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    Corrections Trend Evaluation Carla Howard CJA 394 University of Phoenix Corrections have existed throughout society for many years and continued to change and evolve in the United States reflecting society’s values and ideals throughout the centuries. In the criminal justice system‚ corrections exist in more than one form. Not only do corrections refer to jails and prison systems but they also pertain to community-based programs‚ such as probation‚ parole‚ halfway houses‚ and treatment

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    Prisons and security An example of a state prison system is located in Huntsville Texas‚ and is the Texas department of Corrections. The department was established in 1849. Because of the strict controlled environment this facility because the facility to which all were modeled after. The growth of state prisons is mostly because of the fact that prison is supposed to be a cure all end all. People are sent to prison on the grounds that whatever happens there will be a deterrent for future infractions

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    The United States Penitentiary (USP)‚ Leavenworth‚ was the largest maximum security federal prison in the United States from 1903 until 2005. It became a medium security prison in 2005. It is located in Leavenworth‚ Kansas. It is an all-male‚ medium-security facility committed to carrying out the judgments of the Federal Courts. Leavenworth is one of three first generation United States Penitentiaries built in the early 1900s. The other two were Atlanta and McNeil Island(although McNeil dates

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    Children in Adult Prisons

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    Children In Adult Prisons Carol Carlisle History 303 The American Constitution Instructor David Ellett March 14‚ 2011 Children In Adult Prisons In the United States‚ children are sentenced to adult prisons and given adult prison terms. Many of these children are sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Some of the children were 13 and 14 years old. The children are sentenced to die in prison with no regard to age life history‚ or familial circumstances. Some

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    Prison Models

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    o Based on the ideals of a penitentiary‚ what should it be like? o What was the principal goal of a penitentiary? • What were the differences between the two prison models? • What were the benefits and the drawbacks of each model? • Which model was considered to be the winning model? The penitentiary was suppose to be a place that would be a humane punishment for people that had committed a crime. It was to be used as a place that people could get spiritual improvement as well as rehabilitation

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    Prison Pipeline

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    Research Question: What is the “school-to-prison pipeline‚” and what steps have various reform groups taken to halt the funneling of students into the criminal justice system in major U.S. cities over the past five years? Relevance: The school-to-prison pipeline plagues schools and youth across the country‚ specifically minority and disabled students in urban areas. Due to policies employed in elementary and secondary schools across the United States‚ students are funneled directly from

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    Research Project Andersonville Prison Meikle‚ Caleb Mountain View High School   Andersonville Prison‚ which was also known as Camp Sumter‚ was one of the Confederate Army’s largest military prison camps. It held over 45‚000 Union soldiers. Andersonville Prison was the most infamous of all the prison camps because of extreme overcrowding‚ unsanitary conditions and was commanded by Henry Witz. Infamous Andersonville Prison Out of the 45‚000 soldiers that were in the prison camp‚ 13‚000 died. Although

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    Gangs in the Prisons

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    ------------------------------------------------- Gangs in the Prison System By Jinja Jones ------------------------------------------------- Gangs in the Prison System By Jinja Jones INF 103 Computer Literacy Instructor: Lambert Fooks March 4‚ 2013 INF 103 Computer Literacy Instructor: Lambert Fooks March 4‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. What are Gangs? When did gangs come into existence? 2. How do gangs finance/support their groups? 3. Different types of Gangs in the Prison system 4. Percentage

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    Current Balance PHY 114 10/29/2013 Abstract: The purpose of this experiment was to understand the current balance‚ current balance is an apparatus that allows measurement of the small force between two current carrying conductors. It consists of two parallel horizontal bars‚ which are connected in series. The current flows in opposite directions in the two conductors so there is a repulsive force between them‚ by Newton’s third law there are equal and opposite forces on both wires. In the

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    Life in Prison

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    Life in Prison Talonya D Brewer CJA/383 Richard Gilbert University of Phoenix September 21‚ 2010 Introduction When an individual is introduced to the prison life‚ after violating rules and regulations‚ he or she must come to terms about the journey he or she are about to take behind bars in prison. No one can save them‚ or do his or her time for them‚ and majority of his

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