The documentary “The Central Park Five” shows five juveniles who were involved in a rape case in 1989. A white woman (Trisha Meili) was raped and who was leave for dead in the central park. Police officers arrested the five boys and they received sentences ranging from five to fifteen years. The Criminal Justice System did not have enough proof to blame these five blacks and Latino. However, later on Matias Reyes confessed that he was by himself and that he had assaulted and raped Meili that night. In this paper I would talk about question number four and question number nine.
This movie showed the dark side of the Criminal Justice System and the government, mainly the NYPD. It was incredible how the boys started breaking down their invented
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For instance, the Puerto Rican boy (Santana) who is already a man without wife, without a permanent job without anything. “It is important to address employment issues of returning inmates since being able to obtain and hold jobs is a crucial factor in achieving successful reentry, and helping former prisoners improve their literacy and job search skills is crucial to helping them get work” (Lilienthal, 2013). The documentary present that he applied for a job and in the part of the application where it asks “have you been convicted of a crime?” Santana marked “Yes” and for that reason they did not offer the job to him. Once a person is released of a crime the city does not provide the sufficient services. All they give them is money to survive. The city should pay them back with all opportunities they lose while in prison such as a house, a permanent job, help them to integrate in society again and provide them free education. I think these little things would help to recover more from their trauma. When they get released and they are going back to society is like a new chapter, they have to start from zero again. Their lives were apart from society unjustly for a crime they never commit. That is why I think the city should pay them everything
Chapter one focuses mainly on the patterns of punishment expressed on Black and Hispanic boys. He begins the chapter by describing a young Hispanic boy’s negative experiences on the streets of his neighborhood with the police as something that occurs
Without these men getting to work and becoming productive members of society, they are barred from this opportunity and the economy suffers (Appelbaum, 2015). Devah Pager, who conducted the famous study “Mark of a Criminal Recod,” which unveiled apparent discrimination against ex-offenders in the job market, weighed in on the issue: “Prior to the prison boom, when convictions were restricted to a smaller fraction of the population, it wasn’t great for their rehab potential but it wasn’t having a huge impact… Now such a large fraction of the population is affected that is has really significant implication, not just for those people, but for the labor market as a whole (Appelbaum,
The book Punished: Policing the lives of Black and Latino boys by Victor Rios is about the Latinos and African Americans in poor parts of the city joining gangs, do violence, and ending up in prison. It is also add how the police are handling the situation differently in these areas. The researcher is Victor Rios and the goal is to change how the police should handle in these poor communities and to have trust to prevent a crime that is unrelated with African Americans and Latinos. Additionally to develop new programs to help these young people out of prison to be productive, to be part of society, and to create a brighter future for these young people and their community. This is
I enjoyed reading Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys by Victor M. Rios because it was not only informing, but I could place myself as if I were one of the characters in the story. I could not even begin to imagine what these boys with through. From being beaten’ for no reason, to getting cuffed and sitting in the back of a cop car because they were eating a slice of pizza is absolutely ridiculous and should not be tolerated. Not only did I understand how these boys were in the networks of crime, but also, the criminalization, and punishment made sense and how I observed the higher authority took action. In my essay, I will be discussing three major concepts which are: moral panics, labeling , and code of the street.
The book "Punished: Policing the Lives of Black and Latino Boys" is written by Victor M. Rios, who was a former gang member in his hometown and later turned his life around. He went to Berkeley and earned a doctorate in sociology. This book explores how youth of color are punished and criminalized by authorities even under the situation where there is no crimes committed and how it can cause a harmful consequence for the young man and their community in Oakland, California. The goal is to show the consequences of social control on the lives of young people of color and try to remind the authorities. This is important Since society plays a crucial part in shaping the lives of people. And the authorities have biases towards them and mistreat
Gender and Race play the most prominent role in the criminal justice system. As seen in the movie Central Park 5, five African American boys were charged with the rape of the a white women. In class decision we’ve discussed how the media explodes when it reports cross-racial crimes. The Central Park 5 were known everywhere and even terms were being made up during the process such as wilding. Also, during one of the class discussions it was brought up that victims of crime are of the same race of the perpetrator. However, the media likes to sensationalize crime of the victim being of a different race, because it makes for a good story. By doing this, the media does create more of a division of race. As seen in the video Donald Trump was trying
During the night of April 19, 1989 a young woman was brutally raped and beaten while she went for a jog in Central Park. The rapist left her for dead lying in her own pool of blood. When she was found by a near Officer. The Central Parker Jogger went into a coma due to her severe injuries and was place on life support once she arrived to the hospital. Within a few hours after the crime six black and latino teenagers between the ages of 14-16 were picked up and questioned about their where about during the attack. The next day everyone found out about the horrifying news through the press the city went into an outrage and wanted justice for the victim. The city became divided between the whites and blacks and latinos communities.
This paper depicts how a sequence of injustices led to the wrongful conviction of a Trinidadian immigrant living in the Brooklyn Crown Heights neighborhood. No motive, no murder weapon, no forensic evidence, a questionable autopsy report, coerced witness testimonies, and a lying witness resulted in Colin Warner spending 21 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. It was the year of 1982 when Colin Warner was convicted for the murder of 16 year old Mario Hamilton. Martell Hamilton, the victim’s brother, and Thomas Charlemagne, 14 year old Haitian immigrant, were picked up by investigators shortly after Hamilton’s murder. Thomas Charlemagne would soon become the investigator’s star witness for this case. After hours of interrogation and
In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers were arrested and charged for brutally attacking and raping a white female jogger in Central Park. News media swarmed the case, business it "the crime of the century." But the constancy about what really happened didn't become clear until after the five had spent years in prison for a felony they didn't commit. With THE CENTRAL PARK FIVE, this story of injustice finally gotta the telling it demerit. Based on Sarah Burns' best-selling book and co-directed by her husband David McMahon and generator, the beloved doc filmmaker Ken Burns, this agitator film tells the riveting anecdote of innocent young men scapegoated for a heinous crime, and serves as a mirror for our times. (c) IFC Filmsmore
It was hard for him to get a job because he had just come out of prison. When I read this article Mr.Harris story was stating that lives of prisoners before and after jail is not easy. It changes your whole life. You are a whole different person when you come out of jail. It also affects your family and kids. For example his wife was already struggling with welfare. Also when you come out of jail you come out not knowing what is really going on in the world. You forget how things used to really be. You forget how to use a phone, pay for the bus, you struggle with coming back to that normal life. I think that long prison terms affects families and communities because it changes everything. It affects families because they have to suffer a lot, it's sad to not have someone who you were used to seeing most of the time. And it can also affect them physically and emotionally. I think that it is kind of fair because the prisoner deserves to pay for what they did although it affects most families. If they committed a crime then they have to pay for it, receive the consequences. In the article Mr. Harris made some really poor
On October 6, 1987 in Pascayne, New Jersey there is a mother who is looking for her child. “Seen my girl? My baby?” That mother name is Ednetta Frye who is looking for her daughter Sybilla Frye. Three days and three nights pasted, when the fourteen year old girl was found in a fish factory by Ada Furst, a substitute teacher. Sybilla was badly bruised, bloody, hog-tied with racial words written on her body. After her mother arrived, Sybilla was sent to the hospital where she had to be examined. She also was encouraged to give an official statement about what happened to her. Ednetta said that her daughter would only talk to a female black cop. The case was assigned to Ines Iglesias a Hispanic American detective. She tried to record Sybilla’s statement but her mother did not allow it. So instead Ines wrote it down, “white cop, yellow hair, age 30, they white, they all white.”
Hi, Denise! I agree that there are many misconceptions about prisoners. It’s hard for many released prisoner to find jobs or even a place to stay because of their backgrounds
The economy plays a significant factor as to whether or not an offender can repay the victim back restitution (Karmen, 2015). The irony of this is that the economy is also a huge factor in why many of the crimes were committed in the first place (Karmen, 2015). The very foundation of restitution is based on an offender to have the ability to earn a living wage. This wage has to be sufficient to not only satisfy an adequate amount of restitution payments, but also maintain standard living expenses (Karmen, 2015). Another obstacle for offenders is the extra burden on available jobs due to their criminal conviction(s). These issues make it extremely unfavorable for victims to have a real shot at receiving their restitution in a timely manner, if ever (Karmen, 2015).
Employee theft is when an employee is at any point stealing, using or misusing an employer’s assets without permission and can either be cash or even more than just cash (Business, 2011.) This is important to consider when an individual already has a record of either being a burglar or a robber and then expecting them to not follow the habit and steal from their place of work. I can see how victims and their families and even the community can have the objection of them automatically receiving a job and almost be rewarding for their crimes. Restitution takes place whenever an individual or “criminal” is directly responsible to repay a victim for the victims loses (Karmen, 2016.) By giving them a living wage, not only can help the offender to
Prison inmates should be able work and spend time doing community service to contribute to society to repay for their wrong doing and develop a better character. This practice is available in some prisons and has so far, been proven effective. Labor for inmates should not be mandatory, but should be something the inmates are allowed to consider. By being able to function in the workplace, inmates will overtime develop a better sense of common knowledge in regards to being responsible and doing the right thing, be able to function in the workplace and in society, and get paid after their sentence for all of the work they’ve done.