Criminal Justice Jail Paper As one can see while walking through the Wabash County and Miami County jails there are many differences that stand out. Jails were built accordingly to the era in which they were built in. In this essay you will read about some of the differences that can be noticed while walking through the Wabash County and Miami County jails. The differences between the two jails are the time in which the two jails were built, accessing parts of the jail, and the cleanliness of the two jails. One major difference between the Wabash County and the Miami County jails is the year in which they were built. In the year of 1979 the Wabash County jail was built and was made to hold seventy two inmates. …show more content…
The Miami County Jail uses mainly technology in everything they do. Officers use computers to open and shut doors as well lock and unlocking doors. This is done mainly in the dispatch center located near the front of the building. The Next paragraph is about the differences in the cleanliness of the two jails. The maintenance of the Wabash County Jail differs greatly from the Miami County Jail. The Wabash County Jail’s Detox room has a vent that has spit wads (spit balls) covering the vent cover. As you walk into the cell blocks in the Wabash County Jail you can see the inmates living quarters and within the inmates living quarters you can see trash lying on the floor. The Miami County Jail is very clean and their Detox room doesn’t have any trash lying around on the floor or on the benches. The Miami County Jail has their inmates clean their cells at least once a day to keep the living conditions in overall a good shape. You would think that since the Wabash County Jail is a governmental building that it would be cleaned up somewhat decent. The cells should be cleaned out frequently. The Wabash County Jail needs some upkeep
This article discusses how badly the corrections officers treat the inmates at Mid-State Correctional Facility in New York. The inmates are beaten and penetrated by foreign objects by the officers that are supposed protect them. Not only are they mistreating the inmates but they are getting away with it as well. There are many instances and examples of inmates from this specific facility, Mid-State Correctional Facility, getting beaten by guards. These allegations of brutality against the inmates are going more viral now than ever.
The article, Macomb county jail to get full-body scanner for inmates describes the new technology in Macomb county prison in Detroit, Michigan. The full body scanner, which will be installed in order to prevent the inmates from bringing drugs, weapons, or other contrabands inside the prison. According to Kent county sheriff, Lawrence Stelma, these scanners are expensive, but quite effective (Hall, 2016). The article states that smuggling contraband is one of the biggest issue in the prison system. Many inmates tend to hide objects such as, drugs, illegal substances, copper wires, and so forth.
Civil rights leader and social activist Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a world renown correspondence, Letter From Birmingham Jail, in April of 1963, during a time when segregation was at it’s peak in the South. When King was making his mark in American history, the United States was experiencing great social unrest due to the injustice towards their colored citizens, which would lead to social rights rallies and unnecessary violence. In response to King’s peaceful protesting, the white community viewed “[his] nonviolent efforts as those of an extremist,” and subsequently imprisoned the pastor (para 27). King specifically wrote to the white clergymen who had earlier addressed a letter to him as to why he was apprehended, in which they argued that his actions were untimely and unconstitutional. In response, King emphasized that justice is never timely, and the refusal to acknowledge equal rights was inhumane and regressive.
One may easily go past the Arlington County Detention Facility without noticing a multistory building that has reflective windows is actually a jail that has 200 employees that secure and hold a typical inmate population of approximately 500 inmates (slightly larger male-to-female population). Burrowed between multiple office and apartment buildings, is the jail located at 1435 N. Courthouse Road, and it is conveniently situated within a block from the Courthouse Metro station and the courthouse where the criminals are tried. On a recent tour of the facility with my classmates and I took on October 15, 2015, we got the opportunity to tour the jail in its entirety, learn about the booking and jail assignment process, while experiencing the daily
Contraband in correctional facilities is a security risk for administrators. Jails in Correctional Facilities routinely has a wide range of security procedures. While Contraband is increasingly Rising, staff members and inmates are at risk. New policies need to be implemented to reduce contraband. For Example, when inmates are searched leaving in or out the building, the guards should also be searched.
From 1896 up until 1995 the Holmesburg Prison in Pennsylvania was in constant use. Much of the history at Holmesburg’s contains instances of rioting, murder, rape and even medical experimentation. Most prisons claim some violence in their past but Holmesburg’s borders on barbaric. Maybe this strong negative energy is what keeps the ghosts of Holmesburg Prison so active.
On April 16, 1963, Dr Martin Luther King Jr. wrote the famous “Letter from Birmingham Jail”, to the local clergymen who were critiqued his beliefs and peaceful protests, starting off by saying “While confined here in the Birmingham city jail, I came across your recent statement calling my present activities ‘unwise and untimely’” (271). This was one out of many historical events that occurred during the civil rights movement, namely in 1963. The impact in which the civil rights movement had on Birmingham, then the entire nation, was of such massive scale that after nearly a century since the Thirteenth Amendment ended slavery in 1865. The years of the lingering discrimination following that was finally brought to a halt. The strategies used
The layout of Miami’s jail involves a pod system, in which all the areas for the inmates are monitored in a room overlooking everything. Wabash has a linear jail system, which are just hallways with cells lined up alongside them. The Miami County jail is larger and can hold more inmates. It has larger rooms, cells, and recreational areas. Wabash has their nurse stationed in their all purpose room
Topic: Prison overcrowding General Purpose: To inform Specific Purpose: At the end of my speech, the audience will be able to identify and describe the key reasons and issues of prison overcrowding. Introduction Attention Getter Imagine being locked up in a confined space with little to no air conditioning, concrete walls, concrete floors, poor sanitation, rowdy peers, no soft comforts of a home, and a lack of the everyday basic needs.
IV. What works? a) List who the prison system has worked for. b) Jail, rehab, community service, education, social services, Draconian
The city of Yuma, Arizona is not a city that catches tourists eyes a lot, but every once in a while it does and one of the reasons people notice Yuma is because of the Yuma Territorial Prison. The Yuma Territorial Prison has been through thick and thin and is still standing today, a century and a half later(Murphy 1). The prison is no longer functioning, but it still manages to lure people in, not by breaking the law, but by its historical significance. The prison is unique in design and the impact it has had not just in Yuma, but in Arizona as a whole. The Yuma Territorial Prison today, as a museum, allows people to examine the design of the prison and how it reflects the time and place it was built, the negative effects the prison has caused
S. (2008). Prison and Jail Administration: Practice and Theory, 2nd Edition. Sudbury, MA: Jones and Bartlett. Klugiewicz, G. T. (2008). Factors that influence the use of force in a correctional institution.
Jim Crow Law Jim Crow laws are about power. Power of one race over another. These laws that had happened showed the weakness and over power that each different race had. In this essay it will highlight the beneficial of the importance to how jim crow law shows unfairness between both race.
In 1963 Martin Luther King Jr. was sent to jail because of a peaceful protest, protesting treatments of blacks in Birmingham. Before the protest a court ordered that protests couldn’t be held in Birmingham. While being held in Birmingham, King wrote what came to be known as the “Letter from Birmingham Jail” Not even King himself could predict how much of an impact this letter would have on the Civil Rights Movement. In the letter kind defended Kings beliefs on Nonviolent Protests, King also counters the accusations of him breaking laws by categorizing segregation laws into just and unjust laws. King uses this principle to help persuade others to join him in his acts of civil disobedience.
There are currently around 37,000 prisoners in Australia and over 2, 200, 000 in America, populations that have both been increasing greatly in the past decade. 1 2 Therefore more people every year face the immediate concern of rebuilding life, upon release from correctional facilities, and the stigma that will follow them forever. It is the government’s duty to make the transition from prison to society as effective as possible, and to help prisoners become active members of society. Although both America and Australia have strategies that function both inside and out of prisons there are many flaws that are present in these systems. One thing both countries have realised is that it is important to start the process of reintegration