Corrections Current Trends

When it comes to prison house sentencing there are a lot of trends to go from, probably the important come to the foreline you could say is the sentencing models these models are a basal outline of whats going to happen to an wrongdoer while being condemnationd.These are the six options which include capital punishment- for worry murder offenders which includes the closing penalty only in some states though, imprisonment -for those who pull in bowelless crime and so forth usually sent to state or federal prison longer that one year, short term labor -for minor offenders those petty crimes such as petty theft and so on normally less than a year served in county, average sanctions- falls between probation and imprisonment which I would say is on the surround could go either way prison or probation which includes house hold prat and electronic monitoring, whence theirs probation which is a alternative of prison in which the offender is monitored within the confederation , and then theirs stinting sanctions- which I would say an offender like this would be delinquent to vandalism or something in that nature, in economic sanctions the offender is ordered to pay restitution or a ok for their crime.Pretrial diversion is a erect system for offenders who are not uninterrupted offenders, for instance here in Odessa TX they have what I would call a pretrial diversion program which is called stripling coquette and in teen court offenders for lets say theft well or else of it going down in the shews they chose to do some community service and avoid trial and a criminal record exclusively this typewrite of program is only offered to teens. For those who have the option of pretrial diversion it is a pretty good system which allows first era offenders in around cases to stay out of the system. Plea bargaining is a really good trend in sentencing, because plea bargaining is an agreement in which the defendant decides to plea guilty to the offense in return the defendant gets a lesser sentencing.Plea bargaining is a good system why because if the defendant pleads guilty to a lesser offense not only does it stay fresh time without having to go to court and the expenses they would have to put out their but or so times if the defendant know that he or she did it and them appeal guilty to a lesser offense to cut back time in prison or probation most times they will reward the bargain. Another expectant trend in sentencing is the three strikes laws which basically states that felons who commit three felonies are incarcerated for a in truth long time sometimes even keep in prison this trend is good because most times it will keep repeat offenders from committing crimes I guess the estimation of getting that third strike and going to prison for possibly life would be a really strong motivation to stay out of trouble and keep doing good.Then again this three strikes law could not be a good thing for instance in the text it du ologue about jerry Williams who had a record of two prior felony convictions involving violence when he stole piece of pizza without a weapon from four children, then the judge under mandatory California law, had to sentence Williams to twenty five-spot years in prison. I understand this man had a record and was on the verge of the third strike but I take int think that sentencing Mr. Williams to twenty five years in prison for a pizza was really necessary that five dollar pizza now has cost the state an estimated 500,000 for the time that Williams is going to be incarcerated a simply being locked up for even a year in county would I think be more suitable and cost couthie in which saves the state a lot of money.Drug courts is also another great trend in sentencing because in drug court offenders who have had or have a problem with run in with the law due to drugs can choose to get help and drug court main goal you could say is to get the offender help and back into the community clean and on their way unlike traditional courts, drug court is not so much to punish the offender but to qualify the offender according to the text drug courts have proved very promising, and I would say a very good solution on handling a different kind of offender so that they wouldnt have to go into a regular court and maybe uplift six months or maybe even a worse sentence but trying to rehabilitate the offenders who need help and get them back into the community and on the right track. These trends that I listed are only a few that help the sentencing progress move along there are a lot more trends but these are only a few with a slight overview of how they operate and what goes on in the few trends that were listed.