Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper Jail is usually the first place a person is taken after being arrested by police officers. The authority of states to build‚ operate‚ and fill jails can be found in the Tenth Amendment‚ which has been construed to grant to states the power to pass their own laws to preserve the safety‚ health‚ and welfare of their communities. Jail is to protect the public and citizens of county by providing a wide range of constructive‚ professional correctional services for
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Jails And Prisons Adam Putnam CJA/204 February 18‚ 2014 Leroy Hendrix Jails And Prisons In the following paragraphs comparisons between the Rappahannock Regional Jail in Stafford County‚ Virginia and Federal Corrections Institution Petersburg Medium in Hopewell City‚ Virginia. The types of prisons will be identified. The major differences between the Rappahannock Regional Jail and FCI Petersburg Medium will be examined. Jail and prison culture and subculture as well as the violent behavior that
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Jails are the washbasins of the correctional system. They are the oldest of the correctional components and yet it still has a difficult mission and role while having to be diverse. Jails hold a variety of inmates‚ those who have been arrested‚ detained pending trial‚ sentenced to short terms of confinement for minor crimes‚ and those being held for administrative transfer to another unit. These facilities face issues such as dealing with unknown offenders‚ managing medical problems and detoxifications
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"Jail" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Jail (disambiguation). For other uses‚ see Prison (disambiguation). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2012) The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (January 2012) Criminology and penology Theory[show] Types of crime[show]
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Jail and Prison Kyle T Klusacek March 11‚ 2013 Jail and Prison During the last three decades‚ prisons and jails have become full to capacity because of an increase in drug laws and repeat offenders. Before prisons took control‚ early punishments were brutal and not humane. There are two different cultures when discussing jails and prisons. Jails can be seen as short term whereas prisons are long term. Crime has been an increasing factor in today’s society‚ prisons and jails hold the offenders
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Federal Prison Comparison Paper John T. Marchbanks CJA/234 02 August 2011 Robert Major Federal Prison Comparison Paper Each individual prison‚ whether it is at the state or federal level‚ portrays a set of specific characteristics. Traits such as an individual’s social standing‚ crime record‚ and severity of offense have played a role in assigning these characteristics for centuries. A prime example of this ideal can be seen in the sentencing’s of such offenders as Martha Stewart‚ Ivan
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Federal Prison Comparison Rev. Wesley Crawford Criminal Justice Administration/234 November 12‚ 2011 Professor Jeff Newsome Federal Prison Comparison Paper In society today there are more criminals in the boundaries of the state prison system than there are in the federal prison system. According to Bureau of Justice Statistics (2009) the United States state prison system has 1‚405‚622 within their jurisdiction;
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Prisons and Jails Jordyn Elby CJA/204 University of Phoenix Abstract The criminal justice system in itself is wide and covers many aspects. The most important part of those aspects is the jails and prisons around the nation. These are the places that are going to separate those who offend away from the community and keep our community overall pretty safe. Even though there is a funnel system within the criminal justice system‚ it should be noted that jails and prisons
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The State and Federal Prison System Axia College Both state and federal prison systems have a long history in the United States as well as a significant presence in modern times as the prison populations for both state and federal prisons continue to grow. State and federal prisons each have their own types of institutions and security levels and house different types of criminals due to their differing jurisdictions over state versus federal prisoners. This paper
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Jails and Prisons Tammy Johnson CRJ303: Corrections Professor Jeffrey Cudworth January 7‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Jails and prisons are both types of sanctions that are used for convicted offenders that have committed crimes‚ but there are many differences in the two. “Jails are locally operated short- term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest and pending trail. Today’s jails also serve these purposes: * They receive individuals pending arraignment
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