treatment and proper care for those with extreme mental disorders ‚ including bipolar disorder and schizophrenia‚ can often times be overlooked. Along with the mentally ill‚ families must go through extreme costs and legal difficulties to be able to provide for them. Ever since the 1800’s‚ society has been unable to provide and deal with mentally ill citizens in an appropriate manner. Many have been thrown in jails. Few may understand that mental diseases affect millions across the U.S‚ but everyone needs
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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 these
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There are many situations of being homosexual living in prisons. It is either they would respect you for being who you are or they would just simply abuse what they see‚ sexually and physically. In many cases it has been a big problem that homosexuals in prison were the closest thing to having a “woman-like” in prison‚ therefore many male prisoners would tend to rape or sexually abuse what they crave for. In some of the cases‚ the peer pressure would really get to the prisoners and are sometimes
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when the gates of the prison open‚ the path ahead should lead to a better life.” Reforms have been used throughout history to implement new regulations and make changes in order to improve the lives of those impacted. Before the Prison Reform Movement‚ the United States Prison system was overflowing. Anyone‚ who was jailed for any offense‚ big or small‚ was placed in the same prison. This means that a small child committing a minor offense could have been placed in the same prison‚ or even cell‚ as a
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Most prison gangs do more than offer simple protection for their members. Most often‚ prisons gangs are responsible for any drug‚ tobacco or alcohol handling inside correctional facilities (Garbarino 50). Furthermore‚ many prison gangs involve themselves in prostitution‚ assaults‚ kidnappings and murders. Prison gangs often seek to intimidate the other inmates‚ pressuring them to relinquish their food and other resources (Garbarino 59). Also‚ prison gangs often exercise a large
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sexual crimes and so on. It becomes a huge problem when prison administrators look the other way or dare not even want to look at the facts or admit it could be happening. There are many problems that can be posed by having mentally ill‚ elderly‚ and minority inmates. Having elderly inmates age 55 years or older‚ there can be many things that can happen to them from having cancer‚ high cholesterol‚ and diabetes to name a
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Punishment by life in prison is based off the assumption that certain convicts has no hope of rehabilitating into productive members of society‚ making them better off excluded from the general public. As a result‚ our government spends million of dollars annually to keep such people behind bars for their lives. Yet‚ despite being perceived as an inhumane form of punishment‚ it does not violate the 18th amendment and is in no way cruel and unusual according to our laws and it seems that our justice
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The Improvement of the Prison System When someone gets put into prison most people see it as a time to punish that individual for the offense they were put there for. As knowledge of how these prisoners live becomes more public information‚ and argument has arisen on whether they are placed in prison for punishment or for rehabilitation. The prison system should be used for rehabilitation. Everyday life of an inmate is miserable for most of them. Some of the prisoners have regrets‚ others
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life. The prisoners held in American prisons are no different. The United States prison system does not discriminated among its prisoners. These prisoners may have physical or mental disabilities however‚ if they committed a crime and are sentenced to spend time in prison then that is where they go. The fact is these inmates have special needs and are not special. They have been incarcerated for a reason. The most common special needs prisoners are mentally
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golf balls‚ your golf club is essential to the game of golf. If you are under the impression that any golf clubs will suffice‚ then you clearly have not been on the course trying to use a club that is too short or too long. Trying to compensate for an ill-fitting golf club can not only make a shamble of your game but also leave you aching afterwards. Further‚ you are probably not hitting the ball at your best and‚ certainly‚ not enjoying the game as you would otherwise. Is this to suggest that you must
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