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    Prison Riots

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    Management positions in prisons are known to be very demanding. Correctional facilities are difficult to operate and are forced to deal with overcrowding which leads to an outnumbered staff and a continuous flow of violent and dangerous inmates. An issue that management faces is the occurrence of riots. According to dictionary.com‚ a riot is a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a disrupting and tumultuous manner in carrying out their private purposes.

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    Riots In Prisons

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    Prisons are full of criminals and aggressive angry people; riots are not a very common occurrence with prison guards keeping most inmates under control‚ but they do happen. After the riot subdues‚ since it is common for some inmates to detain a guard or other prison employee so that the riot can take place without interruption‚ the inmates would be charged for false imprisonment‚ hostage taking‚ and most evidently rioting would be the main charge for the inmates involved. I would say false imprisonment

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    Prison Design

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    Designing the ideal Prison Elizabeth Wong and Natasha Totonchian November 25th‚ 2013 CLN4U Mr Logan Architectural Layout and Physical Setting To begin‚ our prison is a male prison‚ located on an island on the East Coast of Canada‚ 5 km from mainland. The remote location isolates inmates from the outside world as a security precaution to minimize escapes. Our prison was designed for the safety of both our staff and prisoners. To ensure maximum security and rehabilitation‚ the architectural

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    Prisons and Punishment

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    an offender is high. With western regions like the US‚ UK and Australia experiencing consistent rising imprisonment rates and the limited availability of public resources‚ efficient use of prison and criminal justice resources is imperative (Marsh‚ Fox & Hedderman‚ 2009). A cost benefit analysis (CBA) of prisons essentially measures how effective and efficient certain criminal justice interventions are. Marsh et al. (2009‚ p. 146) states that this measurement is done by assessing an intervention where

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    Prison Education

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    Prison Education Commentary (Donovan Green image taken from National Geographic website) The day has finally come‚ standing there in his blue cap and gown‚ Donovan Green waits patiently to walk into the room where his graduation ceremony will take place. His daughter who he has not seen for over ten years is in attendance and he is full of joy. He has finally achieved something good in his life and with his new confidence he is determined to turn his life around. He has hopes and dreams of being

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    Rape In Prisons

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    hard subject to talk about‚ and it’s even more difficult when it happens within the prison system. It’s easy to say that prisoners deserve to pay for their crimes‚ but prison rape goes beyond punishment and forces many people to question what rights human beings deserve. Prison rape perpetuates a detrimental and dangerous cycle that affects both its victims and the general public when the criminals are released. Prison rape happens for several reasons. Sexual identity‚ forced homosexuality and hypermasculinity

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    Prison and Rehabilitation

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    behavior to accept the programs. Rehabilitation comes from inside a person. The person must want to change his behavior and make use of the programs available to them. Intentions of rehabilitation Rehabilitation is specific programs applied within a prison setting intended to bring about the end of criminal behavior called desistance‚ meaning to cease or stop. It is supposed to be a simple formula: prisoner classification X appropriate programming X positive participation = probability of desistance

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    Birmingham Jail Thesis

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    Short Write #1 1. Martin Luther King Jr.’s thesis in the Letter from a Birmingham Jail is repudiation of the clergymen’s disapproval of his direct action-nonviolent resistance campaign. 2. Martin Luther King Jr supports his thesis by starting out refuting the idea that he is an outside protestor that doesn’t belong in Birmingham. He was serving as president of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference‚ an organization operating in the southern states. The associate in Birmingham asked him to be

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    Separation In Prisons

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    Separation exists between society and the penal system‚ and due to this‚ there is a grave lack of knowledge of what is happening in prisons and how we can improve the situation we currently have in regards to the prison system. There are major flaws within the penal system‚ and Angela Davis highlighted a main one in secrecy. We know based off of research that our prison population commonly consists of individuals who struggle academically (Petersilia‚ 2003‚ pg 32). Because of this lack of strong schooling

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    Observation Of Prisons

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    the person screaming his name. He took a step into the chaos‚ searching for the voice. Prison guards were trying to tackle him‚ but he dodged them with the little energy that the sun didn’t take earlier. He walked until he found the voice‚ Mikey’s voice. “Don’t do anything crazy!” Mikey screamed. Two men with shaved heads were dragging him away. “The cops will find you easier in a group‚ and no one knows the prison like me. We will discuss a plan.” They dragged him away into the chaos. Mikey was

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