The Farm: Life Inside Angola Prison

After all, there are work programs in select prisons that afford inmates that are medically able, to work for wages between twelve cents and forty cents an hour depending on the job. Work assignments may include painting, plumbing, landscaping or food service (Federal Bureau of Prisons, n.d.). Three meals a day and shelter are provided to every prisoner. Additionally, they are afforded full medical care, mental health care and substance abuse treatment as needed. Inmates also have the option to complete General Education Development (GED) certificates (Federal Bureau of Prisons, n.d.). There are several vocational training programs and on-the-job training opportunities based on the needs of the labor market. Most impressive however, is that some prisons even offer traditional college courses to inmates. These college course must however, be funded by the inmate (Federal Bureau of Prisons,

In the documentary ‘Incarcerating US’ they discussed the issue of how the growth of incarceration is becoming extremely ridiculous. It introduced several issues with the system along with a few concepts to resolve the criminal justice system. For the US to be only 5% of the population, but have 25% of the incarceration rate, the US has the largest prison population. Throughout the documentary they allowed inmates to share their personal experiences/stories about what decision they made to make them receive time in prison. In the movie it discussed the war on drugs that was once considered to be the major issue. Instead of going against the issue head on it was decided that it would be better to attack those that are using the drug. There is

She also talks about the training and how the state institutions are the same but different. The money and not paying staff members plays a big factor in the influence of corruption because if the prisoners are aware of the shortage of staff they may think that they will be able to overpower the staff because of the overcrowding numbers they may have. For example the lady that was interviewed in the documentary, she talked about how she was left with a dangerous inmate and she was calling for back up or at least someone else to be around in case the prisoner tried something and she couldn’t get anyone because the person that was previously there left. People in the documentary also talked about how the lack of staff and the abuse of inmates and the mistreatment of inmates resulted in a riot breaking out. They mentioned that the riot had gotten so bad that the police had to come in and get everything situated.

“Prison City, U.S.A.,” by Jill Rothenberg, is an article that explains the effects of the prisons of Cañon City on the prison workers and the citizens of the town. The prison workers have a couple different views of their job in the prison. Some view it merely as a good source of income and a promise of a pension after retirement or as a job that must be dealt with by someone. Even in the bad situation of one of the worst prisons in America, some guards see their job as a way of help society in restructuring the habits and morals of the criminals as they prepare them for their return to normal life. The central theme of this article is the effects of the prison on the lives of those who live around and work

That’s the more controversial topic, not the horrendous penitentiary conditions. It is a culture in place, where it seems like the norm, but it if far from normal. Everyone should receive a great education, and the same opportunities as others. No one should be above the law, and everyone should receive the same punishment for the same crimes. In the United States, taxpayers spend about 13,000 dollars a year to provide for an inmate. Lander university tuition is about 10,000 dollars a year. It cost more to send a person to jail than college, but most likely that is not going to

Worse than Slavery is a monograph that discusses Parchman Prison and gives various accounts of men and women who lived within the prison. Overall, Parchman was another way for white men to stay in charge and to keep black men oppressed. During this time, ninety percent of the prison population was African American. Although slavery had ended many years prior to the establishment of Parchman, it had many characteristics of slavery. The prison system at Parchman reflects themes of poverty, racism and reform.

Close the prison is the California State Prison in Sacramento also known as “New Folsom” which houses about 3,000 level 4 inmates. Level 4 inmates are gang members, violent predators, and the prisoners that are unable to adjust to other facilities or obey the rules. Unlike the other Folsom, there is no wall surrounding them, instead, they are surrounded by an electric fence surrounding the prison. Most of the prisons in California are overcrowded and the inmates will most likely be a source of profit. Inmates will be a source of profit because some companies can buy the prison and the more prisoners there are the more money they make. Although in order to understand the prison complex you also need to understand capitalism and capitalism is an economic and political system when a country’s trade and industry are run by private owners for profit rather than the

Both films showed what living the Georgian prison Angola was like and how it differed from other prisons when it comes to rehabilitation. Unlike most prisons in America Angola allows prisoners to have more of a rehabilitative experience. From the new prisoners farm hands who work the fields to the most trusted prisoners who have jobs outside of the prison walls while being under guard but more freedom of movement. It takes about four years for a prisoner to go from new comer to trust prisoner and any signs of not being a trusted prisoner you go back to being treated as a new comer. However, not all prisoners in Angola have the same experiences while in there.

In the 2008-2009 California’s Annual Costs to Incarcerate an Inmate in Prison, it costs the state $1,475 a year or 4.04 a day to feed an inmate. As of November 30th 2015, there are approximately 125,000 people incarcerated in the CDCR system. The financial cost a year is a staggering approximately 184.375 million to feed these inmates based on the current prison meal plan. In Maricopa County, Arizona, It costs approximately 1.12 a day to feed between 89,000-107,000 inmates a year which comes out to between

It has been found that “when fully-trained…inmate workers leave prison, they carry with them credentials of achievement in job skills that meet requirements of today’s business.” In addition, the money that they earn carries several benefits; it can be used to buy daily amenities which will make their life in prison a little more pleasurable, they can also save money that will be extremely useful when they are released. Thus, not only are prisoners kept out of trouble by working, the money they earn benefits them in the present, as it will in the future and eases the burden on society that comes with housing prison inmates.

Prisons depend on this income. Corporate stockholders who make money off prisoners' work lobby for longer sentences, in order to expand their workforce. The system feeds itself." (qtd. in Pelaez). There is also the issue on how the prison work programs have stolen employment from outside workers, as well as holding down wages for low-paying jobs. (Leonhardt)

There are three models of prisons that have been prominent in American since the early 1940’s: custodial, rehabilitative, and reintegration. Each model is designed differently based on its overriding goal, and this affects the physical design, policies, and programs that are implemented within each of the models.

Jobs that some prisoners do at prison are called Wartime Wears that could be better known as Unicor what they do here is Unicor employees are also responsible for creating everyday products for civilians, such as office furniture, batteries, extension cords, surge protectors, solar panels, safety goggles, sheets and blankets ,and yes, license plates, Books for the Blind what they do here is is responsible for transcribing reading materials into Braille products for the blind. All prisoners involved in the program are certified by the Library of Congress,Fruit of their Labor what they do here is trains 4,000 inmates in the Sunshine State to produce and provide more than 3,000 products and services — including harvesting the state’s famous oranges, which account for 74 percent of the country’s supply.Inmates at PRIDE Citrus are certified by the University of Florida’s Institute of Food and Agriculture Sciences and receive training in equipment operation, machine maintenance and repair, diesel and gas mechanics, welding, low-volume irrigation, fertilizer/pesticide application, scouting and pest identification, grove safety, tree planting and care and harvesting ,Crafty tchotchke what they do here is allows it prisoners to craft knick knacks and put them up in a prisons gift shop they usually make Typical offerings include music boxes, drawings, paintings and greeting cards.

Unquestionably prisons take an extensive amount of money to remain opened and in working conditions, but somewhere some sort of funding needs to be placed upon helping HIV inmates and the threats that occur from them. The health care provide in prisons can be costly enough already on its state, nevertheless, the growing number of HIV inmates being placed in prison rises the concern for more funding to help care and educate these inmates. According to Clemmitt, caring for the nation's 2.3 million state, federal and jail prisoners costs the cash-strapped federal, state and local governments about $7 billion a year — and the price tag is expected to rise as prisoners age and develop age-related diseases. With these already high numbers prison

Going along with the budget working within the prison systems were brought up often. There were many inmates in Shawshank Prison who worked a daily job. The job