deserves equal and consistent judgment in the court of law. African Americans have a high incarceration rate because of the heavy focus put on inner city communities‚ the profiling done by police officers‚ and are often not given equal trials in court. In court‚ minorities are incarcerated for the same crimes as Caucasians
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The Injustice of Mass Incarceration Studies have shown that over time more people are serving time in prison than ever before. Incarceration statistics are proving serious amounts of disreputable behavior from the American criminal justice system. Being incarcerated has major effects on the psyche of inmates. Mass incarceration‚ also known as hyperincarceration‚ is becoming progressively worse of an issue for minorities in the U.S.‚ particularly African Americans and the lower class. A frequently
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| Juvenile Corrections | The History‚ Recidivism Rates‚ and What Works | | Gina Pardue | Corrections - SPEA J331Dr. Robert Ramsey | 12/12/2012 | | Definition of Juvenile Corrections Juvenile corrections encompasses the portions of the criminal justice system that deal with juvenile offenders. Many of these facilities and programs seem to mirror jails and prisons‚ but juvenile corrections are not meant for long term sentences. Sometimes sentences for juveniles are only several
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Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime Yakisha Johnson CJA/204 July 16‚ 2012 Michael Paris Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime Delinquency… Juvenile delinquency consists of any juvenile actions of conduct in violation of juvenile status offenses‚ criminal law and other juvenile misbehavior. Delinquent is a juvenile term for criminals who have not yet reached adulthood. Delinquent children are those who violate the criminal law and only because they are not adults‚ the word criminal
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every 111 white women. (2010 Census) Research done by social scientist has concluded that the criminal justice system has profound and integral effects on certain communities that are most heavily impacted by the uneven incarceration rates. Systematic racism and mass incarceration is not a new tactic; it is a tactic that was at first called slavery but now has a new “race-blind” name.
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Rehabilitation versus Incarceration Lee Tergeson‚ actor from the television show OZ said‚ “I know what it is like to be ignored‚ and I think that is the big problem about the prison system: These people are being thrown away. There is no sense of rehabilitation. In some places‚ they are trying to do things. But‚ in most cases‚ it is a holding cell.” (Tergeson‚ 2002) He speaks the truth. Those incarcerated today are not given the chance to change their behavior patterns‚ especially when it is
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society fuels a cycle of poverty and incarceration. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ incarcerated people had a median income (prior to their incarceration) of $19‚185 which is 41% less than non-incarcerated people. A large number of people enter prison in poverty and are released with a slim chance to escape poverty due to employment discrimination for prisoners. Poverty is a huge factor in the reason why America’s recidivism and re-incarceration rates are so high. Released prisoners
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At 2.2 million inmates‚ the United States currently has the highest incarceration rate in the world. Approximately 1 per every 130 people are imprisoned and over 4 million people are on probation or parole. Despite the amount of people locked up‚ the U.S. has wildly fluctuating crime rates and the number of offenses per year has steadily been going up since the year 2000 (Henry). While the current prison system is highly debated amongst different groups‚ it is generally agreed that crime rates are
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Mass incarceration is often cited as one of the main pillars of institutional racism in America due to the disproportional amount of minorities incarcerated yearly. The war on drugs is widely acknowledged as one of the main reasons for mass incarceration and its devastating effects on the black community. On June 17‚ 1971‚ Richard Nixon officially declared drugs “America’s public enemy number one” and thus began the colloquialized War on Drugs (Alexander 16). Seeing as Nixon’s presidency shortly
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In The New Jim Crow‚ Michelle Alexander’s argument that Mass Incarceration is‚ metaphorically‚ the new Jim Crow is extremely useful because it sheds light on the difficult problem a system of racial and social control that is prevalent in the United States today. Although I agree with Alexander generally‚ I cannot accept her overriding assumption that Mass Incarceration is the only system of oppression contributing to the new system of oppression that has been emerging since the so-called end of
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