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    GOVERNMENT BUREAU OF JAIL MANAGEMENT AND PENOLOGY 144 Mindanao Avenue‚ Project 8‚ Quezon City Hill’~ \ .. ‚.b . ‚I. ’ • • • • ~ ~-:-’ -’.’ -~ 16 September 2010 BJMP STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES NUMBER 2010 - 04 ADMISSION AND RELEASING OF INMATES I. REFERENCES 1. 2. 3. 4. United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners; 1987 Philippine Constitution; BJMP Manual Revised 2007; Inputs of meetings: A Call for Action... .working Group on the Criminal Justice System facilitated

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    Penitentiary Ideal and Models of American Prison Penitentiary Ideal and Models of American Prison When the word “Penitentiary” comes to the forefront of one’s mind; it is thought of as a place of friendless imprisonment and punishment for crimes committed. There is a completely different perception of what we envision today when we think of what a “penitentiary”

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    Is Minorities Overrepresented In the Criminal Justice System? Now you just ask me if I feel that minorities are overrepresented in the criminal justice system because of prejudices within the system‚ once I finish writing this paper you will have your answer. This question has been studied and debated for decades and still people in higher power are afraid to come to a conclusion because of certain circumstances. Yet‚ like racial differences in our society in general‚ the problem persists‚ and

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    Assignment: The prison system The penitentiary rivalry has cause a lot of changes within our American prison system. The rivalry implemented design changes every so often which led to better prison population and control of the inmates within them‚ because every state wanted the best prison system. A few of the changes that came from these rivalries were how they built the inmate cells‚ they built them so that the inmates or criminals inside them could not see the other inmates or have contact with

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    Changes in Prison The American Correction system has been in existence for over 130 years. It has been since the meeting of American Prison Congress on 1870 in Cincinnati‚ Ohio. (Allen‚ Latessa & Ponder‚ 2013‚ p 30-31) The reformation was totally encompassing the inmate’s life in prison. The minds that met in 1870 were ahead of their times. With having put accountability and standards in the prison system created an improvement for the prisoner and the term he/she served. The beginnings were

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    Racial Disparity in Sentencing Lori Raynor University of Phoenix Cultural Diversity in Criminal Justice CJA/423 Ron McGee September 06‚ 2010 Abstract In this paper I will illustrate racial disparity in sentencing in the criminal justice system. The causes of racial disparity and the reasons it is on the rise‚ the research statistics‚ and the proposed solutions are discussed. Racial Disparity in Sentencing The intersection of racial dynamics with the criminal justice system

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    purpose of this study is to explore the different effects releasing elderly inmates would have on the prison system and also on the public. Also this paper would show and explain the pros and cons of keeping the elderly inmates behind bars. This will show the growth of the elderly inmates in prison and the reasoning behind the rapid growing population. Overall‚ the research done would address the issue of if elderly inmates should be released early.   Releasing Elderly Inmates Elderly inmates are growing

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    of Status of American Indians/Alaskan Native Minority Group Michelle Dennis Grand Canyon University Health of Status of American Indians/Alaskan Native Minority Group American Indians and Asian natives are a minority group because they are few; they comprise of about 0.9% of the American population. They are also considered a minority group because of their high poverty rates and poor education levels relative other groups in America (Norris‚ 2010). These two ethnic groups also have poor health standards

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    Why has there been a massive growth of the prison industry in America since the 1970 ’s? Since the 1970 ’s there has been steady increase in the prison population where statistics now show from the BJS that more than one in every 100 adults are now in imprisoned. Statistics from the "PEW" state that one in 30 men between the ages of 20-34 are behind bars‚ however just because there is an increase in the numbers it does not mean it ’s down to an increase in crime. To further emphasise just how

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    American Pop Culture Michelle Lilier University of Phoenix SOC/105 Robert Legaspi 29 January 2007 American Pop Culture American pop culture today is McDonald’s‚ Starbucks‚ finding a potential significant other on online dating sites‚ conversations via cell phones but with the use of fingers and not voice‚ the highly anticipated Super Bowl games and more interest in American Idol than politics. The given examples are just a few of today’s popular culture all too common to the average person

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