Essays on Prison

Merriam defines prison as a state of confinement or captivity for lawbreakers; specifically: an institution (such as one under state jurisdiction) for confinement of persons convicted of serious crimes. Imprisonment is the act of limiting the personal capacity of an individual; confinement in a prison....

The documentary, “13th” by Ava Duvernay presented an incredible documentary in which she went in-depth displaying the prison house scheme in the United States and how it played a big part in racial inequality. Duvernay uses various sociological theoretical perspectives, particularly structural functionalism. The communities...

As time goes on, it is easy to grasp the idea of being self-isolated during the COVID-19 outbreak for indefinite periods of time, bored and losing our minds missing the freedom we once had. It is hard to imagine being alone with no one or...

You are a Black man in college, chilling out with your friends, smoking weed, like most people your age do. There is a knock on the door and when your friend opens it, there stands a Police man, who sees all of you possessing and...

Have you ever thought about how many people are incarcerated in America? Unfortunately, the number of incarcerations in America is increasing every year. The race percentage of incarceration in America is disproportionate; more African Americans are incarcerated than Caucasian Americans. This leads to the question;...

Throughout Letter from Birmingham Jail, King makes multiple statements disapproving some clergymen. King states that he is upset with them and their actions; therefore, he follows through a list of statements to explain what they have done and then addresses their concerns as well as...

A third of young offenders and adults in Northern Ireland re-offend with a year of being released from police custody. With such a high figure it would make sense to explore other means of reducing this rate not only benifiting communities but also reducing the...

Under trial cases are those cases in which a person who is being an accused in the criminal case and the charge sheet against the accused has not been filed yet or the charge sheet has been filed but the case is still going on...

Aileen Wuornos was born in Rochester Michigan on February 29, 1956. Wuornos Childhood wasn’t like the normal childhood that you can experience as a child playing outside with friends, attending school, have protection and feeling safe by her parents. Instead her childhood was a nightmare...

The ethical dilemma I want to discuss is compassionate release from prison and comes from the show Orange is the new black. Orange is the New Black is a show on Netflix that has many plot developments that aim to raise awareness about life in...