Prison Population Tammy Settles CJS200 August 17‚ 2010 John Scott Throughout history prison has and continues to reach high rates in population. The increase in prison population has different possible causes. These causes range from strict drug laws prohibiting repeat offender’s more time in prison. Parole violations land some of the worse offender’s back in prison for longer lengths of time. Sex offenders would be more likely to go back and repeat the same crime or even murder their victims
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Abstract Alcatraz Prison was one of the most secure prisons ever built in the United States. Alcatraz was erected in the San Francisco Bay and originally was a military facility during the late 1800s. Alcatraz has housed 1‚576 of the United States most dangerous criminals during its 29 year existence (Williams). Alcatraz has housed well known criminals such as Al Capone and George Barnes (The Rock). The prison was considered escape proof‚ so when prisoners from other federal facilities were causing
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The Stanford Prison Experiment‚ conducted by Philip G. Zimbardo‚ was performed to see the process that takes place where guards and prisoners "learn" to become authoritarian guards and compliant prisoners. (Zimbardo‚ 732). The prisoners and guards had many burdens of disobedience. In the beginning of the experiment‚ the "prisoners" were stripped of everything and emotionally torn down for being "disobedient". They were dehumanized in every way. They couldn’t speak to another unless they called
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This essay will focus on “A Study of Prison Guards in a Stimulated Prison”‚ an experiment conducted in 1973 at Stanford University‚ by one of the most famous Psychologists to date‚ Philip Zimbardo. Interestingly‚ the Office of Naval Research sponsored the study as part of an ongoing programme tailored to generate a better understanding of the first principles of psychological processes underlying human aggression (Haney‚ Banks‚ & Zimbardo‚ 1973). A famous experiment that is widely propagated in
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UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX Prison and The War on Drugs Week One Assignment CJA 234 [Type the author name] 10/4/2011 Prison and the War on Drugs. The war on drugs has been implemented for more than 30 years. Currently‚ there are close to a half million persons imprisoned on drug charges in this country. That is a tenfold increase over the 50‚000 in 1980. (jrank.org‚ 2011) In the past few years‚ close to $40 billion has been spent annually fighting the war on drugs. As a result
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Advice that makes a difference Prisoners - letters If you’re in prison‚ it’s very important to keep in touch with family and friends. This fact sheet is about keeping in touch by letter. It’s for prisoners and their family and friends. Sending letters If you’re in prison‚ you can usually write letters to anyone you want‚ as long as what you write follows prison guidelines. You will‚ however‚ need to get permission from the prison governor to write to some people. For example‚ you need the governor’s
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enterprise is no stranger to the American prison. When the United States replaced corporal punishment with confinement as the primary punishment for criminals in the early nineteenth century‚ the private sector was the most frequent employer of convict labor. Prisoners were typically either leased to private companies who set up shop in the prison or used by prison officials to produce finished goods for a manufacturer who supplied the raw materials to the prison. The former arrangement was called the
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instituted in prisons grows as well. As much as 50% of the US prison population is diagnosed with some sort of mental illness (Long). Though they might be difficult to handle‚ the courts must maintain a balance of keeping the mentally ill properly treated while also ensuring the public’s safety. According to the Federal Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ they are more than 1.2 million people with mental illness are incarcerated in jails and/ or prisoners. 1 in 20 individuals incarcerated in prisons/jails suffer
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There is a time before and after the events on 9/11. And that events were the reason why the Guantanamo Bay prison was established in January 2002And after the events the United States of America started the ’’War on Terror’’ by hunting down and punish those responsible for these cowardly acts‚" . The goverment tried to make illegal things legal. They ignore the fact that there is a given treatment to prisoner of war. The US government tried to justify torture. Alberto R. Gonzales who was the
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The Stanford Prison Experiment During arrests the police use procedures that lead people to feel confused and fearful. In the case of the Stanford experiment when the prisoners were arrested a process of humiliation began. The twelve undergraduates selected to play the role of prisoners were fingerprinted‚ mug shots were taken; they were searched‚ stripped naked‚ deloused and their heads shaved. Then they were dressed in cheap smocks‚ with no underwear and had a small chain around one ankle.
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