SOCIAL JUSTIFICATION

The social fabric of society has been marred by the alarming rate of civil disobedience. Often this disobedience is the result of the deterioration of social values that serve as adhesive components for strong families. Social inequities of all magnitudes have quadrupled and have orbited the behavior of humanity in various destructive directions. It appears that the social behavioral patterns of a vast number of individuals are like a run away train that has no conductor or sense of direction. Because of the hopelessness and escalating confusion in the lives of distracted human beings, it is imperative that social intervention from help groups become a high priority in order that that the restoration of normalcy in the lies of the distracted will be a materialized reality. If there is no social intervention, then the pattern of incarceration will continue to duplicate.


ANTI-SOCIAL BREAKDOWNS

Anti-social break down occurs when humanity deviates from societal norms. Societal norms are predicated upon acceptable behavioral patterns that maintain status quo. Status quo perpetuates adhering to the laws that governs society. Whenever the behavior of human kind transcends the boundaries of society's social acceptability guidelines, crime and civil disobedience prevails. Such disobedience causes segments of society to be ostracized and eliminates from mainstream society for designated periods of time. It is in this arena where hopelessness, despair, gloom, and deprivation prevail. Humankind in this stage, if not acted upon by an outside force, will float endless in a state of destructive inertia. Socially intervention must be the catalyst that induces transformation. This can only happen through community involvement, whether it's through the church or other social activist groups. If there is no interaction from the community, the behavior patterns of humanity will continue to flow in a devastating manner. There are many examples that postulate this assertion.

A Day in the Life of an American Child
  • 9 Children are murdered.
  • 30 Children are wounded from child abuse.
  • 3 Children die from child abuse.
  • 27 Children die from poverty.
  • 2350 Children are in adult jails
  • 307 Children are arrested for firearms of violence.
  • 5703 Teenagers are victims of violent crimes.
  • 2255 Teenagers drop out of schools.
  • 2868 Babies are born into poverty daily.

10 Things You Should Know about Women in Prison in USA

  1. There are over 90,000 women in prison in the USA today.
    a. Mostly for check forgery, illegal credit card uses, and property crimes.
    b. 80% made $2,000 or less, prior to the year of their arrest.
    c. 90% made under $10,000 a year.
  2. Of the women convicted of violent crimes, the vast majority was convicted for defending themselves, or their children from abuse.
  3. 54% of women in prison are of ethnic origin.
  4. 90% of women in prison are single mothers.
  5. There are 167,000 children in the USA whose mothers are in prison.
  6. Women of ethnic origin are twice as likely to be convicted of killing an abuse husband than white women.
  7. The average age of women in prison is twenty-nine, and 58% have not finished high school.
  8. 25% of the political prisoners in the USA are women.
  9. The women prison population has increased 138% over the past 10 years.
  10. Women spend an average of 17 hours per day in their cells with an hour a day for exercise. Men spend an average of 15 hours per day with 1.5 hours per day for exercise.