The Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA) was established in 2003 to secure and protect prison inmates from sexual abuse (National Prison Rape Elimination Commission p.44). The idea of eliminating rape within prison systems is not only beneficial to the prisoners, but also, to the staff. Victims of sexual assault are pin-pointed for unintentionally failing to succeed in rehabilitation methods due to their experience as sexual assault victims. Simply, if the prison system fails to provide a solution
these types of crimes occur very often in correctional environments. Sexual assault is referred to as any act that involves a perpetrator that makes physical contact with another individual through forced coercion of a sexual nature. Sexual assault can occur at any place, time, or to any person. Sexual assault does not discriminate and it effects people of various
Prison settings may harden an individual and in turn challenge those people who have never been incarcerated or who already have a predisposed fear about being behind prison walls. Physical and mental hardships may await a large majority of convicts due to serve their sentence. Consequently, among those unpleasant experiences lies the issue of same-sex rape. According to Dumond (2003), “ rape among weak and susceptible prison inmates is currently one of the most psychologically tormenting crimes
As a result of these systematic forces, the issue of prison rape has become an epidemic. Policies created in response to the issue have done little too slow its spread. Not only do prisoners face inadequate structural policies but face a dangerous cultural understanding that prison rape is deserved. If the prison rape epidemic
exactly comprises rape as well as the ways in which rape is not only caused but also perceived by society today, are all a concordant act whose social code differs from context to context. (Brownmiller, 1976; New York Radical Feminists, 1974; Medea & Thompson, 1975; Toner, 1977; Rape Counselling and Research Project, 1977). This essay will explore some vital aspects of the construction of rape discourses, and then move into two divergent contexts within which rape occurs; prisons and war. Each context
All citizens have the unalienable right to life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, but what happens when a citizen commits a heinous act such as murder? Should the pursuit of their happiness be granted even though they took the life of another? Are we as a society to take their feelings into consideration and grant them the right to live their life as they wish? A major issue within the United States is the healthcare programs for inmates. One of the largest disputes when it comes to medical
critically assess major ethical conflicts within the criminal justice system that can be found within the CCA Corrections Corporation of American and the Stock Market, College Students and Local Policing the Role of Informants, and the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003. Each ethical conflict will be assessed by applying Lebacqz’s work, Six Theories of Justice in order to identify the ethical breaches within each case, and prescribe ethical corrective actions based upon the six theories found in Lebacqz’s
INFECTIOUS DISEASES IN PRISON Abstract This paper examines the phenomenon of the most commons infectious Diseases in Prison/Jails which is one of the most significant controversies in our correctional systems. HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis (C, B, D, and A), and Tuberculosis are most like to appear in prison than the general population. Half of all the inmates have a history of being infected either with HIV/AIDS, Hepatitis C or Tuberculosis; this paper Explains how diseases are transmitted from one inmate
to the top concerns of the prison system. Officials have been severely struggling as surveys display the number of sexual assaults with no regard of the person’s age, gender, or race. Officers and other staffs have been engaging in sexual activities with inmates undermining the rules and regulation of the system, and ignoring the oath taken prior to becoming an officer. Inmates have been raped, had affairs, become pregnant and deeply involved with the staff of the prison. As a result of the struggles
juvie. Even in the place that is supposed to oppose crime takes part in it. Juvenile Detention Centers are supposed to help minors get on the right track for the rest of their life ahead of them. In 2003 The Prison Rape Elimination Act [PREA] was passed to help prevent and protect against prison rape. Though that was passed it still goes on and the superiors of the inmates are still getting away with it. Guards and superiors take advantage of the fact of being in charge. They torture the inmates
000 juveniles are stored in adult jails and prisons. Most of those youths are charged with nonviolent offenses but yet spends most of their lives in jail. According to the article “Campaign for youth justice” these youths receive an adult criminal record which denies them access to employment and educational possibility. These youth are forced to sit in jail for
sectors of the prison system, in order to achieve a reform. I think, the government should eliminate private institutions and reform the system in order for all of the prisons to be just and equal. In return, this will lower the percentage of sentences, the number of inmates incarcerated and raise the number of inmates rehabilitated. There have been many similar reforms proposed
It is very difficult to prevent sexual violence outside the prison and jail area, nevertheless, imagine the issue inside the prison and jail area. There are people who will think the inmates deserve it and that they should not be helped since they are prisoners. Sexual violence has been going on for centuries and it is not a new issue. It is not until the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 that requires the Bureau of Justice Statistics to develop new national data collections on the incidence and
More specifically, I want to look into the success of the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 and how it can be made more effective. While I believe Congress had good intentions in enacting this legislation, it is not as effective as it could be in reducing sexual relationships and sexual abuse within correctional facilities in the United States. While the data the act has provided has proven informative, more needs to be done to develop solutions to the problem
I believe that life in prison have better retribution than capital punishment. Whomever should serve the term of life in prison, the punishment should be swift, severe, and certain. Someone that is on death row delivers less information on the circumstances of the crime and cost more. Life in prison provides more information and allows more resources to be invested into solving and preventing other crimes. People that are on death row gets a quick death without real benefits. “Sanctions for criminal
force; (2) acceptance of gratuities from inmates; (3) mistreatment/sexual coercion of inmates; and (4) abuse of authority for personal gains (Pollock, 2014). According to Pardue et al. (2011), there are two types of sexual coercion found within the prison subculture and they are as follows: (1) coercion between convicts; and (2) coercion between convicts and staff members (p. 289). The Department of Corrections is aware of staff sexual abuse and harassment of women prisoners, and they have been playing
Thanh Nguyen C0211_3061 Nina Chapman Sociology 100 Nov 1 2014 Marital Rape Historically rape has been defined forced sexual intercourse (vaginally, orally or anally) with violence, the threat of violence or without the consent of the partner. This has traditionally excepted married individuals and included only victims who are relatively unknown to each other. Rape in general is found to be more common in patriarchal societies and the sexism that arises from it. Patriarchy is defined
kids safe in an adult jail. Also by not giving youth their own separate facility they are not getting the proper education that they need to survive if they are ever released from prison (Gerdes 118-122). The Prison Rape Elimination Act had to be passed because so many juveniles were being raped wile in an adult prison. Also being isolated for a long period of time has shown to cause mental health problems more in juveniles than in adults (Ryan 3 of 5). Even when the adult offenders and the youth
were Korean. Others came from the Philippi... ... middle of paper ... ...on and a decent apology. As for whether they will receive what they seek, only time and the Japanese government will tell. Works Cited “Album: Comfort Women History.” 2003. Brown University Korean American Students Association. 1 Dec. 2002. Horn, Dottie. “Comfort Women.” 1997. Endeavors. Jan. 1997. Schellstede, Sangmie Choi, ed. Comfort Women Speak: Testimony of Sex Slaves of the Japanese Military. New York: Holmes
released back out into society, the world beyond their prison walls. During the following month after their release, Joe has once again been arrested for assault and attempted robbery while Johan has started making a quiet living as a deckhand on the coast for a small fishing company in Kopervik. Now both men have the same background and have come out of the same circumstances but yet only one reverts back to a life a crime, why? The United States prison system is devoted to justice by hammering out retribution