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Corrections Cont.

Corrections Cont. Dr. Matt Robinson CJ 3532 “Injustice in America” Appalachian State University. Pains of Imprisonment. Prison is NOT a nice place See myths of prisons (pp. 284-289) Losses are enormous! Inmates suffer through “pains of imprisonment”. Pains of Imprisonment.

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Corrections Cont.

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  1. Corrections Cont. Dr. Matt Robinson CJ 3532 “Injustice in America” Appalachian State University

  2. Pains of Imprisonment • Prison is NOT a nice place • See myths of prisons (pp. 284-289) • Losses are enormous! • Inmates suffer through “pains of imprisonment”

  3. Pains of Imprisonment • Loss of liberty • Loss of autonomy • Loss of security • Deprivation of heterosexual relationships • Deprivation of goods and services • Loss of voting rights • Loss of dignity • Stigmatization (see pp. 282-296)

  4. Pains of Imprisonment • Likely outcomes of these pains: • Damaged individuals • Dependent individuals • Angry individuals • Disruption of families • Lack of male role models in some neighborhoods • More crime upon release • More crime in their neighborhoods

  5. Who is in Prison? • Half (50%) are violent offenders • 20% are drug offenders • 20% are property offenders • 10% are public order offenders • 55% of federal prisoners are drug offenders • 1% are white-collar offenders

  6. Who is in Prison? • Typical inmate is: • Young • Poor • Minority • Male • Uneducated • Underemployed

  7. Characteristics of the Incarcerated Percentage Male 93% 1 Black 33% 1Black 38% 4Hispanic 19% 1Hispanic 21% 4 Sentenced for non-violent crimes 50% 1 Not completed high school 41% 2 Earning less than $1,000 per month 59% 3 Under influence of drugs at time of crime 62% 3 Unemployed 29% 3Not employed full time 43% 3 1 all prison inmates, 20082 all correctional inmates, 19973 jail inmates, 20024 state prison inmates, 2008 Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics

  8. Characteristics of the Incarcerated Percentage Black State Prisoners 38% (2008)State Prisoners *37% (2008) State Prisoners **27% (2008) Jail Inmates 39% (2008) Probationers 29% (2008) Death Row Inmates 42% (January 2009) * Black males** Black males, ages 18-39 Sources: Bureau of Justice Statistics, Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, NAACP Legal Defense and Educational Fund

  9. What Does it Cost? • At roughly $35,000 per inmate per year … • With 1.6 million inmates … • Minimum costs of imprisonment is$56 BILLION per year! • Plus biases created by massive incarceration!

  10. What Does it Cost? • African Americans are disproportionately likely to be under all forms of correctional supervision • African American males have 32% chance of going to prison (v. 17% Hispanic males and 6% of Caucasian males) • Rate of imprisonment is 3,161 per 100,000 for black males versus 1,200 for Hispanic males, and only 487 for White males

  11. Imprisonment Rate by Race Source: Bureau of Justice Statistics (2006). Prisoners in 2005. http://ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/abstract/p05.htm

  12. What Does it Cost? • “…there is clearly a correlation among punitiveness in the US generally, the US wars on crime, and on drugs in particular, and racial disparities in the criminal justice network” (p. 300). • Why?

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