... to the parole process. The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment has been held to apply to prison inmates. Prisoners are therefore protected against unequal treatment on the basis of race, sex, and creed (Lund, Lynn J., Deland, Gary, Gallaher, Sharon, and Bowker, Gary.) Inmates have the right ... . Today, many of these punishments may seem antiquated, but the basic scope of the protection remains the same. Any punishment that can be considered inhumane treatment or that violates the basic concept of a person's dignity may be found to be cruel and unusual. For example, in 1995, a f...

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... caught my interest was methods of punishment. Public whipping, mutilation banishment were some of the most prevalent methods of punishment during this time period, most of which would be considered inhumane violation of human rights in the 21st century. Furthermore, the purpose of punishment in Colonial America was for retribution; they considered punishment of crime to be necessary, whether or ... , as colonists had no expectation of eradicating crime by curing or fixing offenders (Blomberg &Lucken;, 2011, p.18). I personally thought that the methods of punishments incorporated were ver...

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... lethal injection. Lethal injection is the most commonly used, applying to 27 of the American States that still maintain capital punishment. Many people argue that many of these methods are inhumane and should not be used today. It is also argued that capital punishment should be applied to serious crimes other than murder. Crimes such as child molesting or rape, are ... controversial in their sentences. The third theory of punishment must also be looked at. Rehabilitation. The theory of rehabilitation is that the offender must be given an appropriate penalty involving treatment and supp...

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... Depending on the prison that they were sent to could decide how an appropriate punishment imprisonment would be. For example, a prison with a good drug treatment programme would likely be the most appropriate punishment available for this 37 per cent. For example, in HM Prison Holloway, where inspectors in 2002 found ... fact is that the support was " only accessible to a minority of the women- (p63) The problem of overcrowding has a huge impact on treatment as it means that women that are sent to prison cannot receive the individual resources that some may require, depending on their off...

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... by the law is as punishment that would amount to torture or barbarity, any cruel and degrading punishment not known to the common law or any fine, penalty, confinement, or treatment that is so disproportionate to the offense as to shock the moral sense of the community (Encyclopedia). In other words, the prisons' unethical ... treatment of these inmates should result in a suspension of time served and the immediate release of murderers and rapists. The desired outcome for this new mandate is two-fold; social and ... sentencing laws that keep violent and non-violent people from jeopard...

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