CJ 210 Module Five Assignment Template
Systemic Issues in Prisons
Ronald Gallegos
Southern New Hampshire University
CJ-120-16679-M0 CJ-120-16679-M01 Cultural Awareness in CJ 2024 C-6 CJ 2024 C-6
Professor Debrah Barrett
Dec 1, 2024
Systemic Issues
Systemic Issue How are these systemic issues handled
in the prison you have chosen?
(75–100 words each)
What changes could be made to
lessen the effects of these issues?
(100–150 words)
Socioeconomic
Status:
Because of low income, people cannot
pay for a lawyer which results in
inconsistency with access to justice,
trials, and sentencing.
At a minimum, providing cash through
the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance
Program, or cash assistance, to
individuals and families experiencing
poverty is most important, especially
during the current period of worthy
attention to job loss and
unpredictability.
Political and
Legal Climate
The political belief systems shapes
policies on policing, sentencing, and
drugs. Can affect law enforcement and
the administration of justice.
Changes in government leadership,
often bring changes to criminal justice
practices.
Mental Health
and Substance
Abuse
The people who have mental health
issues and drug issues are managed
variably.
Absence of real treatment or
programs for people might result in
unacceptable treatment and no
proper care.
Personal Approach
It's not a very good time to be a prisoner in the United States.
Incarceration is not meant to be fun. A combination of strict sentencing guidelines, budget shortfalls,
and a punitive philosophy of corrections has made today's prisons much more unpleasant and much less
likely to rehabilitate than in the past,
The role of psychologists first, their principal duty is they provide mental health services to the prison
population, which has rates of mental illness at least three times the national average.
Psychology as a discipline now has a tremendous amount of information about the origins of criminal
behavior. I think that it is important for psychologists to bring that information to support the debate on
what kind of crime control policies we, as a society, should follow.
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