comparing Mexico and the United States

comparing Mexico and the United States

In comparing the correctional systems of Mexico and the United States I found several similarities between the two. I also found differences in the way the systems are run.   Movies portray the Mexican jail system in a very harsh light; some of these portrayals are inaccurate however some of these portrayals are based in truth. The movies make the Mexican jails seem like a dark, dungeon like death sentence, where a person can stay for years without a trial and even longer before his, or her sentence is carried out. This although based in truth is not entirely accurate.
    The structure of the United States and Mexico’s correctional systems are alike in many aspects.   Both have State and Federal courts which handle different types of offences. As   in the United States, in Mexico the Federal courts have jurisdiction over serious offences more commonly known as   felonies which includes a great deal of   drug trafficking. State correctional systems are made up of state supreme courts, courts of first instance, and justices of the peace, or police judges which basically serve the same purpose as the United States State system only the courts in Mexico have different names.
    In the United States people can be arrested without a warrant if caught in the act of committing a crime, the same is true in Mexico, officially in most cases, arrests are only allowed to be carried out only on authority of an arrest warrant issued by a sitting judge,
Unless the suspect is caught in the act of perpetrating the crime, often this rule is broken and judges as a rule will overlook this injustice if the charges are prosecutable.
      Although the United State’s corrections system has human rights issues from time to time these are in no way comparable to several of Mexico’s most pressing human rights problems   which originate   from management problems and injustices occurring   in the countries’ criminal justice system. These injustices can   include torture and other...