Jails and Prisons Pedro A Prieto CJA/204 04/27/2015 Steve Kurrle Jails and Prisons Imprisonment has been around since the middle ages. Centuries ago‚ other forms of punishment were more favorable over imprisonment. In this day and age‚ prisons and jails serve a vital role in the criminal justice system and also provide a more humane way of punishing criminals (Mutchnick‚ 2009). Types of Prisons There are three different types of prisons; maximum-security‚ medium-security‚ and minimum-security
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WOMEN IN PRISON I decided to write my essay on the topic of women in prison. I chose to not only write about the way of life of these women after being convicted‚ but also the very real and serious issue about pregnant convicts. “according to the Women’s Prison Association 5‚000-10‚000 women enter prison already pregnant each year”(Lynch‚ 2007‚ para 4) Correctional facilities are an important venue for providing pregnancy-related care‚ including access to abortion services
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Sentencing Kids to Adult Prisons Is Like Throwing Them to the Wolves By Megan Newell Kids who commit serious crimes should not go scot-free. If society doesn’t recognize them as adults until the age of 18‚ why do kids suddenly become responsible as an adult when they commit a crime? Children have as much business in a prison as they do a bar. Yet‚ twenty-three states have no minimum age. Two‚ Kansas and Vermont‚ can try 10 year old kids as adults. An adult tried and convicted of first-degree
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Women in prison face many hardships and problems that are well addressed in this day and age. Being in prison significantly affects a person as a social human being and lead them to being lonely. This is a as result of separation from their families‚ friends and significant others. One significant problem that arises from this is the reduce contact of children from their mother and therefore strained relationship. Most mothers in prison end up losing prior relationship with their children which may
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State and Federal Prisons When a criminal is arrested the type of crime determines whether or not he or she will be confined to a state prison or a federal prison. Federal and state prisons vary but may have the same theory. State prisons are run by the individual state and federal prisons are under the control of the federal government; both federal and state prisons can be run by private companies. The prison system has evolved greatly over the years. History of State Prison During the
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Prisons of the future Will there be more people on probation or more people in jail? Yes to both‚ there will always be crime. Most likely a large increase in the near future due to the incredible rise in crime within the juvenile population‚ which in turn leads to more adult criminals. Our prison systems of the future need to be looked at from a proactive point of view before reforming the prisons themselves. Lawmakers need to look at making sure that the punishment fits the crime and then is
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Prison environment and its impact on male and female inmates Name of writer Name of institution Impact of prison environment on Male inmates There are different kinds of impacts of prison environment male inmates. It mainly depends on the psychological and social background of male inmates. Male inmates are brought in prison with a different criminal background such as murder offender‚ theft‚ robbery and some other serious crimes. Male inmates experience a severe emotional and psychological
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tell you that more than 80 billion goes to keeping prisoners in jail. The reason why so much money goes to prisons is due to overcrowding. The United States has the most prisoners out of the out of several other countries. Making overcrowding a huge problem. there are multiple Solutions on fixing overcrowding in prison the paragraph below will explain the solutions. The US prison population is outstanding. “ The US alone has a quarter of the world’s inmates (farrington 1). This number also
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In the United States there are six major prison gangs that are recognized nationally for their participation in organized crime and violence. They are as follows from largest to smallest in member size. There is the Neta‚ Aryan Brotherhood‚ Black Guerilla Family‚ Mexican Mafia‚ La Nuestra Familia‚ and the Texas Syndicate. By definition a gang is a group of people working together or a group of persons working to unlawful or antisocial ends; especially: a band of antisocial adolescents. The
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Jails and Prisons October 22‚ 2012 Abstract The following information will compare a state prison against a parish jail in the state of Louisiana to note the major differences. Two aspects of the jail and prison culture and subculture are a topic of discussion. An assessment of violent behavior that takes place in the jail and prison along with a strategy in use to control the problem is of discussion. Also I will include discussion of a community-based corrections program in Slidell‚ Louisiana
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