when the gates of the prison open‚ the path ahead should lead to a better life.” Reforms have been used throughout history to implement new regulations and make changes in order to improve the lives of those impacted. Before the Prison Reform Movement‚ the United States Prison system was overflowing. Anyone‚ who was jailed for any offense‚ big or small‚ was placed in the same prison. This means that a small child committing a minor offense could have been placed in the same prison‚ or even cell‚ as a
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Sexual Assault in Prisons Intro: Sexual assault in prisons has been a problem ever since prisons have been established. Whether it’s the guards assaulting the inmates or the inmates assaulting the other inmates it is still a problem. Every person who ever enters a prison facility will either witness someone being sexually assaulted or will engage in the act of sexually assaulting someone. Thesis: Sexual assaults in prison are a problem because they can lower the self esteem of the victim and
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Prison Overcrowding in California Jeffrey Shaw CJA/564 Josette Ford May 6‚ 2013 The California prisons have been crowded for decades. This cannot continue to go on. One of the reasons that the prisons are overcrowded is because of the types and lengths of sentences. Other reasons why the prisons are overcrowded is because many of the prisoners are there on non-violent crimes. Also many of the sentences are for smaller crimes. The one recent event that is dealing with this problem is release
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The American prison system is an incredibly expensive part of our economy‚ with incarceration costs going up each year. A 2014 data collection of state correctional expenditures estimated that the economic costs of administering overcrowded prison systems are over 48 billion dollars each year (Kyckelhahn 2014). This money is coming from American taxpayer dollars and goes towards all of the prison staff wages‚ electricity‚ water‚ food‚ security‚ and more. By reducing the number of prisoners incarcerated
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human beings is a primary component to living. Regardless of where humans are located‚ communication is required to survive. My interest in collaboration is further indulged when studying prisons. Every prison is different; the means of survival and interaction varies. A woman who has lived the experience a female prison is known as a survivor‚ and she is now an activist for women’s rights. Her name is Piper Kerman‚ and many people may know her as the individual who influenced the Netflix show “Orange
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Among them are reports of prisoners not receiving adequate food or medical attention‚ untrained and unprofessional staff‚ inadequate security inside and around these prisons‚ constant fights and violence within the prisons‚ and rampant drug trafficking and abuse inside the prisons themselves. According to the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee’s 2013 report of the Lake Erie Correctional: “Assaults‚ fights‚ disturbances‚ and uses of force have all increased in
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Cuban Prison Systems Cuba‚ the tiny island ninety miles south of Florida has faced severe hardship for centuries‚ despite it being a communist country and the trade embargo put in place against the United States‚ Cuba has one of the harshest prison systems in the world. According to the United Nations‚ there are over 294 prisons and correctional camps in Cuba that house over 57‚000 prisoners spread across the nearly 300 facilities (Jackson 1). These inmates range from political dissidents
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The Flaws and Effects of Prison In the book‚ A place to Stand‚ by Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ Baca writes about prison and how being incarcerated can have impact on a person and their family. With the most beautiful‚ strong and poetic language‚ Baca tells us the story of all the people who faces difficult times in order to find their place in the world. Baca always felt like he had no place to stand in society because‚ all of his life he was put down by his family and friends. From the age of five Baca
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This has contributed to overcrowding of prisons across America. In order to ease the overcrowding in prisons‚ rehabilitation through court sentenced drug treatment programs is a practical and economical alternative. Assigning offenders to applicable drug treatment programs would decrease overcrowding caused by drug offenses‚ lower recidivism rates‚ and provide savings for the criminal justice system. By placing drug offenders in a treatment program‚ prisons would see some relief from overcrowding
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System (CRM 4302) Department de Criminology University of Ottawa December 11th 2012 Many individuals believe that the criminal system and its institutions are flawed. These critiques have been brought on by the ineffectiveness of prisons to reform individuals‚ the ineptness of the system to reduce crime rates‚ the lack of focus on victims of crimes‚ as well as the racist‚ classist and sexist practices existing in these institutions. Therefore‚ we can ask ourselves if the elimination
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