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    arrested‚ can you please help get me out of jail" call from a friend or family member. Most people go their entire lives without needing to help bail someone out. In many cases‚ the only exposure they’ve had to our industry is based on what they’ve seen on television. That can be scary. At this point‚ the only thing they can focus on is getting their loved one out of jail fast. They might start their search for a bondsman by grabbing the local Yellow Pages or hopping on the Internet. This can soon become

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    Jail Visit Report

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    JAIL VISIT REPORT INTRODUCTION: Custody‚ care and treatment are the‚ three main functions of a modern prison organization. For over 100 years‚ there was emphasis on custody which‚ it was believed‚ depended on good order and discipline. The notion of prison discipline was to make imprisonment deterrent. Gradually‚ the objective of imprisonment changed from mere deterrence to deterrence and reformation. Crime is the outcome of a diseased mind and jail must have an environment of hospital for treatment

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    positions to work in is corrections. In corrections you have jails‚ state prisons and federal prisons‚ but there are different security levels within them. I will be briefly discuss the history of corrections and also give your insight to an employee who works in a prison system here in Atlanta‚ Georgia and get some personal views in his field of work. First I would like to start off by talking about jail and it is used to house criminals for short periods of time. Jails usually have people who

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    Manila City Jail

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    Manila City Jail (Old Bilibid Prison) - Male Dormitory (Manila) Philippines / National Capital Region / Manila / C. M. Recto Ave.‚ corner Quezon Blvd. The Manila City Jail (MCJ) has been ravaged by time. It is under-staffed‚ overcrowded‚ and its facilities in disrepair. Originally built by the Spaniards in the 19th Century‚ “Bilibid”‚ as it is commonly known‚ was home to prisoners of war during the Japanese occupation of Manila in World War II. Today it houses over 3‚700 inmates - a 4x overcapacity

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    Design Of Jails Essay

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    Section 1 The purpose of jails is to deter‚ punish‚ and reform inmates. Jails help in deterring those who are apt to commit more crimes than they have already committed. Those found guilty are housed in jails to serve a punishment sentence and hopefully they are acceptable to being reformed by programs and self-help groups. There are several designs of jails including the linear design which the guards can observe inmates through bars by walking up and down the corridor. This design consists

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    ail and prisons Jail and Prisons Comparison Kristofer Kem CJA/234 October 18‚ 2012 Luis Cintron Jail and Prisons Comparison Most people do not realize that there are differences between jails and prisons. Jails hold people awaiting trial or people that are sentenced for a short term‚ which is usually less than a year. That is jails place in corrections. Prisons hold people that are convicted of crimes and sentenced for a longer term. In the United States‚ jails are most often run by sheriffs

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    Jails and Prisons Response Jails and Prisons Response Prisons and jails may both confine offenders but they have their differences. Jails are for offenders that have short term sentences or for holding until the offender is transferred to a prison. They are also used to hold a criminal during their hearings until

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    Black Men and Jail System

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    We ain’t thugs for the sake of bein’ thugs. Nobody do that where we grew up at nigga‚ duh! The poverty line we not above. So I come in the mask and gloves ‘cause we ain’t feelin’ the love. We ain’t doin’ crime for the sake of doin’ crimes. We movin’ dimes ‘cause we ain’t doin’ fine. One out of three of us is locked up doin’ time. You know what this could do to a Nigga’s mind? My mind on my money‚ money on my mind. If you owe me ten dollars‚ you ain’t givin’ me nine! Yall ain’t give me

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    Healthcare for Jail Inmates Tamera Robinson HCS/430 Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance January 29‚ 2012 Marsha Smith Healthcare for Jail Inmates The definition of health care is the prevention‚ treatment‚ and management of illness and the preservation of mental and physical well-being through the services offered by the medical and allied health professions. Human beings are entitled to receive adequate healthcare‚ even those humans locked up for

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    Letter to Birmingham Jail

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    The Letter from Birmingham Jail or Letter from Birmingham City Jail‚ is an open letter written on April 16‚ 1963‚ by Martin Luther King‚ Jr. King wrote the letter from the city jail in Birmingham‚ Alabama‚ where he was confined after being arrested for his part in the Birmingham campaign‚ a planned non-violent protest conducted by the Alabama Christian Movement for Human Rights and King’s Southern Christian Leadership Conference against racial segregation by Birmingham’s city government and downtown

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