The Prisoners Experience Paper

The Prisoners Experience For my project I chose to do a game/ simulation of how it can be to go through the justice system. I got the idea for this project last year when I went through a poverty simulation held at Smoky Valley High School. The simulation that they had was far more complexed than mine, but I believe that my project fits well with what we are talking about in class. For my project I chose the major areas that I found in my research and added some that I am familiar with already. The journey starts at the player’s home and in the end hopefully you make it back there. I designed it to be able to incorporate multiple players, but it can be played individually. With that being said they journey starts with the unknown crime that

There are four major sentences for crimes. A suspended sentence is normally a sentence that would be less than twelve months and the inmates are normally released back into the community. When the inmate is released they have to follow restrictions or punishments set by the courts. There are a number of possible terms that they may have to follow such as curfews, community service, probation and restriction like areas where they can go, restrictions on drugs and alcohol and, mental health checks. Determinant sentences are sentences that are twelve months or longer and usually half the time is spent in prison and half the time is spend in parole custody. In the parole stage if they are caugh breaking the rule then they are sent back to prison. In some cases if the sentence is less than twelve months the inmate migh not be supervised by probation. For an intermediate sentence, a minimum number of years is set by the courts. The prisoner must spend all of this time in prison and then they will most likely be eligible for parole. As a part of the intermediate stage, a life sentence can also be in place. The prisoner must remain in prison for the minimum set in place, usually to never be released. For my project I am going to start the game here. There are a number of different cards that have possible sentences on them. The goal of the game is to get home the fastest and this is where you receive the number of years you will be in

Every “year”/ turn the player will draw a card. The cards have a number of possible situations of them and the major categories of these cards are: good behavior, violence/ rule breaking, prayer groups, and other miscellaneous opportunities. Every year a card will be drawn and when your sentence is up you will be sent into the prison review board. In the review board the prisoner will most likely be sent to parole, but there are possible situations where time can be added to the sentence. For these events the players will draw cards as well with the goal to make it to