Racial discrimination in the corrections system

Document Type:Research Paper

Subject Area:Psychology

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The social setting, language barrier, and unfriendly environment are an aspect of discrimination in the correctional system. The behavior has resulted in affects the population on the psychosocial behavior through the development of stress, development of hypertension, death, as well as health disparity and poverty levels. There is a need to look at this aspect of discrimination and offer an immediate solution. Introduction Racial discrimination is an aspect that seems to have existed within the boundaries of the United States for ages tracing back in the slavery times. It has anchored its roots within the American culture and which has seen many of the inefficiencies being brought about by its occurrence. al. There is no way they can think of immigrants misbehaving within their nation and let them behave in a manner they would like in the facility.

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The language barrier that exists provides for racial discrimination within the facility. It has been considered that majority of the Latinos do not have proficiency in speaking fluent English and at times they are never understood, (Furman, 2009). Inside the correctional units, they get exposed to suffering by the officers or other inmates due to the reasoning that they are ignorant people who do not know and understand English. Stress gets associated with the feeling of being rejected as well as incapable of handling anything that pertains them and thus changing their psychological behavior. Stress development has at times resulted in cases of suicide within the correction facility provided that one does not get any assistance or feel rejected within the environment.

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It has been established most of the reported cases under which Latinos have committed suicide in the correction facilities has been as a result of pressure discrimination that led to stress and hence leaving a person with no choice, (Laosa). The facilities lack that extensive service of counseling to help reduce the stress disorder even with the discriminatory effects expressed towards the Latino population. The development of hypertension within the Latino population: The aspect of ambulatory blood pressure has been expressed in the form of an impact that hits the Latino population after an exposure to racial discrimination within the correctional facility, (Brondolo, et. The aspect of being neglected within the system through discrimination on Latino Americans has been speculated to generate instances of death among the population.

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The generation of discrimination in the correction units has been the prevalent factor to the development of stress and hypertension among the population of Latino. Under the continued influence of discrimination and prevalent conditions of stress and anxiety results to most of the victims of the Latino population being forced to commit suicide, (Torres, & Ong, 2010). The unending stress of torture and unfair treatment provided for the population has reflected them being unwanted into the environment and thus no need to have them continue living in that environment. The overall result of the discrimination in cases of death through suicide and other unfair treatment like severe punishment within the facility. References Freudenberg, N. Adverse effects of US jail and prison policies on the health and well- being of women of color.

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