The Eastern State Penitentiary is a prison located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that has long been seen as haunted. The Eastern State Penitentiary is well known for its long and brutal history. The paranormal activity is also a very big factor why this prison is so well known. Also the attractions and publicity that they have gotten from various television shows and the attractions that they provide at the prison.…
76 years ago a 16-year-old African American boy was abducted while he was in police custody from a Georgia jail. He was held at gunpoint and whisked away by a group of white men. Hours later he was found dead with five gunshot wounds to his head. He was rushed to hospital but unfortunately died. At the time the police department didn't pursue an investigation into the crime that was obviously racially motivated.…
“You’ll never leave” is carved faintly into the brick wall of the small jail cell, probably from its last guest. Every day, I started to believe the phrase more and more. I lay on the uncomfortable cot, pretending to be asleep. I’m lonely, but I’m not alone. I can hear him breathing and slowly flipping the pages of the newspaper; I assume it’s…
“Wait… I was under the impression that all infected areas been quarantined at this point,” Governor Lewis proclaimed. Everyone at the table kept their mouths shut, as they felt an intensity that would soon escalate into power struggle steadily increasing. “Governor!” Hanes said, sternly as he raised his voice back at Lewis while pounding his fist on the conference table. “This sickness has covered two major cities, several states, scores of counties, and a myriad of townships and municipalities throughout the northeastern corridor in less than a week.…
Isolated far away from the reach of civilisation, is a stone, concrete fortress, which houses the scum of the world. I was one of them. In this place the dreams of every person are crushed with the weight of pure isolation and solitude. The cold, merciless bars and the constant darkness of the cells engulf us in a pool of frustration and despair. You see nothing and all you can do is aimlessly grasp about the lifeless walls, hoping to somehow grab onto the dream.…
I quietly opened the door and ran to the bus. 11:55. Gives me five minutes until the last bus into the city leaves. With only a minute to spare I made it to the bus. From then on I went on two other buses until I reached the prison at 8:00 am sharp. The prison wasn’t what I expected it to be.…
Ashley Smith was always different than others. At the age of 5 days old, she was adopted by Coralee Smith and Herbert Gober. Even considering this, she had a pretty normal childhood. At about 15 years old, she had been to juvenile court 14 times. She was expelled multiple times, she was failing schools, she had just changed from that sweet innocent little girl that she once was.…
The Adversity of Solitary Confinement The people that are the most hated, least cared for and overlooked - prisoners. No one wants to bat an eye or reach out them. They are the ones that hurt the people and harm the other parts of society. People are well aware that they are privileged to have freedom in many aspect of their lives, but acknowledge that when those privileges are not used wisely they should be banished of all that they had and earned.…
Solitary Confinement is a type of imprisonment that's widely used in the United States. In fact, the United States holds more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other democratic nation in the world (Johnson and Chappell). The practice puts certain prisoners into cells where they are completely isolated from other people (Dictionary.com). It grew popular in the United States around the 1990s, but it began in the 1800s (Sullivan). It started in the US in 1829 in Philadelphia (Sullivan).…
When I hear the words “solitary confinement,” I automatically get the feeling that it’s not very good. The first thing that comes to my teenage mind is the SHU, or security housing unit, in the Netflix original Orange is the New Black. The SHU in the show is a place that gives the viewers an idea of the effects of solitary confinement on the prisoner. The inmates’ reactions to the SHU lets the viewers understand that it’s a place that changes a person in a negative way. It even showcases the guards’ tendencies to abuse their power and threaten the inmates with time in the SHU if they didn’t behave, which is something that’s actually happening in today’s world.…
For years, people diagnosed with mental disorders or psychiatric illnesses are being sent to the United states prisons. America needs to ask itself, why are so many people with mental illnesses hammering through the nations criminal justice system? Is the rising population of mentally ill prisoners in correction facilities not considered a critical issue that needs to be addressed quickly? The government claims to be concerned with the publics security and well-being, so why are they not supporting their citizens’ rights, especially for those who cannot stand up for themselves. Furthermore, why aren’t they implementing the eighth amendment behind prison walls?…
Sitting in jail isn't fun. Sitting in a cage with guards all around you, is also no fun. This pretty much sums up Y/N's stay at Belle Reve Penitentiary. The guards where to be stationed around her so-called "cell", twenty-four seven. It wasn't even a cell, it was a cage that sat in the middle of an open space.…
Alternatives to prison for juveniles can be life changing for them that could be the difference between living a life of crime and living a life where they are productive citizen. There are many different things such as probation, home confinement, and boot camp to help them get a second chance to change their lives around. The first alternative to prison for juveniles is probation also known as community corrections. During this the individual is allow out of prison but as a curfew and does community service to pay back there debt to society for the wrong they have done.…
Prison overcrowdings have been and is one of the main key component factors of poor prison circumstances around the globe. Since 1981, prisons and jails have a huge continuous increase despite the decrease in both crime rates as well as the number of people arrested. It has been the biggest problem faced by the prison systems; its effects can become life threating making prisons are unable to prevent proper functions. “Prison overcrowding, is the aggressive “tough on crime" approach taken by policymakers, criminal justice administrators, as well as the courts since the mid-1990s. A series of laws aimed at increasing penalties and reducing the discrepancy between the court-imposed prison term and the actual time served by an inmate has lengthened…
Then they took me to the cell with a plaque to the side of it reading ‘943’. There was a window the size of a hand on the cell door, two benches with thin padding on it on each side of the cell, and a gray shiny toilet. The walls felt like they were closing in on me. I asked the man how they knew where to find me and he said your parents called and said you made it home, so we rushed to get you. He also added that it was stupid of me to run, because I was in trouble already.…