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International Corrections In South Africa And The United States

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The South African government relied on international goods and services in order for the economy to develop, however international sanctions were applied on South Africa by the UN (United Nations) because of the apartheid era that occurred from 1960’s and 1980’s. This forced South Africa to become completely isolated from the whole world including the western powers such as France, the UK (United Kingdom) and the USA (United States of America).
The ANC (African National Congress) and PAC (Pan African Congress) wanted to initiate an Anti-Pass Campaign on the 31 of March, 1960, with the slogan “NO BAIL NO DEFENCE NO FINE”, to celebrate the Anti-Pass campaign of 1919. Members of both the parties left their Passes or Passbooks at home and made …show more content…

Mandela was arrested and sentenced to five years for promoting a worker’s strike, this was one of the many strikes Mandela promoted. When the government raided Lilliesfarm which was the ANC hideout, information on the plans for attacking the government and using guerilla warfare was found and eleven members, including Mandela, were found guilty for four charges of sabotage including the Sabotage Act of 1960 and sentenced to life in prison, however they avoided the death penalty. Mandela and seven black men were sentenced on the eleventh of June to Robben Island which was just off the coast of Cape Town. This uproar gave more reason to the UN to apply sanctions on South Africa and cutting off all goods and services to South …show more content…

Students were fighting against the fact that English and Afrikaans was made a compulsory subject and a way of teaching. The students formed a rally consisting of about 3000 to 10000 people who all joined up at the Orlando Stadium. Tear gas and live ammunition was used by police men when the march met up with the heavily armed police men which caused a lot of violence in order to cause a revolt against the South African government and was internationally recognised as a brutal march. This was one of the reasons that led to the international involvement of the UN in South Africa during the Apartheid

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In chapter 15 of Corrections in America, the author outlined the history of parole and compares and contrast parole and pardon. The author also describes the current status of parole in the United States and the prisoner reentry process. In addition, this chapter explains how parole is granted and the role of the parole board, how parole supervision is terminated, re entry courts, and the effectiveness of parole. Parole is a correctional option that often evokes feelings.

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The National party supported and enforced Apartheid, because it provided them with absolute power and political dominance in South African society. The National Party and whites who supported them believed in white superiority, and utilized apartheid laws as physical evidence that they were “superior”. In March of 1948 the National party released a statement which explained that Apartheid was necessary as it would be in the best interest of every race, and it was the only way to prevent a national suicide for whites (Doc 1). Because the National Party was white, and prioritized white superiority, they wanted to retain their power using Apartheid laws. For example, one discriminatory law the government imposed were pass laws, which stated Black South Africans had to carry passes which authorized their presence in white areas.

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The sense of urgency for change in the nation was at an all time high for both blacks as well as whites. Prior to the march starting, fights and riots still occurred around the nation where whites would retaliate against the black nonviolent protestors. Most of the protests occurred over the disagreement of how the march should be conducted rather than why the march was being conducted. The march wanted to tailor to a nation-wide scope whereas some felt

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Under his guidance the MK launched a sabotage campaign against the government. He travelled illegally and on return was arrested and sentenced to five years in jail in 1961. In 1962 an ANC hideout was raided, MK leaders were arrested and evidence was found which implicated Mandela and other activists. They all stood trial for sabotage, treason and violent conspiracy alongside their associates. Him and a few others escaped the gallows but were instead sentenced to life in prison after an 8 month trial.

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