The Pros And Cons Of Halfway Houses

victim and the defendant may be influential without clear guidance about the deliberation rules. Black suspects and White victims; blacks were more likely to receive a death sentence vs White suspects and black victims “Not only did killing a White person rather than a Black person increase the likelihood of being sentenced to death, but also Black defendants were more likely than White defendants to be sentenced to death” (Eberhaedt, 2006). Peter Neufeld and Barry Scheck founded The innocence Project, in 1992, their mission was to free those who were wrongly convicted of crimes through DNA. To date. there are approximately 350 people exonerated of crimes they didn’t commit through the Innocence project. The team of attorneys and laymen perform

Although still technically inmates supervised by the State Department of Corrections, they are allowed to work in the community and begin to re-integrate into society. Halfway houses are a community based corrections program. This is where halfway houses are utilized for the offender to the multitude of skills that were taught in the prison rehab programs. The focus at this point is to assist with re-entry to society, because of the countless fundamental problems they will encounter “the halfway house accepts ex-offenders from prison, provide the basic necessities of room and board, attempt to determine each individual’s reintegration problems, plan a program to remedy these problems, provide supportive staff to assist the resident in resolving problems and returning to society as a law-abiding citizen” (Seiter, 1977). This step in the criminal justice process seems to be an important and not one to be overlooked. The halfway house will be the first indicator that an ex-offender may not be ready to re-enter society. I would have more of these types of facilities to ensure all ex-offenders were exposed to this step before being released from conditional

Parole boards may use some characteristics to determine whether or not to release an inmate on parole. One of those characteristics that the board uses to make their decision is the race of the convict “Black inmates serve longer sentences, are less likely to receive parole, and often have additional criteria to satisfy” (Morgan, 2008). There is usually a juxtaposition between the P.O and the parolee/probationer and it can be linked through cultural differences, and like all humans, they are susceptible to