"Women in prison" Essays and Research Papers

Sort By:
Satisfactory Essays
Good Essays
Better Essays
Powerful Essays
Best Essays
Page 49 of 50 - About 500 Essays
  • Good Essays

    Prison System Effective

    • 374 Words
    • 2 Pages

    A prison system can be effective if set up correctly. I can tell you our prison system is a joke. Many people look forward to getting into prison because it’s easier than being on the streets. They are well fed; they often get access to books‚ televisions‚ games‚ and even sports rec leagues and such. Their medical is fully covered by the state and there isn’t any real back breaking work to be done other than fighting off your prison mate. I believe that criminals convicted of the hard crimes

    Premium Capital punishment Criminal justice Reinforcement

    • 374 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    documented fact that inmates who regularly correspond with their family members do better with reform programs offered to them. Additionally‚ the convict’s interaction gives them motivation and inspires them to stay on the positive path toward leaving prison and perhaps even an early relief. Depending on the state and facility where the prisoner is housed the family is left with a hefty bill. Prisoners pay up to $10-$14 every minute they talk to a father‚ mother‚ sister or brother while incarcerated

    Premium Employment Poverty Prison

    • 312 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Stanford Prison Study

    • 555 Words
    • 3 Pages

    Dylan Kerbs Psych&100 Simmelink 10/8/12 Stanford Prison Study The Stanford Prison Study I believe was a very interesting experiment‚ but at the same time was very cruel and harmful to the students that participated in the experiment. I thought that it was very interesting on how they messed with the prisoners heads by shaving their heads‚ putting the chain around their feet‚ and giving them numbers to respond to. Even though it was kind cruel it was kind of cool to see all of the different

    Premium Stanford prison experiment Psychology 2007 singles

    • 555 Words
    • 3 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
  • Good Essays

    sentences with the possibility of no parole along with counseling and rehabilitation. Many believe that putting an adolescent in prison with a life sentence is a cruel and unfair punishment. In the past couple of years‚ the law changed to place underage delinquents in rehabilitation centers or juvenile hall for no more than a year rather than prison. Placing a youth in a prison is said to have a negative affect on the child‚ making parents afraid to have their teenagers locked away‚ even after committing

    Premium Prison Crime Life imprisonment

    • 929 Words
    • 4 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Better Essays

    School to Prison Pipeline

    • 2888 Words
    • 12 Pages

    School-to-Prison Pipeline: Does the Current Educational System Demonize or Criminalize Our Youth? In today’s society our children go down one of two paths: become successful or become criminals. The question then must be asked: have we allowed our children to be tracked down such opposite paths by using discipline as an excuse? There may well be an argument that ultimately the school and prison system have nothing to do with one another; however‚ I believe they have become one in the same

    Premium Education Teacher School

    • 2888 Words
    • 12 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Better Essays

    Sex Offenders In Prisons

    • 2396 Words
    • 10 Pages

    can be much more. Not only can someone be charged as a sex offender for crimes such as rape and molestation‚ but someone could also be charged for getting caught urinating in public. So with that in mind answer this; Once They serve their time in prison‚ are laws about where sex offenders may live and be employed unfair? Well‚ With some exceptions‚ laws about where sex offenders may live and work is fair because time served is not a guarantee they will not reoffend‚ also‚ they bring fear into the

    Premium Sex offender Human sexual behavior Crime

    • 2396 Words
    • 10 Pages
    Better Essays
  • Good Essays

    put in solitary confinement so that prison officials have an easier time dealing with their difficulties and dangers. This‚ however‚ is not the way to deal with mentally ill prisoners. The effects that solitary confinement has on a person reduces their quality of life down to absolutely nothing and they would be better off getting the electric chair. Solitary confinement is not an effective way of imprisoning humans because it does not accomplish the goal of prisons which is to reform prisoners to be

    Premium Prison Penology Crime

    • 1228 Words
    • 5 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Good Essays

    Due to their history‚ many ex-criminal offenders face many challenges achieving employment once released from prisons. Even though juvenile and adult criminal offenders may seem like a loss cause in providing interventions‚ a number of research conclude that they will benefit from career counseling and vocational training. Employment can fulfill the basic needs of people‚ including a sense of pride‚ accomplishment‚ and autonomy (Derzis‚ Shippen‚ Meyer‚ Curtis‚ & Houchins‚ 2013). Being engaged in

    Premium Prison Employment Recidivism

    • 1606 Words
    • 7 Pages
    Good Essays
  • Powerful Essays

    Prison State Frontline

    • 1286 Words
    • 6 Pages

    The United States sends more people to prison than any other country in World. The state of Kentucky has also been having a jail problem. The Kentucky police has been locking up more inmates than they have ever before. The jails are overpopulated and the state is trying to figure out a solution to this jail problem. The video “Prison State”‚ a documentary by PBS Frontline‚ shows the problem Kentucky has with more inmates in jail. The states spends a lot of money to lock up prisoners. The state alone

    Premium Prison Youth detention center Kentucky

    • 1286 Words
    • 6 Pages
    Powerful Essays
  • Satisfactory Essays

    Elderly People In Prisons

    • 275 Words
    • 2 Pages

    Audience: correctional staff Subject: Should prisons allow elderly people to be released and be under supervised parole for the rest of their lives. Author’s/Speaker’s Main Purpose or Claim: We will save money if it is possible and elder people leave the jail to avoid the necessary training for correction officers‚ “the costs of medication and accomadations throughout the prison such as wheelchair accesability and units with lower bunks.” Author’s/Speaker’s Tone (Tone=how the author/speaker feels

    Premium Prison Penology Crime

    • 275 Words
    • 2 Pages
    Satisfactory Essays
Page 1 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50