...Twenty miles west of Baghdad lay one of the most notorious prisons known as Abu Ghraib. This particular prison gets its notorious reputation from the vile living conditions and inhumane treatment of prisoners that is performed behind prison walls. This military prison housed Iraq’s seized in ostensible connection with the war on terrorism. These individuals are those whom would not be given the opportunity to secure their release by establishing their innocents (Margulies, 2004). What was thought to be a humane source of a military prison was later identified as a prison used to brutally scrutinize detained Iraqis. The torturous acts performed, vile conditions, and weekly executions are difficult to believe to be performed by U.S. soldiers, but it is an individual’s personal choice to act upon poor discretion, which is demonstrated within the prison of Abu Ghraib....
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...about the prisoners’ treatment is found in the Geneva Convention. Early in the Civil War, the prisons were easily able to hold the numbers of prisoners, partially due to the prisoner exchange agreement. Later, the number of facilities used to hold prisoners was forced to increase. Prisoners of war were treated very poorly in the Civil war, and the public was outraged...
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...He was sent to criminal court where the judge ordered him to pay three thousand dollars, which was out of reach for his family as a result, he was sent to jail in Riker, where he had to deal with harsh and inhumane conditions. At first, his case looked simple to deal with but it did not turn out that way. He was taken to the court several times thinking that justice will be served but, his case got postponed day after day due to lack of judges and courtroom staff. This clearly shows that the court system was not running properly. But it was amazing to see Kalief Browder as he did not lose hope in justice and behaved properly in the courtroom when he did not receive justice. M. DiMango was a new judge who was brought in order to solve some cases. The judge saw his case and advised him to plead guilty as he had stayed for 34 months since his 1st day in jail. She advised him to plead guilty as he could lose trial and get up to fifteen years in jail....
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...The Conditions of Prisons Worldwide Society usually does not concern themselves with people in prison but what they fail to realize is that they could be the ones incarcerated. Every day, there are people who state they do nothing wrong to be put in prison but anyone can watch the news, and it states how people were on vacation and something unexpected resulted in their incarceration while in a foreign country. The conditions in both American and Third World prisons have poor living conditions and deprive prisoners of health care that cause them to be susceptible to life threatening diseases. Society needs to be aware of these conditions and the possibility that it may happen to them; these conditions are not suitable for human beings. Prisons worldwide have poor living conditions. There are prisons in other parts of the world that conditions are unspeakable, and just inhumane. The living conditions in the majority of United States prisons can be very poor; there are not enough beds or cots because of the overpopulation. There was a new story on a prison in Arizona where the warden had the inmates sleeping outside under canopies. The inmates still had beds or cots, but they were outside in the natural elements with no protection from the weather. Those conditions are not nearly as bad as some of the prisons in the third world countries. In Syria, prisoners are treated like slaves and are even beaten with pipes, other weapons...
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...North Korea? For several decades, satellites have detected prison/labor camps all over the Mountainous regions of North Korea. Between 150,000 and 200,000 people reside in these camps; Many of them born in the camp and are unaware of the outside world. At a young age many of the children born in the camp, are malnourished, abused and given a taste of what the camp life is like. A popular novel known as Escape from Camp 14 is the true tale of a young man’s life, in a labor camp known...
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...and rape where punished by death by hanging in public for everyone to see. The criminals that were very poor dealt with the most of these punishments. They had to live in unsanitary conditions with filth and barely enough to eat. Wealthy criminals could pay a bail to get out and pay fines to be released. The use of capital and corporal punishments were not approved of by some people. One of those people were William Penn governor of Pennsylvania. Quakers being victims of religious persecution, they felt that the criminal codes were both inhumane and inefficient so along with William Penn they made some new codes that included abolition of capital punishments for crimes except homicide, substitution of hard labor instead of harsh punishments, a provision for free food and housing, and replacement of stocks and pillory for houses of detention. (seiter, 2011). In the late 19th century the American correction system went from using prison only to punish criminals to using rehabilitation to try and reform them. They also started using education and labored jobs. The Pennsylvania system was considered “separate and silent”. The system enforced that inmates not see or speak to each other. They believed inmates would contaminate and teach each other criminal actives. There were many things wrong with their...
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...“The fact is that, in all prisons everywhere, cruelties on the one hand and injudicious laxity of discipline on the other have at times appeared and will, at intervals, be renewed except the most vigilant oversight is maintained.” (Brainyquote.com) Dorothea Lynde Dix was instrumental in improving the treatment of the mentally ill. Her determination to improve the conditions for the “blind, deaf, and the dumb” was sparked when she traveled to England with some of her friends. While in England, she took a job teaching inmates at East Cambridge Jail, a women's prison. While employed at the prison, she witnessed the cruel treatment of the mentally ill, which included being flagged, chained, starved, left naked with neither heat nor sanitation, and being sexually and physically abused. (Biography.com) She believed...
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...A person with a mental disability can act uncontrollably at times, causing them to commit a crime. In the United States, people with mental illnesses have been confined in jails and prisons between 1770 and 1820. Incarcerating such people was considered inhumane, so mentally ill people were placed into hospitals instead of jails up until 1970. Ever since the 1970s, people with mental disorders are being imprisoned for their crimes(Torrey). America once considered incarcerating the mentally ill to be inhumane, but then they suddenly changed their mind and have considered it to be legal. Ever since the 1970s, numbers of imprisoned people with mental illnesses has exponentially increased, “In 2012, there were estimated to be 356,268 inmates with severe mental illness in prisons and jails. There were also approximately 35,000 patients with severe mental illness in state psychiatric hospitals”(Torrey). There is approximately ten...
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...Case #3/Dying, death and bereavement in social work Introduction In this case we are presented with The Florida Project for Human Justice; a nonprofit agency in downtown Tallahassee that provides legal services to inmates pro-bono. Diane Epps, executive director/attorney and Joe Moran, lead attorney for the agency has invited their co-worker Cynthia Sanders, mitigation investigator to join them in working with one of their death row clients. , Elaborate more on the case Problem Statement The team of attorneys and mitigation investigator cannot agree on whether Mr. Aranda is competent enough to make the decision of waiving his death sentence appeal or if his rights to self-determination is being violated. It is important that the team is united in their decision in order to present a solid case to the presiding. Very good problem statement Contextual Analysis The Florida Project for Human Justice is a nonprofit agency that primary mission is to represent death-sentenced inmates across the state who are appealing their sentences. The agency also advocates for clients with life sentences and for a change in state law to end the death penalty. They’re ultimate mission is to protect and sustain the lives of those on death row. The agency consists of a staff of seven with a high employee turner turn over. The work is stressful and they operate on a very limited budget. The agency is primarily devoted to appellate work and usually began providing services when the client...
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...inmates perform labor during a prison sentence has contributed to the ongoing change over time of the prison system and in a way that has contributed to the rehabilitation of offenders. One might find it quite interesting to see how society and its evolution has greatly changed the system we use to punish offenders. History of Punishment Punishment for wrongful acts have dated back many centuries and could have began shortly after the beginning of the human race. One of the earliest know penal codes dates back to 1780 B.C. and is known as the Code of Hammurabi. This code was established by King Hammurabi during his reign of Old Babylon. The different types of punishment have changed greatly over the centuries. Punishments that were accepted by society in the early centuries are viewed as inhumane in our society today. The earliest responses to crime were brutal when compared to punishments in the society of the 20th century. Punishments such as torture, beatings, branding, and mutilation were accepted centuries ago. Although there are some countries that still accept some of these forms of punishment, most societies today would deem it inhumane. In today's society one is innocent until proven guilty and the punishment rendered must fit the crime committed. The offenders punishment will not include torture or mutilation. Once a person is found guilty of a crime the accused will face a punishment of labor, fines, probation, or time in prison separated from society. The...
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...discussed the comparison and similarities of the security levels in jails, state prisons and federal prisons, what makes them different or alike. Lastly, it will be discussed about the political policies in place to why there is growth in our criminal justice system. The first jail was created by King Henry the II in 1166 that was created by King Henry specifically for holding offenders for trial, however it became where it was being used hold individuals that were either poor or mentally Ill. John Howard found the jails to be a disgrace and found that the living conditions were inhumane to the criminals because of its filth. This is when John Howard and the English House of Commons created the Act of 1779 which was four requirements needed to be met and they are, (1) secure and sanitary structures, (2) systematic inspections, (3) abolition of fees charged to inmates, and (4) a reformatory regime in which inmates were confined in solitary cells but worked in common rooms during the day.” (Corrections an introduction) The U.S. soon began to follow the Act of 1779 known as the English model. In 1790 the first prison was established and it was called the Walnut Street Jail located in Philadelphia. This is where the concept of confinement and rehabilitation was created (Corrections an introduction) The Quakers who were the ones that changed the Walnut Street jail because the Quakers believe that it was inhumane of how the prisoners were being treated. The whole point of this era was to...
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...Capital punishment known to some as the death penalty is the execution of a criminal by the state as a punishment. It has been around for a long time to stop political rebellion and for the punishment of a criminal. As of post WW2 91 countries have abolished capital punishment. Now in America this punishment is only given to the harsh of offenses such as murder, treason, and espionage. The United States has executed 42 criminals last year. In our country we have an issue with capital punishment. Many of our citizens call it inhumane and costly than just giving a criminal the death penalty, some believe that we don’t have the right to take someone’s life and to let them live their lives in prison. To be sentenced to death is a four step plan that must be meet sentencing, direct review, State Collateral Review, and Federal Habeas Corpus. In the United States the method of capital punishment is lethal injection which is a more humane way than off the past 50 years. The United States is split on the issue of if capital punishment is justified or not. There are some points in this paper that will show you why capital punishment is well justified and needed in our country. The first point is that 69 percent of the nation favors the death penalty. The death penalty has also decreased the crime in our nation. January 17, 1977 Gary Gilmore was executed by the firing squad in Utah. That same year that state had 55 murders but after the execution the murders in the state went from...
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...The death penalty needs to be abolished globally. It is an outdated, unfair and often inhumane punishment. In addition to the fact that many television shows and movies have been made about people wrongly convicted on death row, the whole “an eye for an eye” from the Bible is completely outdated. (BIBLE GATEWAY) Furthermore, there have been numerous incidences where prisoners who had been convicted and sentenced to death, while being administered the lethal injection or on the electric chair, did not actually die the first time around. Many who are convicted and sentenced to death row are mentally disabled, having an IQ of 70 or less. One reason the death penalty should be abolished is that the cost of the death penalty far outweighs the cost of incarcerating a prisoner for life. A study of Indiana death penalty trials concluded that relative costs of incarceration with the addition of a death penalty sentence and direct appeal rose 38%. (JANEWAY) And a report by the Comptroller of the Treasury for the State of Tennessee concluded that when prosecutors sought the death penalty in murder cases, the average cost of the trial rose 48%. (MORGAN) Many states are finding that with rising budget costs and deficits it is better to abolish the death penalty than to sink further into debt. (BISSONNETTE) Another reason the death penalty should be abolished is that is an inhuman practice that is outdated. The old adage, “an eye for an eye”, no longer applies in the modern world. In addition...
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...ultimate violation of human being's individual rights and is the only crime that every state must punish. The Abu Ghraib torture and prison abuse case suffers the utmost unbearable torture implemented by the U.S military army on the innocent prisoners. The case also demonstrates the impact of the unfair use of power over the prisoners as the military uses restricted techniques of torture to humiliate the prisoners and gather information. In the summer of 2003, the Abu Ghraib case came to public attention shortly after the U.S military army committed human rights violations against the prisoners held in the Abu Ghraib Prison. They used unethical methods of physically and mentally torturing the prisoners as part of their interrogation techniques. Some of the harsher interrogation techniques forced upon the prisoners were engaging in sexual and homosexual behaviours and using opaque bags to cover their faces. The increasing pressure forced upon the U.S military army to determine the cause of the mortar attacks on the U.S eventually, led to many military personnel applying harsher interrogation techniques to procure more information from the prisoners. To protect the Americans from terrorism, the U.S started to control the bodies of prisoners in Iraq and threatened their ultimate human security by violating their fundamental human rights. The usage of inhumane torture authorized by the higher military authorities was unethical because according to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights...
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...Sarah Lessor Ccj 101 The human rights of Supermax prisons A supermax prison is short for super maximum security prison. These are for high risk prisoners who are a threat. Our text book states that “they have high concrete walls or double-perimeter razor wire fences, gun towers with armed officers, and strategically placed electronic monitors.” (adler 332) They are very hard to break out of. The book also says that every state has at least one maximum security prison. (Adler 332) Supermax prisons have their prisoners in solitary confinement. Solitary confinement is where you spend 22 hours a day all alone. (ACLU) They cannot have any human contact. This can make a person go crazy though like talked about in class. Solitary confinement does more harm than good to the people in it because it does have horrible side affects to the mind. The people sentenced to supermax prison are very dangerous criminals. The book says that “maximum security prisons are designed to hold the most violent, dangerous, and aggressive immate.”(Adler 332) Supermax prisons have more than twenty thousand prisoners. (refworld) To hold a prisoner at one of these prisons it is around 85,000 per year. (chicagoist) It is very costly and the benefits of these prisons are not very affective. The supermax prisons are not very human friendly. They allow their prisoners to go mentally ill with being cut off from the world and human interaction. As talked about in the article on the hrw website it says...
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