Imprisonment, in modern society, is supposed to be the best correction policy which is designed to punish lawbreakers and prevent new crimes. Currently, the impact and effects of imprisonment, which is a means of social control, are increasingly becoming various and noticeable.There are three factors that strongly influence the development of imprisonment. Firstly, some theories of 'punishment as control' have emerged. In Gramsci's theory, the most important things for capitalist society in the revolutionary struggle are the 'superstructure' of ideology, law and politics. Hegemony, which means that one class is convinced to accept other classes' moral, political and cultural values, is his central idea. Additionally, Althusser improved the work of Gramsi. He introduced a penal system in the Repressive State Apparatus (RSA), which includes the police, the courts and the prison. However, he claimed that the functions of RSA are not only to coerce, but there are also ideological functions, such as to reproduce personal values.Secondly, in recent decades, 'new punitiveness', which means a general rise in the severity of punishment, has become a notable penal trend around the world. Essentially, the aim of 'new punitiveness' is to make offenders suffer. At present, the 'imprisonment rate', which is a measure of harshness of punishment, has increased in nearly three fourths of countries all over the world.Thirdly, the political economy, particularly the welfare system, plays a vital role in causing different imprisonment rates among various countries and it can revealingly explain the reason of the rise of 'new punishment'. In some cases, though the convicted were sentenced incredibly large imprisonment. Following are the 10 incredibly longest imprisonment on the Earth:
1. Gabriel March Grandos
When speaking about sentences expressed in thousands of years rather than life sentences, Gabriel March Grandos is definitely a winner on the list of longest prison sentences in the world.
Gabriel March Grandos, a Spanish postal worker was given the world's longest prison sentence in 1972.He was a 22-year old mailman in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, who obviously wasn’t very keen on doing his job properly. He was arrested after an investigation found that he failed to deliver 42,768 letters and parcels. The police suspected that he had stolen the mail. Though it's not violent crime, the court found him guilty and awarded him a nine year sentence for every single letter, which would total 384,912 years. However, after an appeal, the sentence was reduced to just 14 years.
2. Chamoy Thipyaso
Chamoy Thipyaso of Thailand was sentenced to a total of 141,078 years in prison for her involvement in a pyramid scheme. She was convicted on July 27, 1989 of the the Corporate fraud that defrauded more than 16,000 Thais and is estimated to have been worth between $200-300 million. She is the wife of a high ranking member of the Royal Thai Air Force and an employee of the Petroleum Authority of Thailand. However, Thipyaso was lucky that as per the new Thai law the maximum sentence that could be served for fraud was 20 years. It is also interesting that she actually served about eight years only of the sentence.
3. Madrid Train Bombers
Three members of a terrorist group- Otman El-Gnaoui, Jamal Zougam, and Jose Emilio Suárez Trashorras were convicted for their roles in 2004 Madrid Train bombings.
Otman El-Gnaoui is a Moroccan who was found guilty of transporting the explosives from Northern Spain to a house in a Madrid suburb where the bombs were prepared. He was believed to be the right hand man of one of the senior plotters killed in the police siege after the attacks. He received a sentence of 42,924 years in confinement.
Jamel Zougam is also a Moroccan who was believed to be the mastermind that coordinated the Madrid attack. He reportedly sold telephones which were used to detonate the bombs in the attack. He was convicted of 191 charges of murder and 1,856 charges of attempted murder and received a sentence of 42,922 years in confinement.
Jose Emilio Suárez Trashorras is a Spaniard whole was found guilty of being the main supplier of Dynamite in return for drugs. He was sentenced to 34,715 years.
The record sentences are symbolic as Spanish law sets 40 years as maximum which can actually be served
4. Charles Scott Robinson
Charles Scott Robinson is an American who is known to receive the largest jail term to a single American on multiple counts. On December 14, 1994, he was convicted of a number of sexual assaults against children and was sentenced to 5,000 years for each of the six counts against him, which would total 30,000 years.
Charles Scott Robinson is a multiple offender. Prior to his 30,000 years sentence, he had convictions for non-violent crimes of attempted burglary, burglary, concealing stolen property and possession of a stolen vehicle.
5. Darron Bennalford Anderson and his accomplice
The two Oklahoma men- Darron Bennalford Anderson and his accomplice Allan Wayne McLaurin were arrested after they repeatedly raped and sodomised a newly-wed woman in prolonged attack that lasted for several hours. When Anderson was convicted, he was originally given a 2,000 year sentence but after an appeal, the court ordered him to serve 11,250 years behind bar.
His accomplice Allan was sentenced to 21,250 years imprisonment. Upon appeal, his sentence was reduced by 500 years.
6. Dudley Wayne Kyzer
Dudley Wayne Kyzer, dubbed the “Halloween murderer” is a triple murderer from Alabama.
Kyzer was convicted of killing his estranged wife, Diane Kyzer; his mother -in-law, Eunice Barringer; and college student Rick Pyron who just happened to be at the Barringer home on Halloween in 1976.Kyzer was also involved in a death of a friend during a baseball game in Tuscaloosa. Kyzer was originally sentenced to death but his sentence was overturned and he eventually was sentenced to 2 life terms plus 10,000 years imprisonment.He has been denied parole 10 times.
7. Dos Erres Massacre Soldiers
The Dos Erres Massacre of 6 December, 1982 took place in Dos Erres, a small village of Guatemala. In this Massacre, over 200 people-including women, the elderly and children were killed by commandos working as government forces. In 2011, four soldiers-Carlos Antonio Carias Lopez, Daniel Martinez, Reyes Collin Gualip and Manuel Pop were sentenced to 6,060 years imprisonment each. In March 2012, a fifth soldier, Pedro Pimentel Rios was further sentenced to 6,060 years in prison.
8. Henri Parot
Henri Parot, a member of Basque separatist group ETA was arrested on April 2, 1990 in Seville after an exchange of gunfire with the Spanish police. He was found guilty of 26 murders and 166 attempted murders between 1978 and 1990 and was given a 4,797 years sentence in 1990. However, under the law in force at the time of Parot's conviction, actual prison sentences in Spain may not exceed 30 years.
Together with reductions for good behaviour, that could have made Parot eligible for parole as early as 2009, after about 20 years in prison.
9. Ines del Rio Prada
Ines del Rio Prada is a Spanish convicted of the Plaza Republica Dominicana bombing and other attacks by ETA. In July 1987, she was sentenced to 3,828 years of imprisonment. Del Rio appealed to the European court of Human Rights, which ordered her immediate release on 21 October 2013.
10. Francisco Mujika Garmendia
Francisco Mujika Garmendia, a Basque separatist was found guilty of the 1987 Zaragoza barracks bombing. It was a car bomb attack in which a vehicle containing 250 kg of ammonal was parked beside the main Guardia Civil barracks in the city of Zaragoza, Spain. He was sentenced to 2,442 years of imprisonment.
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1. Gabriel March Grandos
When speaking about sentences expressed in thousands of years rather than life sentences, Gabriel March Grandos is definitely a winner on the list of longest prison sentences in the world.
Gabriel March Grandos, a Spanish postal worker was given the world's longest prison sentence in 1972.He was a 22-year old mailman in Palma de Mallorca, Spain, who obviously wasn’t very keen on doing his job properly. He was arrested after an investigation found that he failed to deliver 42,768 letters and parcels. The police suspected that he had stolen the mail. Though it's not violent crime, the court found him guilty and awarded him a nine year sentence for every single letter, which would total 384,912 years. However, after an appeal, the sentence was reduced to just 14 years.
2. Chamoy Thipyaso
Chamoy Thipyaso of Thailand was sentenced to a total of 141,078 years in prison for her involvement in a pyramid scheme. She was convicted on July 27, 1989 of the the Corporate fraud that defrauded more than 16,000 Thais and is estimated to have been worth between $200-300 million. She is the wife of a high ranking member of the Royal Thai Air Force and an employee of the Petroleum Authority of Thailand. However, Thipyaso was lucky that as per the new Thai law the maximum sentence that could be served for fraud was 20 years. It is also interesting that she actually served about eight years only of the sentence.
3. Madrid Train Bombers
Three members of a terrorist group- Otman El-Gnaoui, Jamal Zougam, and Jose Emilio Suárez Trashorras were convicted for their roles in 2004 Madrid Train bombings.
Otman El-Gnaoui is a Moroccan who was found guilty of transporting the explosives from Northern Spain to a house in a Madrid suburb where the bombs were prepared. He was believed to be the right hand man of one of the senior plotters killed in the police siege after the attacks. He received a sentence of 42,924 years in confinement.
Jamel Zougam is also a Moroccan who was believed to be the mastermind that coordinated the Madrid attack. He reportedly sold telephones which were used to detonate the bombs in the attack. He was convicted of 191 charges of murder and 1,856 charges of attempted murder and received a sentence of 42,922 years in confinement.
Jose Emilio Suárez Trashorras is a Spaniard whole was found guilty of being the main supplier of Dynamite in return for drugs. He was sentenced to 34,715 years.
The record sentences are symbolic as Spanish law sets 40 years as maximum which can actually be served
4. Charles Scott Robinson
Charles Scott Robinson is an American who is known to receive the largest jail term to a single American on multiple counts. On December 14, 1994, he was convicted of a number of sexual assaults against children and was sentenced to 5,000 years for each of the six counts against him, which would total 30,000 years.
Charles Scott Robinson is a multiple offender. Prior to his 30,000 years sentence, he had convictions for non-violent crimes of attempted burglary, burglary, concealing stolen property and possession of a stolen vehicle.
5. Darron Bennalford Anderson and his accomplice
The two Oklahoma men- Darron Bennalford Anderson and his accomplice Allan Wayne McLaurin were arrested after they repeatedly raped and sodomised a newly-wed woman in prolonged attack that lasted for several hours. When Anderson was convicted, he was originally given a 2,000 year sentence but after an appeal, the court ordered him to serve 11,250 years behind bar.
His accomplice Allan was sentenced to 21,250 years imprisonment. Upon appeal, his sentence was reduced by 500 years.
6. Dudley Wayne Kyzer
Dudley Wayne Kyzer, dubbed the “Halloween murderer” is a triple murderer from Alabama.
Kyzer was convicted of killing his estranged wife, Diane Kyzer; his mother -in-law, Eunice Barringer; and college student Rick Pyron who just happened to be at the Barringer home on Halloween in 1976.Kyzer was also involved in a death of a friend during a baseball game in Tuscaloosa. Kyzer was originally sentenced to death but his sentence was overturned and he eventually was sentenced to 2 life terms plus 10,000 years imprisonment.He has been denied parole 10 times.
7. Dos Erres Massacre Soldiers
The Dos Erres Massacre of 6 December, 1982 took place in Dos Erres, a small village of Guatemala. In this Massacre, over 200 people-including women, the elderly and children were killed by commandos working as government forces. In 2011, four soldiers-Carlos Antonio Carias Lopez, Daniel Martinez, Reyes Collin Gualip and Manuel Pop were sentenced to 6,060 years imprisonment each. In March 2012, a fifth soldier, Pedro Pimentel Rios was further sentenced to 6,060 years in prison.
8. Henri Parot
Henri Parot, a member of Basque separatist group ETA was arrested on April 2, 1990 in Seville after an exchange of gunfire with the Spanish police. He was found guilty of 26 murders and 166 attempted murders between 1978 and 1990 and was given a 4,797 years sentence in 1990. However, under the law in force at the time of Parot's conviction, actual prison sentences in Spain may not exceed 30 years.
Together with reductions for good behaviour, that could have made Parot eligible for parole as early as 2009, after about 20 years in prison.
9. Ines del Rio Prada
Ines del Rio Prada is a Spanish convicted of the Plaza Republica Dominicana bombing and other attacks by ETA. In July 1987, she was sentenced to 3,828 years of imprisonment. Del Rio appealed to the European court of Human Rights, which ordered her immediate release on 21 October 2013.
10. Francisco Mujika Garmendia
Francisco Mujika Garmendia, a Basque separatist was found guilty of the 1987 Zaragoza barracks bombing. It was a car bomb attack in which a vehicle containing 250 kg of ammonal was parked beside the main Guardia Civil barracks in the city of Zaragoza, Spain. He was sentenced to 2,442 years of imprisonment.
Also read:
10 UGLY FACTS ABOUT INDIA
LAUGHING PROHIBITED
CHHATRASAL A GREAT INDIAN CHILD
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