incarceration
Incarceration, rehabilitation, recidivism: The reality of prison life and what it's like to be an inmate locked up behind bars.
Why Felons Should Not Lose The Right To Vote
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Tennessee is one of a number of states that remove a felon’s right to vote until after the completion of their sentence (NCSL), and, according to the Tennessee Secretary of State website, a felon can only regain the right to vote after “the restoration of voting rights form [is] used to restore an individual’s voting rights for a felony conviction on or after May 18, 1981” (Tennessee Secretary of State). In other words, if a person is convicted of a felony, regardless of what they did or how harmless the offense is, they will lose their right to vote, and it can be exceptionally hard to get it back.
By Celia Pyburn4 years ago in Criminal
PLAYING THE HAND I WAS DEALT, WITH ALL ODDS AGAINST ME
Lifeś is a gamble! Playing at your own risk, sometimes you have to lose to win. But what if you are running a race with no finish line? What if the day you took that first breath you had already lost without even playing? What if you were born with no chance of success, prosperity, salvation, a future, and or a solid foundation to start life from? We all go through our own things in life. I like to think it will all pay off. With a change in luck, in life, success, and, or the near future of abundance and salvation.
By Rayna Ortega4 years ago in Criminal
The Journey
So, my name is Richie. Somehow, I found myself in a state mental hospital in the summer of 2011. Now to be fair, I was a little crazy. My journey through the mental health system has been long and is still ongoing, but I wouldn’t be who I am without all I’ve been through.
By Richie Rose4 years ago in Criminal
Driving Usage
Problem overview – The company in question provides computer-automated updates to victims of crime concerning the incarceration status of their offenders, a program aimed at keeping crime victims safe from being re-victimized. The system is set up through local jails, prisons or sheriff’s departments and then introduced to the general public. It is free and available 24/7, yet it is up to the individual citizen to call the system (toll-free) and register for automated notifications by phone, text or email. When a new victim notification system is introduced in a community, there is an announcement made through the media, but after a period of time public usage of the system typically falls off and, in some cases, dwindles to almost nothing. This has caused contract cancellations in many locations. The challenge has been to change the set-up process to address this problem so that crime victims are always aware that this system is available to them. Consequently, “victim call transfer” was created to correct the problem, to be integrated in all new client projects. This analysis draws from the Natural System model because it involves the integration and cooperation of all key sections within the company, all of which have a stake in victim call transfer because it has the ability to increase usage of the company’s entire victim notification service (Heil, 2013).
By Kranthi_Reddy4 years ago in Criminal
Behind the wall: Life Inside a United States Federal Prison
”Either I’m going to get away with this or else I’m going down.” Those were my thoughts just before I entered the bank I was preparing to rob. Now to understand how I got to this point you will have to read part one of my story entitled “ How I survived over 16 years in the Federal Prison System”. But to sum it up, let’s just say my thinking was off.
By Keith Gaffney4 years ago in Criminal
Indian Criminal Justice System: Punishment for Sexual Violence
The Nirbhaya Rape Case The Nirbhaya case is a rape case that took place in India back in 2012 and brought the country’s already flawed justice system, especially with regard to women, into question. Rape is a crime second only to murder in terms of severity, yet there was a lot of controversy when it came to punishing the men responsible for the crime. The case took place in Delhi on a bus where the victim was brutally raped by six men and then left to die. Four of the offenders were hanged in accordance to the law. The victim was termed “Nirbhaya” which translates into fearless, to give her the respect she deserved despite dying because of the ordeal. The fifth committed suicide in jail in 2013 and the last man was spared the hanging since he was underage at the time of the rape. The seventeen-year-old was released from juvenile detention after serving three years which is the maximum sentence that can be given to a juvenile in India and he was also given a “sewing machine” to start a new life. Although this is the case, the four men in question were just recently hanged on March 20, 2020 finally bringing the case to a close. This case was the first of its kind to have sparked massive awareness against the violence that takes place against women on a daily basis in India.
By Nazneen Dubash4 years ago in Criminal
The stories that define us
Compassionate1 is a word that often gets thrown in my direction. It happens often; so often it actually scares me. I’ve known myself my whole life and as much as I’d like to say I always act compassionately, in honesty, I cannot. I recognize, if not fixate on, my short comings so I have wondered why this word became a descriptor of me. I've even wondered if it was due to the fact that I am a small woman? Will the descriptor change when I stand up for myself or others? Am I still compassionate when I walk away from abusers or hold systems accountable; or does my compassionate disposition disappear the moment I show a different face of humanity?
By jocelyn Townsend 4 years ago in Criminal
How I survived over 16 years in the Federal Prison System
I remember my first day in prison. Almost 17 years years later I still remember my first moments in prison. I think I remember the first day so vividly because it was a day of contrast. See for the ride to the prison the bus was freezing cold. On top of that we were dressed in these paper jump suits that were literally made of a paper fiber. One snag and the whole jumpsuit was ruined. But when we pulled in front of the Federal Prison in Coleman, FL. and got off the bus, it felt like 110 degrees. The Florida heat was on high just like the United States Penitentiary I was headed into.
By Keith Gaffney4 years ago in Criminal
