Rios records several instances where the boys in the study encounter negative interactions with individuals involved in the criminal justice system like the officers that patrol the streets, the parole officers that criticize and label the boys as deviants, and the juvenile system that threaten and harass the boys. Such
The boys lack a sense of humanity and passion, they are pushed deeper into social exclusion because of the punitive social order among them. Black and Latino males are seen as criminal risks, and as a generation are brought to social and physical
Many teenagers today will be faced with challenges like the introduction of high school or drastic changes in lifestyles like that seen in The Story of Tom Brennan and 48 Shades. Tom’s experience of growing up in Australia resonated the strongest with me as I found I could relate to his way of life. Also, Tom’s successful transition gave valuable insight into ways to overcome challenges and proved that from them you can only become stronger. Tom Brennan is an example which teenagers can learn from, in that no matter what situation you may face, through the help of family and friends these challenges can be
Lockdown by Walter Dean Myers is a novel that will keep you on your toes. Inspiration, courageousness, nervousness, and depression are all the emotions you feel while reading Lockdown. A topic based around someone making a mistake and ending up in jail isn’t easy to digest, but when the prisoner is only fourteen it’s unbelievable. While reading this book it was quite obvious Walter Dean Myers arranged a lot of research for this novel, it was written very well and full of facts. Hearing stories of gang violence, drug abuse, and shootings is a big wake up call for anyone who interprets this novel it reallys make you realize how grateful you should be for what you have.
Eight hundred days… eight hundred days in solitary confinement, for stealing a backpack. No, not stealing a backpack, he was never proven guilty. In fact, there was never even a trail over this stolen backpack. Eight hundred days of solitary confinement for a sixteen-year-old who never committed the crime. This sixteen-year-old’s name is Kalief Browder.
Michael G. Santos did not write this book to just past time in prison, but also wrote this book to teach people what life is like in prison. Living in prison, Santos describes as invasive and dehumanizing. Santos also describes living in prison like being a machine, where the prisoner is the robotic machine, and the correctional offciers, who Santos says doesn’t do very much correcting, is the person in charge of keeping the robot in routine and constantly on schedule. Not only does Santos describe what life is like in prison, but Santos also describes what goes on in prison. Santos states that some female correctional officer serve as prostitutes to inmates, such as Lion, the leader of prison gang who used female correctional officers as toys for his pleasure.
The T.V show “Bad Girls Club” is essentially a disguised psychological experiment because the show specifically casts women who undoubtedly have psychological issues with the intention to watch how they violently interact with each other and because the show modifies reality for a specified outcome or reaction. Episode 7 of season 14 “A Royal Tumbles” specifically captures how the reality T.V show, “Bad Girls Club” is in fact a hidden psychological experiment. The reality show “Bad Girls Club” intentionally selects women who are psychologically unstable to live in a house with other women who are psychologically unstable. This is a key factor in the psychological experiment because the purpose of the experiment is to examine how psychologically unstable women will interact with one and other.
Critics have disagreed with the idea of the show, “The Fosters”, before the pilot was even aired. Although, many did not like the fact that the show was released, mainly because it portrays the LGBT community, it has had an amazing outcome. I have read of teenagers being able to sit down with their parents ( who at first, did not agree with homosexuality), and watch the show with them, making it easier to be able to come out to them. So, maybe it may not attract everyone in a direct way at first, but somehow, it still draws in those who do not agree with the way society’s changing, and shows them that it is not wrong for people wanting to live the way they want. Others, might just watch the show just to criticize it, complain to the network,
The School-to-Prison Pipeline: A Primer for Social Workers, a study by Susan McCarter (2017), was written to give a summary of the School-to-prison pipeline in an attempt to break down the factors surrounding children being funneled into this path by their respective school systems around the country. The author explains the correlation between the School-to-prison pipeline and its disparate outcomes for students of color, students with disabilities, and students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (p. 54-55). McCarter presents implications for social workers and multiple specific strategies to reduce the detrimental effects of the School-to-prison pipeline. Susan McCarter, PhD, MSW, is an associate professor
This connects to the idea of guards having the capability of turning evil through an atmosphere of the prison environment where they can turn evil and have no remorse feelings towards the prisoners. From the article, "Stanford Prison Experiment," by Saul McLeod, he explained that the evil tactics that were made by the guards were from the atmosphere of the prison environment because the norm for a prison guard is to act tough and have no remorse feelings towards the prisoners when assigning punishments. He also added that guards acted this way because they lost their sense of personal identity when they dressed up as a guard, which can show they may have believed that they were actual guards and the experiment was real, which might’ve triggered their dark side with harsh punishments. Therefore, losing their personal identity in a prison environment may have been the factor where they triggered their evil side during the prison
Alcatraz The prison Alcatraz lying just off the San Francisco Bay held some of the most terrifying, dangerous, obstreperous felons. These men were assassins, thieves, and unmanageable inmates from other penitentiaries. Alcatraz was a military prison in 1886 and then was a federal prison from 1933 to 1963. The living conditions for the prisoners were harsh.
Discussion 1_ Going Straight Explanation of the Four “H’s” as they Relate the Society Bartollas & Miller (2014), identify four key components that are critical to facilitating a juveniles’ ability to turn their lives around for the better. These four essential components included habilitation, healing, hope, and honor. Habilitation involves teaching juveniles to respect the system and abide by its principles and conventions. It helps juveniles appreciate the importance of living productively within the community, and assist the juvenile become a better citizen in order to be released into the community.
In the film The Shawshank Redemption, directed by Frank Darabont, the main message in the film is hope and fear. The main purpose of the opening scene is to introduce us from Andy Dufrense the main character who has been accused as a murderer of his wife and her lover. Moreover, the opening sequence is significant because it shows Andy 's transformation from being a regular civilian to a criminal in high security prison. Basically, this report will focus on the opening scene were the director has mainly focused on the film techniques to show the message of hope and fear. The director has used visual technique to get his message across.
When Warden Davenport arrived at the scene, he was stabbed too. For several hours, up to 100 prisoners took over a dorm, setting fires and carrying makeshift weapons.” What the author is trying to say is that inmates became so frustrated with the fact that their dorms are to packed that they decided to make a riot. Setting fires and running around the cells with makeshift weapons shows how highly these prisoners hate their living conditions. In order to help this prison in Alabama they need to change how things are.
It is an honour to stand before you and have the chance to speak. Today, I want to talk about being a teenager. Being a teenager isn’t really easy. It is hard, harder than you can imagine. It can be confusing and frustrating.
