US Correctional System



US Correctional System

Introduction

The Criminal justice system in the United States is a long rigorous process that is designed to incarcerate the prisoners and to release the innocent. The Criminal justice system is process used by national and local governments, directed at maintaining social control, deterring and controlling crime, and sanctioning those who violate laws with criminal penalties. This process starts in the streets with the police and ends at your trial, usually several months later. You are sentenced according to the, crime and the judge's discretion. There are many laws in act to try and protect the accused as innocent until he or she is proven other wise.

Analysis

We were asked to write about the correctional system, and after researching and getting information these questions were starting to come together. The goals of the correctional system are incapacitation this is one of three goals that are in the prisons. This allows prisoners to keep in internal order so that they won't get out of hand. They may experience fights with other inmates or correctional officers but keeping them in this will effectively handle them. Another goal of the correctional systems is retribution the purpose of this is to punish the offender for transgressions of the criminal law (Austin & Krisberg, 1982). But some society's are unsatisfied with the amount the punishment they believe the offender are getting lighter sentences of just let off on parole. Third and last goal is rehabilitation but this seems to be not working like it should be. This program releases inmates who are more antisocial than when they first went to prison because the community has resources that are unavailable in the prison, the likelihood of rehabilitation is enhanced. But, for some reason the goals of correctional system are not being met like they should. Many institutions have made their own rules and usually those rules do not correspond with the actual correctional system rules. But as far as following the basic ruling they do follow (Doob, 1990).

An offender is taken into custody or detained by the local authorities when they break a law. A law is a rule, that if not followed can lead to punishment. Laws are in place to provide a guideline for conduct and maintaining order in a society. After the suspect is taken into custody he or she faces the judicial system, were he or ...