Undergraduate Research (NCUR) 2009 University of Wisconsin La-Crosse La-Crosse‚ Wisconsin April 16 - 18‚ 2009 Prison Culture‚ Education‚ and Recidivism Rates Caleb L. Fry and Lauren T. Rios Department of Anthropology Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive South Lake Tahoe‚ California 96150 USA Faculty Advisor: Daryl G. Frazetti Abstract Given the number of inmates in the prison system and the high level of recidivism‚ it is important to seek out possible solutions to this growing problem
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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 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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In modern America‚ prisons have become a controversial topic that is prevalent throughout various forms of media‚ political debates‚ and social discussions. During the numerous debates of the 2016 presidential primaries‚ politicians argued about how the prison population has grown rapidly to approximately two million people. In news programs and newspapers‚ there are extensive reports about the quality of the conditions in various prisons. In several popular television shows and movies‚ there are
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Prisons and Jails Final Essay Teketta Fleming Kaplan University CJ101-04 Professor McCauley 12-14-2010 How Does Our Correctional System Punish Offenders? The government has imposed punishment as a means to control crime. There are four key justifications for punishing criminals: retribution‚ incapacitation‚ deterrence‚ and rehabilitation (Seiter‚ R.P.‚ 2005). These four justifications serve as the goals of the United States correctional system. The other side of retribution can be simply
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People with disabilities are significantly overrepresented in the nation’s prisons and jails today. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that fully 1 in 5 prison inmates have a serious mental illness (Vallas‚ 2016). As a result of this increase in population‚ these facilities are inadequately funded and staffed to provide mental health treatment to prisoners who are sentenced as a result of their mental illnesses (Gilna‚ 2016). North Carolina is one state that is addressing this issue. In 2014
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Millions upon millions if Americans have been sent to prison without a victim ever claiming damages. It is important to look at the burden this mass level of incarceration places upon our society. Viewing the statistics‚ demonstrates just how the destructive mass of incarceration of victimless crimes have been high not only in women but in men as well. Drug offenses are self-explanatory as being victimless‚ but so are public order offenses‚ which also follows the victimless crimes. Public order
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1. Dean Spade‚ The Laws Will Never Make us Safe. “Some people who are identifying prisons and boarders as some of the most significant forms of violence that need to be opposed and resisted by queer and Trans politics‚ are calling for an end to all prisons.” The article is addressing issues of violence among individuals who become easy victims of hate crimes with in the criminal justice system. Much like how Queer and trans individuals are working towards trying to dismantle the racial identity
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detainee in prison‚ the detainee has the vital information to give regarding terrorist plots‚ and that the interrogation is under strict regulation and not out of control. This is not the case. In reality‚ innocent people are tortured‚ the information gained are lies‚ and
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crimes committed during the Civil War at Andersonville Prison‚ however that does not justify his acts or make him an American hero. Ever take a midnight train to Georgia? No‚ well ever drive through Georgia? When driving through Georgia on State Road 49‚ there is a little town called Andersonville that is very easy to miss. To many it is just another town. Yet this town has its own trail. The
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