Personally‚ I think the number one problem in jails/prisons are overcrowding. When a jail/prison is overcrowded it makes it much more difficult to attend to each inmate’s troubles. There are numerous inmates that from different backgrounds and ethnicities that putting them all in one area because of overcrowding there obviously be problems. According to the text one of the solutions I found to be the best was easing the eligibility criteria for paroles. This will help overcrowding by releasing some
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County N Y. It is my first week on the job as a state of New York Correction Officer‚ I am not shocked at what I see I am in awe. This facility housed approximately 800 inmates‚ these women were confined in in different parts of this huge facility‚ from the reception area where they stayed for the first two weeks upon entry to housing units as they were called. My reaction‚ to this awesome hell whole was something I shall never forget. I was on a cell block with eighty women between the ages of sixteen
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The documentary‚ The Released‚ described the challenges those with mental illness face when they are released from prison. In most cases‚ the inmates were unable to break the cycle of recidivism. The high rate of recidivism within the mentally ill prison population is caused by different factors. One factor that contributes to the high rate is a lack of support‚ which as a result‚ may lead to an increased chance of a relapse. Also‚ the challenge of reintegrating back into the world can be even
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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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One of the great dilemma’s currently affecting the prison systems is overpopulation‚ and the factors influencing it. America currently has one of the highest prison populations in the world‚ which causes immense overpopulation in both federal and state prisons‚ which in turn create high risk situations within the prisons. As a result‚ many programs and incentives have been created to reduce the recidivism rate for soon to be released inmates‚ many of the programs related to either gaining a higher
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having to adjust from one social context to another. This scenario happens on a daily basis‚ inmates reintegrating into a society that is abashed of a criminal record. The increasing rates of inmates have a direct correlation with recidivism‚ reintegration‚ race‚ and the rank felons hold in the job market. If we as a society aren’t inflicting a positive attitude onto these ex-convicts‚ then we can’t expect them to uphold a positive outlook for their future. If people going into prison can adapt to those
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The prison camps of the American Civil War were terrible due to the falling apart of prisoner exchange programs‚ the decline of paroles available for officers‚ and poor war strategies by both sides. Camps were scattered across the country in both the North and the South. The best known of the Union camps were; Fortress Monroe‚ Virginia; Ohio State Penitentiary‚ Ohio and point Lookout‚ Maryland. The better known of the Confederate camps were; Danville‚ Virginia; Libby Prison‚ Richmond‚ Virginia and
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Punishment by life in prison is based off the assumption that certain convicts has no hope of rehabilitating into productive members of society‚ making them better off excluded from the general public. As a result‚ our government spends million of dollars annually to keep such people behind bars for their lives. Yet‚ despite being perceived as an inhumane form of punishment‚ it does not violate the 18th amendment and is in no way cruel and unusual according to our laws and it seems that our justice
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The Stanford Prison Experiment What happens when good equal people are put in evil situations? In the article “The Stanford Prison Experiment” by Philip Zimbardo‚ participants in the experiment demonstrate characteristics that signify the Lucifer theory. The Lucifer theory is based from biblical prophecies Isaiah 14:12‚ that describes the most beautiful angel known as Lucifer. Lucifer was described as Gods favorite angel which whom he greatly loved. The bible then goes into detail on how Lucifer
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The recession and budget challenges that are currently happening have played a large role in the incarceration rates in that the prison administration and governments that help to fund them are trying to find different ways to reduce the amount of money it costs them to hold an inmate in a correctional facility‚ but still deal with the high amount of incarcerated individuals that have longer sentences with the current stance that is being taken on crime by politicians. According to Seiter (2011)
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