American Prisons Pam Harvick CJS/230 December 7‚ 2013 Theresa Degard American Prisons In the late 1700’s prison was an idea that had not taken on form. Serving time was a set idea of principals and many saw the need for change. As time went on a penitentiary became a more solid idea that began to take shape. Ideals of a penitentiary A penitentiary was meant to be secular and spiritual (Foster‚ B.‚ 2006). A penitentiary was supposed to be a clean‚ healthy place for inmates to serve their
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Privatization of Corrections Criminal Justice 300 Professor Fox Larisa Terwilliger One of the nation’s largest challenges in present times concerns the criminal justice system. Overcrowding in today’s prisons has become a daunting problem with no apparent easy solution (Greene‚ 2008). In the last few decades‚ the number of adult offenders brought into the court system has nearly doubled. From 1980 to 1995‚ the collective population of those on probation‚ parole‚ and in jail grew as quickly
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Correction facilities being ran privately instead of being run by the government is a growing concept that has been meet with both praise and skeptisism. Pratt and Maahs‚ describe privatization in corrections as a growth industry state “Rooted primarily in the political and economic context of the 1980s. The movement to privatize public services has received increasing support in response to taxpayer demands that government provide more services with fewer resources. Advocates of correctional
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Development of Corrections Justin Miltenberger CJS/230 9/16/2012 Frederick Waltz 1. What reforms did Elizabeth Fry lobby for the early 1800s? How have women’s prisons changed? Fry had formed the ladies society that would reformate the female prisoners. To this day female prisons are a lot like the male prisons now they have increased security‚ more training‚ and special housing to deal with the ones who are violent. 2. What are the three basic arguments established in the 1800s
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CJS/230 Prisons in the early years‚ were much less of how prisons are seen today. Prisons were mistreated‚ the conditions were unbearable and not fit for humans. Prisoners often were punished severely to the point were it resulted in death‚ Flogging‚ mutilation‚ branding‚ even public humiliation were some of the different types of punishments (Schmalleger‚ 2011‚ Chapter 13). In some instances offenders were not fed or clothe properly and left in cells for long periods of time without
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Rehabilitation Past and Present CJS/230 August 18‚ 2013 Rehabilitation Past and Present Many years ago‚ rehabilitation was a priority in the prison system. After the focus shifted to punishment‚ it was clear to see that rehabilitation is necessary in the criminal justice system. “Rehabilitation is the result of any planned intervention that reduces an offender’s further criminal activity‚ whether that reduction is mediated by personality‚ behavior‚ abilities‚ attitudes‚ values‚ or other
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Week 8 Intermediate Sanctions CJS 230 Intermediate sanctions which include residential facilities like restitution centers‚ work release centers‚ probation and detention centers‚ house arrests‚ electronic monitoring‚ shock incarceration‚ split sentencing‚ boot camps‚ and residential programs of all sorts have become a large part of the correctional system. Intermediate sanctions can offer increased surveillance‚ tighter controls on movement‚ and a more intense treatment for an assortment
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Corrections Paper CJA/484 April 21‚ 2014 Stephen Rubino Corrections Paper The criminal justice system is responsible for enforcing the laws created at each level of government. A major part of enforcing the laws is detaining the people who break them. The way that an offender is punished for a crime can be different depending on age or the type of crime committed. Depending on the age of the offender they could go through the juvenile or adult corrections system. Each system has levels like
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Accreditation and Private Prisons University of Phoenix CJS/230 According to the American Correctional Association website‚ accreditation can be define as “a system of verification that correctional agencies/facilities comply with national standards promulgated by the American Correctional Association” (“Standards & Accreditation”‚ n.d.). In order to achieve accreditation‚ it must go through reviews‚ appraisals‚ analysis‚ and hearings first. For a correctional agency
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Community Correction Paper May 27‚ 2012 CJS/230 – Introduction to Corrections Community corrections programs are to oversee offenders outside of jail or prison‚ and are administered by agencies or courts with the legal authority to enforce sanctions. Such community corrections programs are probation and parole. There are also sub-programs that are parts of community corrections; such programs are drug-involved offenders‚ sex offender programs‚ and electronic monitoring technologies.
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