come here and you breathing and you got a valid driver’s license and you’re willing to work‚ then we’re willing to hire you” [Bauer]. The applying cadets after four short weeks of training‚ will take a test to determine if they are fit to become a corrections officer. The test is somewhat of a joke‚ as the test seems more like a CCA trivia rather than a selection test. Bauer states‚ “We will need to know the names of the CEO‚ the names of the company founders‚ and their reason for establishing the first
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ruling‚ obstruction and deliberate indifference to inmate suffering. This article reminded me of our class discussion on Crime and Corrections Policy in Texas from chapter 13. In my opinion the wrongful treatment of inmates is not only wrong it is inhuman. The inadequate air-conditioning is just one of many problems with Texas crime and corrections
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Something worth pointing out from the documentary are when they spoke about the treatment of prisoners due to overpopulation .Prison can be very tough on inmates and issue cruel punishment. We tend to focus more on punishment than the concept of corrections itself. The united states alone have the highest incarceration rate in the world. It is considered a violation of standards‚ according to the video‚ solitary confinement increases instability and violence in inmates as considered by international
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Jail and Prison Paper There are four types of prisons that are found to be used by our courts system: minimum security prisons‚ low security prisons and high security prisons. Minimum security prisons would be used for those offenders with crimes like nonviolent. Low security prisons would be for crimes that involved misdemeanor and high security are for those that are violent to anyone around them like those that committed murder. No matter which one is used they are all
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Ethics in Corrections The Colorado Department of Corrections has very explicated rules on not having personal relationships with inmates. They can be found on the internet at Colorado Department of Corrections web site http://www.doc.state.co.us/HR/hr.htm#4. They can also be found at the Colorado Corrections Department of Personnel 4CCR801 Personnel Board Rules and Rules and Personnel Director’s Administrative Procedures http://www.colorado.gov/dpa/dhr/rules/docs/rules
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James Guffey October 25‚ 2011 U.S. Correctional System: Punishment vs. Rehabilitation For the last 200 years we as a nation have tried to figure out a way to deter‚ rehabilitate and house prisoners without overcrowding the prison system. The American Justice System has utilized many different prison models‚ as was displayed among various countries around the world pertaining to prison reform and prisoner rehabilitation. One of the first models used was The Walnut Street Jail in Philadelphia‚
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This archive file of CRJ 305 Entire Course consists of: CRJ-305 Week 1 DQ 1 Wickersham Commission.doc CRJ-305 Week 1 DQ 2 Ethnic and Social Impacts on Crime.doc CRJ-305 Week 1 DQ 3 Media in Crime Prevention.doc CRJ-305 Week 2 Assignment Law Enforcement Technology.doc CRJ-305 Week 2 DQ 1 Technology in Crime Prevention.doc CRJ-305 Week 2 DQ 2 Name of Discussion.doc CRJ-305 Week 3 DQ 1 The Parole System and Reentry into Society.doc CRJ-305 Week 3 DQ 2 Drugs and Their
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Community corrections is a range of alternative punishments for nonviolent offenders. There are two basic community corrections models in the United States. In the first model‚ integrated community corrections programs combine sentencing guidelines and judicial discretion ("front-end") with a variety of alternative sanctions and parole and probation options. In the second model‚ some states have instituted programs in which correctional officials may direct already sentenced offenders into alternative
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In today’s society‚ the topic of private prisons being more effective than federal prisons can often lead to an controversial discussion because not many can agree on which one is most effective. A private prison company named‚ the Correction Corporation of America is one of the largest private companies owning 51 facilities in 16 states (Brian Kincade‚2017). It is believed that one of the biggest contributions of the CCA is the money that it can save the United States in the long run. As reporter
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The federal prison system has been unable to keep pace with the steady flow of inmates pouring into its facilities during the past five years‚ despite adding space for thousands of new offenders‚ according to a U.S. Government Accountability Office report. The report also found that the Bureau of Prisons has already surged to 39 percent above capacity and is projected to jump to more than 45 percent above its limits by 2018 (GAO‚ 2012). According to a The New York Times article written by Adam Liptak
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