Lopez 1 Ashanti Lopez Mr. Knox AP English Language & Composition 14 January 2015 Mass Incarceration On December 7th of 1989‚ a man named Carlos DeLuna‚ was wrongfully executed for a murder he did not commit (Cohen). The 8th Amendment of the U.S. Bill of Rights states‚ "Excessive bail shall not be required‚ nor excessive fines imposed‚ nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted." Carlos never had the opportunity to prove his innocence before being executed by lethal injection. Prior to being executed
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twenty-five years is correctional treatment programs. Although the public supports the concept of rehabilitation and treatment programs‚ there is an expectation that such programs reduce recidivism. In New York City‚ the recidivism rate in the jail system is as high as 65%. Out of 340‚000 males‚ 200‚000 black males are arrested yearly by the NYPD out of a population of 1‚200‚000 black males. Rehabilitation is a programmed effort to alter the attitudes and behaviors of inmates and improve their likelihood
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Once again‚ the responses were strongly in favor of such reforms with all responses falling on the scale of agreement or having no opinion. When asked whether we should develop alternatives to incarceration for non-violent offenders‚ 50% strongly agreed‚ 43% agreed‚ and 7% had no opinion. Furthermore‚ when asked whether programs to make prisoners more productive citizens after being released should be developed‚ 70% strongly agreed and 30% agreed
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Mass incarceration is the mass intake of people of color into the justice system. It is being labeled as the “new Jim Crow.” Meaning that it is the unspoken legal separation of people of color from whites. The old Jim Crow made it legal for segregation to exist and the new Jim Crow made it easier to hide the racism that still exists in America. Mass incarceration is the new racial caste system/the new Jim Crow because it made a clear divide between whites and blacks. It did this by promoting stereotypes
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literature review provided an array of information that allowed for a greater understanding of the topic. However‚ it was difficult to find articles that addressed the topic of minority incarceration. Most of the articles explored during this phase of research lacked a focus on the issues of minority incarceration‚ and were generally accompanied by a sub topic that deviated the conversation. The articles explored also lacked fitting methods of data collection‚ as they were either predominantly qualitative
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Does Incarceration Prevent Crimes Some form of crime has always been around and will continue to be around because it is in our human nature. The best thing we can do is to deter as much crime as we can whether it be harsher incarceration sentences or alternative sanctions treatment programs. Unfortunately‚ I feel incarceration alone is not an effective crime prevention strategy and I will explain why. A quick fix In an ideal world‚ prison and jail make sense. A criminal gets caught‚ loses their
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The incarceration rate for African Americans in the United States are extremely high. African Americans make up the majority of prisoners in the United States. According to American Journal of Sociology‚ “ In 2009‚ African Americans were nearly six times more likely to be in prisoned than whites.” Admittedly‚ we as 21st century Americans are starting to be reacquainted with the injustice of the law as a whole because it seems as if almost every news story is centered around an African American being
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In the documentary‚ 13th‚ the director‚ Ava DuVernay‚ conducts a detailed analysis of the system of mass incarceration in America. More specifically‚ how the prison structure of America affects people of color. The 13th amendment may have physically removed the shackles that enslaved African Americans‚ but replaced them with “mass incarceration‚ police brutality and policies that have continually disenfranchised people of color.” Many times throughout the film‚ the word “Criminal” is projected on
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ahead. This is a non-profit organization that is applying to receive a grant that will used to help further our opportunity to serve those youth incarcerated. Our agent’s activities will be to have speakers‚ who have gone through this experience incarceration in their lives
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Introduction The trend of African American males between the ages of 25 and 29 has seen a dramatic increase of incarceration. Attention has been focusing on areas of housing‚ education‚ and healthcare but the most prominent problem for African American males is the increase in the incarceration rate. African American males between the ages of 25 and 29 incarceration rate has been thought‚ by many‚ to be caused by economic factors such as under employment or unemployment‚ poor housing‚ lack of
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