ENG-123 Module 2-5 Writing Notes
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Running Head: ENG-123 MODULE 2-5 WRITING NOTES 1
ENG-123 Module 2-5 Writing Notes
Sara L. Fineout
Southern New Hampshire University ENG-123-T4973 English Composition Two
Ellen Perry
March 19, 2024
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The topic I am choosing is Prisoners and Mental illnesses. The reason I am choosing this topic instead of the ADHD topic is that there are a lot more people that advocate and show support for ADHD and not so many for the mental health of Prisoners. Mental Health is a serious
matter and needs more attention. Prisoners and mental illnesses are related to my study of psychology and criminal justice as they tend to go hand in hand as there are so many people with
mental illnesses that end up having trouble with the law. Some with mental illnesses have those mental illnesses that get worse while or after being locked up. Therefore many prisoners need counseling of sorts for their mental illnesses which is a career I hope to get into after earning my degree. one side that can be argued is that locking someone up with mental illnesses is cruel and they will fare better with more counseling and less being locked away. The other side to that argument is that even though they have mental illnesses they still did the crime and need to do the time. The argument for more counseling suggests that they will be worse off by being imprisoned more while the other argues the point of don’t do the crimes if you don’t want to do the time. I have seen people with some mental illnesses be locked up and come out with even more mental problems. I have also seen someone with little to no mental problems be locked up and come out with PTSD and other mental health problems as a result of being locked up.
The Audience I will be writing for is my professor and my classmates. The challenge I could face supporting my argument with my audience is that they may not see it the same way I do. They may have their own Bias against people who have been to jail or prison. They could also have a Bias against mental illnesses and needing counseling as in some cultures that is frowned upon and looked at as a weakness. Hopefully, I will be able to overcome this challenge and at least make my audience give this topic more thought and consideration. That is my goal
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for writing this essay and I will be happy to get a good grade and get people to think twice and be less Bias against Prisoners or people with mental health problems. On page 3 of an article titled Prison Health care there is a quote that says, “Many mentally ill people are in prison who should not be there,” says Jeffrey L. Metzner, a psychiatrist,
and clinical professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Unless the country develops a good community mental-health system, “this will continue.” (Clemmitt, 2007) This is
my main argument as I think they need better mental health help and not just to be locked up in prison or jail where health care is lacking for the most part. That article tells us just how bad the health care system is in the prisons. A second key point that helps support my argument is in Prisoners and mental illnesses on page 5 it says “Most experts say the solution lies in keeping the
mentally ill from being incarcerated in the first place by treating their illness. That's the idea behind specialized mental health courts, which offer mandated treatment in lieu of a conventional sentence behind bars.” (Glazer, 2015) I agree with that as there should be more mental health options available instead of incarceration. A third key point would be that most of the 50 states in the United States allow for a plea of insanity and 12 of them even go as far as to allow a guilty but mentally ill plea where the person would be held responsible still but also given mental health help. I read this in an article titled the insanity defense (Lyons, 2019) which showed a table made by Amber Widgery who is a senior policy specialist at the National conference of state legislators. (Widgery, 2019) These are just some of the evidences that I have found to back up my argument and I will include these and a few more in my essay. Cq researcher and Shapiro library have been a big help in finding articles to support my essay with.
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References Clemmitt, M. (2007, January 5). Prison health care.
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Glazer, S. (2015, March 13). Prisoners and mental illness.
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Lyons, C. L. (2019, October 11). The insanity defense.
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