truth. And even if you pick a side based on your opinion‚ is it true? To have a well thought out opinion‚ you need facts‚ and along with those facts‚ you need examples. People don’t see the major issue that goes on in the criminal system against colored
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Lifestyle Prison Conditions in Victorian Era Back in the Victorian Era‚ prisons were used as places to hold people in debt or for the ones accused waiting for trial (Victorian Prisons). For serious crimes usual punishment consisted of hanging and transportation‚ which meant convicted criminals were sent to different colonies around the world to serve their sentences (The National Archives). Criminal systems used transportation for a cheap alternative to hanging. By removing them from society‚ they
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get personal favors and benefits. In the United States prisons‚ corruption cases rages from those involving criminal investigating departments giving faulty forensic evidence which favor the prosecutor‚ jailing of poor in favor of the rich‚ illegal jailing of kids in adult collection facilities‚ bribing of law makers in order for them to come up with new crimes and many more. Prisons in United States At the beginning‚ putting criminals into prisons was aimed at improving or changing behaviors of
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The concept of the prison has existed for more than two thousand years. It probably goes back as far in time as practice of cannibalism‚ where victims had to wait for their turn in contributing to the chief course in the menu of their captors. Examples of prisons can even be found in the Old Testament when Joseph was incarcerated in Egypt. It was not until the 19th century that a clear shift occurred from corporal punishment to imprisonment. As societies prospered and the industrial revolution began
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“deinstitutionalize” the mentally ill – prisons and jails became the new de facto mental health asylums. In 2015‚ according to the Treatment Advocacy Center‚ in 44 of the 50 states‚ “the largest prison or jail held more people with serious mental illness than the largest psychiatrist hospital.” Therefore‚ in a country where incarcerating people with mental challenges seems to be a more viable option than treatment‚ it is inevitable to question the policies and
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Do prisons deter crime? Considering the recidivism rate‚ the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense‚ of the United States‚ no‚ prisons do not deter crime. The recidivism rate of prisoners in the US is 60%‚ one of the highest rates in the world. Prisons take criminals off the street‚ but fail to cure their need to commit crimes. Prisons‚ in a sense‚ add fuel to the fire. I believe prisoners leave prison in a worse state of mind than they were before they were locked
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Prison overcrowding is a global problem affecting many countries‚ the United States included. In his research‚ Jimmy Nguyen (2012)‚ states that overcrowding in these correctional facilities has denied the prisoners or the inmates their basic human and constitutional rights. In her article‚ Susan Campers (2012)‚ agrees with Jimmy that the state of prison overcrowding in the United States is a demonstration of a failing correctional system. In this essay‚ the paper gives a summary of these two articles
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