Grossmont College Addressing Mental Health within Corrections Essay

Research Paper: Students will write a paper evaluating prisoner’s rights, principles, and practice. Inmates seek to improve prison conditions to prevent future harm from occurring to them for other inmates. Cite a California Appellate case or Supreme Court case that addressed your subtopic.

Listed below are subtopics on prisoner’s rights. Please noted that this is not an exhaustive list. You may select any topic relevant to the rights of prisoners.

Note the impact on prison policy relevant to your subtopic.

Subtopics:

• Capital Punishment: Execution Methods
• Cruel, Inhuman, and Degrading Conditions
• Death Row inmates receiving royalties for books
• Free college programs for inmates
• HIV
• Litigation
• Medical and Mental Health Care
• Women in Prison (Pregnant inmates)
• Solitary Confinement
• Radicalization of inmates
• Religious freedom in prison
• Transgender surgery/medication
• Introduction
  1. Summarize the facts of the case (who, what, where, and when)
  2. Summarize the investigative process- include which law enforcement agency investigated the case (types of evidence gathered in the case, etc.)
  3. Address in lack of due process as a result of discrimination or bias against the defendant in the case based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and/or disability.
• Court
  1. Describe the Court Appellate proceedings
  2. Arraignment
  3. Prosecution & Defense
  4. Trial and/or guilty plea
  5. Note if there were any bias or lack of due process for the defendant in the case based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and/or disability.
  6. Sentencing-address the sentence ordered by the Court

  Corrections

  1. Discuss whether the correctional process for the offender
  2. Where were they designated if ordered imprisoned?
  3. Research facts about the institution
  4. Note if there were any bias or lack of due process for the defendant in the case based on gender, race, ethnicity, religion, and/or disability.

  Discussion and Conclusion

  1. If you were the judge in this case what would be your decision?
  2. Explain your reasoning for your independent judicial decision.