What is The Problem with the US Correctional Systems

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In California, legal executions were authorized under the Criminal Practice Act of 1851. On February 1872, capital punishment was integrated into the California Penal Code. Explaining the historical development of capital and corporal punishment, including the methods of punishment used over the years and the Latin roots of capita and corpus. There are four primary United States constitutional amendments which safeguard inmates’ rights and how these amendments protect prisoners or inmates. The goals of rehabilitation and punishment, as well as probation and parole, and areas as it relate to inmate as well as for the community. Why is it one of the Colorado prisons important to our correctional system? Why are they compared to Pelican bay prison? Is there sentencing alternatives for the offenders?

According to the California Department of Correction and Rehabilitation (CDCR), Capital Punishment is a legal infliction of death as a penalty for violating criminal law. In addition, throughout history people have been put to death for various forms of wrongdoing. The methods of execution include such as practices of crucifixion, stoning, drowning, burning at the stakes stabbing, and of course beheading. Today, in most states, capital punishment is typically accomplished by lethal gas or injection, electrocution, hanging or shooting by the military under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. But in California, incarceration is preferred method to punish offenders, according to randomhistory.com.

Corporal Punishment is consequent from a Latin word meaning body. Which meant physical punishment and in the past it was very common. In California, corporal punishment has been implemented instead of capital punis...

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Lambert, Tim. "A History of Corporal Punishment." A History of Corporal Punishment. N.p., 20 Feb. 2014. Web. 05 Mar. 2014.

"America's Tug of War over Sanctioned Death." The History of Capital Punishment in the United States. N.p., 19 Sept. 2009. Web. 03 Mar. 2014.

Ridgeway, James, and Jean Casella. "America's 10 Worst Prisons: ADX." Mother Jones. N.p., 01 May 2013. Web. 07 Apr. 2014.

Atkinson, Grant. "Types of Alternative Sentencing." LegalMatch. N.p., 3 Apr. 2014. Web. 3 Apr. 2014.

Taylor, Michael. "The Last Worst Place / The Isolation at Colorado's ADX Prison Is Brutal beyond Compare. So Are the Inmates." SFGate. N.p., 28 Dec. 1998. Web. 07 Apr. 2014.

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