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    Prison Models

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    Prison Models There are three models of prisons that have been prominent in American since the early 1940’s: custodial‚ rehabilitative‚ and reintegration. Each model is designed differently based on its overriding goal‚ and this affects the physical design‚ policies‚ and programs that are implemented within each of the models. Custodial Model Archaic Purpose: Control‚ focus is on maintaining security and order. Goal: Punishment‚ this is the best way to provide deterrence against

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    Prison Education

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    A prison system which is first and foremost a place of punishment cannot be relied on to eliminate criminal behaviour. Only punishment without education could not teach the prisoners that their behaviours are criminal and harmful to the society; however‚ an appropriate education strategy could. Consequently‚ the recidivism can be reduced. For example‚ several criminals commit a crime because of a lack of law knowledge. If these prisoners could be educated what a crime is‚ they would not commit it

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    Ihawig Prison

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    Video #4: Ihawig Prison and Penal Farm Challenge: Political Prisoners in the American Hegemony Response: In 1898‚ the Philippines got its independence from the Spanish hegemony. After 6 months of being a free country‚ the Philippines was once again ruled by the Americans. During the American occupation‚ some Filipinos were captured and held as prisoners. Some prisoners couldn’t be accommodated at the Bilibid Prison in Manila so they were thrown in a specific area of Puerto Princesa

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    Observation Of Prisons

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    the person screaming his name. He took a step into the chaos‚ searching for the voice. Prison guards were trying to tackle him‚ but he dodged them with the little energy that the sun didn’t take earlier. He walked until he found the voice‚ Mikey’s voice. “Don’t do anything crazy!” Mikey screamed. Two men with shaved heads were dragging him away. “The cops will find you easier in a group‚ and no one knows the prison like me. We will discuss a plan.” They dragged him away into the chaos. Mikey was

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    Yuma Territorial Prison

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    Territorial Prison The Yuma Territorial Prison first opened on July 1st‚ 1876 with only seven inmates. Because of this prison‚ Yuma evolved in many ways. This prison was the first prison built in Arizona and was humanely administered at the time. This prison stood strong for the thirty-three years when it was up and running‚ and it would go on to hold over 3‚000 prisoners. This building is a big part of Yuma and is an important factor in why Yuma is the way it is today. The Yuma Territorial Prison had many

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    argumentative

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    Avery Dail Professor Hinckley English 50 Essay: Argumentative July 22‚ 2014 “But What Do You Mean?” In Deborah Tannen’s essay “But What Do You Mean?‚” she discusses how men and women differ in their use of communication “rituals.” Women are designed to take other person’s feelings into consideration and men are designed to maintain a one-sided position. She describes seven ways men and women miscommunicate. First‚ women use apologies to reassure an individual and men can misinterpret

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    Prison Incarceration

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    However‚ due to the continued growth of the prison industry the social cost‚ children without parents‚ the decrease in educational opportunities‚ employment and home ownership has effected the poor but more specifically African-American males and their families. What is even more astounding is that other lucrative countries such as Canada and Italy are also experiencing a decline in crime rates without increasing their rates of incarceration. In California‚ 2011 that state started to reform their

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    For a long time‚ private prisons have brought a lot of questions to the people in general about wondering if it’s useful and they still exist nowadays. The industry of this type of prisons is considered expensive‚ dangerous and unsuccessful for the prisoners which leads the people to think it’s not worth having those prisons. There is only 11% of the inmates that is allocated in private prisons so approximatively 22‚000 people. The public prisons try to send more prisoners into the private

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    Prison Break

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    Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring‚ that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company in four seasons‚ from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit‚ and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison. The series was produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions‚ in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Along with creator Paul

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    Parents of Prisons

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    Parents or Prisons In Parents or Prisons by Jennifer Roback Morse‚ she talks about the children that grow up with a single parent or absent parent house‚ she states that the child is more likely to end up doing a criminal activity. In some of the things I concur with what she says‚ but there are many things that I don’t agree with the author. It all depends on who the single parent is or where that child grows up‚ what influences that child has in his or her surroundings‚ what if his guardians

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