discussion throughout this paper will be about the supermax prison‚ outlining issues that these facilities face‚ as well as issues that the staff face that work in these types of prisons. Examine how contraband and riots become issues for the facility‚ and lastly discuss whether this style of incarceration is favorable or non-favorable. In order to discuss or answer questions about a supermax prison‚ it must first be defined. A supermax prison is a highly restrictive‚ high custody housing unit within
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1. Discuss bureaucratic controls such as rules‚ procedures‚ and supervision‚ including pros and cons? Bureaucratic controls are designed to measure progress toward set performance goals and if it is deemed necessary‚ to apply corrective measures to ensure that performance will achieve the manager ’s objectives. Control systems will detect and correct significant variations in the results of planned activities. Rules‚ procedures‚ and supervision are all parts of bureaucratic control. They shape
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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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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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Michella Abel ANTH4113-001 10/16/12 Professor Dowell & Hirschfeld Capstone Anthropology Prison Food Chain The United States has had reform after reform of their prison systems in an attempt to better them and in hopes of making them not only a punishment‚ but a rehabilitating system. The prisons of today are not what these reforms hoped to achieve‚ they are over populated‚ dangerous‚ and under-funded. Gangs have taken over the positions that wardens are supposed to fill and they rule
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The prison population has grown substantially in recent years‚ what is the explanation for this? Academic Integrity Statement: I have read and understood the Academic Integrity rules and regulations for Kaplan Open Learning and the University Of Essex‚ and declare that this assignment bides by all of the rules and regulations contained within it. Name: Michael Locke Module: Introduction to Online Learning Tutor: Byron Davies Submission Date: 6th May 2010 The prison population
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Corrections Jails vs. Prisons ------------------------------------------------- Andrea K. Wester ------------------------------------------------- April 30‚ 2012 To start‚ this paper has been more than challenging for me. Never before has my eyes been more opened to such differences. And to warn you I may have more information than needed‚ but no surprise there. Here bellow is what I have come up with on the differences between jail systems and prisons systems. There is not a major difference
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Private Prisons Private prisons are operated by private firms on behalf of a local or state government. They help with the problem of overcrowding in the prison system lower operating costs and avoid lawsuits targeted at state officials and employees. But not everything is as helpful as it seems. There are a few barriers due to privatization which include old state laws that prohibit private involvement in correctional management‚ strikes by correctional officers and state liability will not transfer
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Mass Incarceration In 1983 the nation’s largest private prison corporation the Corrections Corporation of America was founded. The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) controls more than 47% of all private prison and jail beds nationwide and produces a 13% to 15% return annually on investment. This company is the nation’s largest owner and operator of privatized correctional and detention facilities and one of the largest prison operators in the United States‚ behind only the federal government
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In 1963‚ when San Francisco’s notorious Alcatraz Prison shut its doors for the last time‚ the United States Penitentiary in Marion‚ Illinois opened theirs. It was built to replace the isolated prison after expenses were exceeded and the institution became a financial burden. Although not as popular‚ the Marion prison continued to hold some of Alcatraz’s most famous prisoners and even contains reused materials from it. Marion Penitentiary has transformed throughout the years‚ evolving from its unique
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