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But at the same time, the nature of prison as a rehabilitative measure should also be considered; after all, it would be hard to rehabilitate someone if that person is routinely subjected to the culture of violence and barbarism that pervades within prisons.... prisons are meant as a tool for rehabilitation, not oppression and subjugation on the part of the state....
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There is a need for better health care in prisons and for an improvement in the prisoners' general life inside bars.... hus with the growing population, there are now more people with mental illnesses in the prisons than ever before (Harris, Hek, and Condon 2007).... There is therefore a need to improve the state of mental healthcare so as to get to the main objectives of the prisons to be anti-therapeutic environments.... he staff administering mental healthcare inside the prisons should have extra training to identify the prisoners who need extra support, those with a history of mental illness, and those who will be on remand for a long time (Brooker 2009)....
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From the paper "Prison Diversity, Racial inequality in the US " it is clear that employment is based on racial groups.... inequality still exists since drug cases in women are about 41 percent for female black American compared with 24 percent of a white females....
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This paper "Racial inequality" discusses the many aspects of racial inequality and political oppression experienced by ethnic minorities on a national and global scale.... inequality is the practically unavoidable by-product of two prevailing dynamics, prejudice on the individual level and a political disparity on a societal level....
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million individuals in the uk have a mild to a moderate learning disability.... The paper "Discrimination of Prisoners with Learning Disabilities" declares that this issue in the criminal justice system globally become a serious problem.... Dual discrimination is a form of discrimination that takes place when a person has a history of criminal behavior and learning disability....
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The essay "Prison as a Prominent Form of Punishment for Society" focuses on the critical analysis of the identification of why prisons are the most prominent form of punishing criminals.... prisons, today, remain the dominant method of enacting punishment against criminal offenders.... prisons are designed to be facilitators that enact retribution for the offender, seek strategies to rehabilitate them for re-entry into society, and deter future criminal behavior....
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This research paper "Existing Inequalities and Segregation in the uk and the USA" focuses on the potential effects of imprisonment on enforcement of inequalities and segregation in Britain and the USA.... he development of technology in the developed countries around the world – including the USA and the uk – has not necessarily led to the improvement of the terms of justice or the limitation of inequalities in society.... In accordance with professor Wilkinson (University of Cardiff) 'greater inequality damages the quality of social relations throughout society - violence increases' (BBC News, 24 March 2006)....
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This essay "Equality and Diversity in prisons" provides an incisive and comprehensive outlook on the need for equality legislations in Ireland and Europe.... It will also illustrate how equality legislation in Europe and Ireland can promote cultural diversity in prisons and the society at large.... ultural diversity has become an increasingly important concern in Irish prisons in regard to both prison officers and inmates....
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