Essay On Mass Incarceration

Felon disenfranchisement is not only unconstitutional but also further institutionalizes racism. For example, in communities consisting of minorities like African Americans and Hispanics felony disenfranchisement unlawfully create a disadvantage for freedom of speech. As stated by Eric H. Holder, JD a US Attorney General “although well over a century has passed since post-Reconstruction …the impact of felony disenfranchisement on modern communities of color remains both disproportionate and unacceptable.” The act of taking away someone’s right to vote notably mirrors the act of forbidding African Americans to vote during the post-Reconstruction Era. Holder refers to the fact that taking away the right to vote essentially withdraws any opinions that minorities

After a trial is done and the sentence is revealed, the criminal of the case at hand will be sent to prison. At prison, the convict has a high chance of becoming a victim themselves. They often will find themselves victimized by the other inmates. Whether or not criminals deserve to become victims while in the penitentiary is up to debate. There is a belief that prisoners are put in jail for a reason and they deserve to be harmed by other criminals while locked up.

"I know why the Caged Bird feels, Alas (1)". In the first line of the poem, the speaker gives a direct insight into how Dunbar shares the same plight that has plagued the bird’s mere existence. The “caged bird” represents the African Americans and the struggles they have faced then and now. Dunbar’s imagery of the caged bird’s erratic behavior of being caged in and not being able to spread its wings and fly is a representation of the obstacles that African Americans have faced since boarding the boat to America. When Dunbar wrote “Sympathy”, he was writing from experience, being an African American writer who couldn 't receive the accolades he deserved to the color of his skin. At that time that was the story of all African Americans, fast forward 100 years later, African Americans still face those same obstacles.

Prison gangs have become a big problem in the correctional facilities today. The gang has started to control the prisons and making the work life for correctional officers very difficult. They are able to run their criminal empire on the outside from the inside of the jail and also try and traffic drugs into the prisons and among many other things.

“Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.” - Martin Luther King, Jr. It’s truly sad how ignorance is the main thing driving this inequality that blacks have to face. In one of your most famous speeches, “I Have a Dream” I realized that you addressed many important issues. One being that people still look at African Americans as lost causes. Secondly, how protesting can make a huge difference. Lastly, Blacks won 't be satisfied until a black person isn’t a victim of police brutality.

In his book, Rights of Man, pamphleteer Thomas Paine explains that, in his eyes, America is nearly the perfect society. He states that even though there are so many “people from different nations, accustomed to different forms and habitats of government, speaking different languages, and more different in their modes of worship”, America manages to stay cordially united. Today, the fact that America is made up of people from all over the world is still holds true, but it is nowhere near flawless. Violence in America has gone up drastically in the past few years, there is a huge difference between the upper and lower class, and different types of people are discriminated against. In 1791, when Paine wrote his book, he claimed that the government

Almost every year hundreds to thousands of African Americans are killed due to police brutality. Over like a hundred of African Americans were killed this year because of police brutality. Everyone who has been a part of police brutality, their families have to go on with life knowing someone really special to them is not in their life anymore. Many families are devastated this year because they have lost a family member or a spouse due to this situation. Many African Americans think that police brutality is not right. People have started riots, movements, and protest over the past few years in different cities and states. Many people don’t like cops because they have killed so many innocent African American males and

The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) was founded February 12,1909. The NAACP is known to be one of the most strongest and oldest civil rights organization in the United States. The party was formed due to the continued lynching of black people.

At a recent high school football game, a line of excited fans were waiting to purchase tickets when, all of a sudden, loud bursts exploded in the sky. Frantic parents and children scattered in all directions only to realize fireworks were being displayed to celebrate "Senior Night" at Nettleton High School. The sad fact is that daily, the news is filled with stories about mass shootings in schools, theaters, malls, and other places. Innocent lives are being taken by gun violence and nobody seems to have answers. Ben Demenech made a valid point when he stated, "When a tragedy strikes on a natural scale, our initial reactions have commonality to them: We recoil in shock and are overcome with sorrow. But then, as anger and

Every child gets “The REAL Talk,” but every talk is different. For most African Americans the the talk includes how the world is not a fair place if a person is different, if African Americans want to get somewhere, they have to work twice as hard, and In the US last year, 223 African Americans were killed by police due to police brutality. One third of those people were unarmed, and should not have been seen as a threat, but they were still killed. 12 of these people were under the age of 18. African Americans should not have to be scared to go outside any day thinking they might not make it home. African Americans feel targeted in today’s society because so many innocent African Americans are being incarcerated, shot, and killed. Since 2001, it is 6.1 times likelier to be incarcerated as a black man than a white man. This is all because of skin color. Black Lives Matter (BLM) was a group created to raise awareness for the heinous acts the have presented itself to the black community

Racism is an issue which is often addressed when talking about ethnic groups, minorities and immigrants. People who are oppressed, left out or hurt because of their race or ethnicity are victims of racism. However, this action is mainly associated with black people being racially abused by white people and white people are often called out for having white privilege. This issue has been popular ever since there is racial and ethnic diversity, but after groups such as ‘BlackLivesMatter’ and ‘AllLivesMatter’ were founded more people joined the discussion on racial abuse and white privilege. Both the ‘BlackLivesMatter’ and ‘AllLivesMatter’ campaigns were formed after the shooting of a black civilian, Michael Brown, by a white cop in Ferguson

I think that black lives matter too because everybody is important and should get treated the same way and just because one black person does something doesn't mean all black people are bad people. Like if a black person robs a store or something people think that all black people are that way but we aren't because there are some people that rob stores and commit crimes too that aren't black. That's why i think that people are making such a big deal about it and especially the things that happened in the past that's what really makes it bad like if none of that happened then it probably wouldn't be such a big deal about whenever black people get shot by a white person or something. And people think we run from the cops because we did something bad. No that's not everybody's reason the real reason is because they might be scared that they are gonna get there life taken away for no reason or they gonna get shot or something. Like ik that

Life as a convict at Port Arthur was neither easy or pleasant. Getting to Port Arthur was difficult, the journey from England was long and hard, some men didn't make the trip. The food they had to eat and the clothes they were made to wear was a punishment within itself. It was hard to get through one day in the jail let alone years for some. The punishments inflicted were harsh and cruel and were a high part of convict life. The trades and workload were heavy but in some cases successful for life after Port Arthur.

Cultivating peace within African American communities is difficult to do because human violence is inevitable. When I think of peace, I think of It as justice, equity and freedom from oppression, discrimination and all forms of violence. Some changes that should be instituted to cultivate peace within the African American communities locally and nationally are; Putting all violent weapons down so our children can be safe, putting more police on the streets and toughen up the punishments for the offenders. If African Americans want peace in their community, then it is time to all come together to solve this problem without using violence.

Should a person be sentenced to life in prison for providing heroin to someone who died? The answer to that question depends on so many factors that it cannot be answered without more information. Although there are state and federal laws in place for drug violations, they are only meant to be guidelines. Judges are given discretion as to what the final sentence will be. These guidelines are continually changing as drugs and crimes evolve.