function in the normal inmate population. The United States is made up of individuals of all walks of life. The prisoners held in American prisons are no different. The United States prison system does not discriminated among its prisoners. These prisoners may have physical or mental disabilities however‚ if they committed a crime and are sentenced to spend time in prison then that is where they go. The fact is these inmates have special needs and are not special. They have been incarcerated for a reason
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Federal and State Prisons Deanna Snowden 06/02/2013 Dr. John Opinski Federal and State Prisons There are so many different types of prison systems in the world these days‚ it can go from a stay of one year to a stay of life without ever having the chance to have freedom back meaning life without parole. Once the words are uttered to someone that is something that can either break you or make you realize that‚ you have not only destroyed your life as you knew it but you have destroyed your
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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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Prisons as Punitive or Rehabilitation The number of inmates in our prisons is increasing more every day. We need to find a more effective way of keep people from committing crimes and keep them out of our prison. The intervention of our prisons being punitive or rehabilitation in nature should change our prisoners. Restorative justice is a innovative movement for our prisoners to promote forward thinking (Furio‚2002). Of course it is difficult to look at a murderer with the equal belief. The thought
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U.S. Prison Costs After reading the essay‚ “A Homemade Education‚” an autobiography of Malcolm X‚ I became quite curious about how many dollars America spends toward the prison system and how it affects our society. The autobiography itself covers how Malcolm X gained a homemade education simply by reading books while serving time in prison. He claimed‚ “I don’t think anybody ever got more out of going to prison than I did…prison enabled me to study far more intensively…sometimes as much
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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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There are many issues in the correctional offices and criminal justice system. Due to the unknowns on how to treat crime it is resulted in holding all crimes in prisons and jails. From minor to major crimes there are more effective ways to correct the behavior. In the documentary “Prison State”‚ highlights these issues in attempt to correct the problems. When crimes are committed and these criminals off all ages are released from correctional facilities‚ it is unknown on how they will react to
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concerns and questions in the medical field about treatment of the mentally ill in the prison system. When a person with a mental illness commits a crime or break the law‚ they are immediately taken to jail or sent off to prison instead of being evaluated and placed in a hospital or other mental health facility. “I have always wondered if the number of mentally ill inmates increased since deinstitutionalization” Since prison main focus is on the crimes inmates are incarcerated; the actual treatment needed
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highest incarceration rates in the world with currently 2.2 million people in US prison and jails – a 500% increase over the last forty years. According to The Sentencing Policy‚ changes in sentencing and law policy‚ not changes in crime rates‚ explain most of this increase. This has resulted in overcrowding in prisons and has become a financial burden on states because they have to adjust to the growing prison system‚ even though it has been found that high incarceration is not an effective way to
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that prison life is hard for the males in America and abroad‚ but the women have it a lot harder. Women are soft subtle and gentle creatures that God have engendered and to visually perceive them locked up is a tragedy. All prisoners have a struggle but we will visually examine the role of the female in confinement and how hard it is to get back on your feet after being confined. Even though‚ the struggle for women emerging from prison is a lot arduous for them
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