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    Prison and Jails

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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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    Prison System

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    Prison inmates‚ are some of the most "maladjusted" people in society. Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much‚ come from broken homes‚ and have no self-esteem. They are very insecure and are "at war with themselves as well as with society" (Szumski 20). Most inmates did not learn moral values or learn to follow everyday norms. Also‚ when most lawbreakers are labeled criminals they enter the phase of secondary deviance. They will admit they are criminals or believe it when they

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    Brayden Sander (UCID 10080322) October 14th 2011 Jay Makarenko POLI 201 Writing Assignment Classical Liberalism V.S. Reform Liberalism on the issue of Wealth Redistribution and Income Classical Liberalism is against government interventionism in all realms of life. They believe that everyone should be treated equally regardless of income. This differs from reform liberalism‚ as they want government intervention to guarantee equality of opportunity. This is made possible by progressive

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    Education In Prisons

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    inside a prison institution could reduce recidivism. Gordon and Weldon (2003) exemplifies that the ultimate goal of correctional education is to reduce recidivism. This occurs when the inmate becomes self-sufficient they could re-integrated in the community and become productive in the workforce‚ citizens‚ and family member. Through the educational program inmates are getting the education skills. This research paper explores the seriousness of educational program in the United States prisons. People

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    Bourbon Reforms

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    The residual effects of the Colonial period and the Bourbon Reforms were powerful‚ and in some cases it is still felt overwhelmingly present in today’s society. Throughout the three-hundred years of Spaniard occupation of the Americas‚ many negative sentiments arose due to the manner in which the Spaniards carried themselves and their business. The imposition of their hierarchal based on race denominations created a great deal of disdain for the crown and for the Spaniards. After hundreds of years

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    Rehabilitation in Prison

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    Rehabilitation in Prison By Christopher Hall CJA 23 November 11‚ 2011 Instructor: William Dudley Prison rehabilitation

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    The Prison System

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    The Improvement of the Prison System When someone gets put into prison most people see it as a time to punish that individual for the offense they were put there for. As knowledge of how these prisoners live becomes more public information‚ and argument has arisen on whether they are placed in prison for punishment or for rehabilitation. The prison system should be used for rehabilitation. Everyday life of an inmate is miserable for most of them. Some of the prisoners have regrets‚ others

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    Does prison work

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    /20 Identification of key themes and issues /20 Overall comments: To improve your grade I suggest you… Does Prison Work? The aim of this essay is to analyse and discuss the prison system in England and Wales to determine whether or not the current prison system works. The work of Joyce (2006) suggests that there are five objectives that are analysed when looking to see if prisons work‚ these are punishment‚ reform‚ incapacitation‚ deterrence and denunciation. However

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    education in prison

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    this endless circle of crime and struggle there is hope. That hope is them getting an education in prison in which they have been in and out of many times. Many would ask why they would want my tax money to go toward teaching criminals‚ or why they need an education so badly‚ and even why should I help. Whether you believe it or not a large amount of our tax payer money goes into running our prisons. According to Emily Deruy‚ a Stanford graduate “tax payers spend up to $70 billion each year to house

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    Tort Reform

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    tort‚ the following conditions must be met: 1) Intent 2) Voluntary act by the defendant 3) Causation 4) Injury or Harm. The following tort cases‚ Pearson v. Chung and Liebeck v. McDonalds‚ have been a pinnacle “poster child” for tort reform in the United States. In 2002‚ frivolous lawsuits cost taxpayers over $233 billion (Insideprison.com‚ 2006). What is considered a frivolous lawsuit? It is when an attorney files a suit that they are aware is without merit‚ lacking legal arguments

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