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    Inhumanity In Prison

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    of high concern. There is a constant pressure on prisons to keep staff to a minimum meaning there is a limited access to out-of-cell activity and means prisoners have no one to escort them from place to place. This could also result in visits being cancelled‚ which mentally isolates the prisoner even more‚ decreasing potential for social integration‚ and increasing the likelihood of familial breakdown. One of the most serious deficiencies in prison life is the lack of mental stimulation and preparation

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    prison debate

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    People are sent to prison for committing a crime‚ the justice system shows that there are more than 186 crimes a criminal can appose and be sent to prison for their actions. as me and my partner explain. The purpose of punishment is to show disapproval for the offender’s wrongdoing‚ and to clearly condemn his criminal actions. This is why we punish; we punish to censure (retribution)‚ we do not punish merely to help a person change for the better (rehabilitation). We still have to punish a robber

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    Women In Prison

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    The women’s correctional system has been quite controversial through the years. In my opinion‚ the neglect of women’s institutes has been quite benign which may be due to the fact that women make up a small portion of inmates in the prison system. Until the late 1800’s‚ women were not normally convicted of crimes unless they were habitual offenders. Women offenders are frequently imprisoned for nonviolent crimes unlike their male counterparts who range from nonviolent offenders to maximum security

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    prison overcrowding

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    Overcrowding in United States Prisons State prison overcrowding has become a very detrimental problem over the last few decades. After being overlooked for so long‚ what we are left with is an ineffective correctional system that needs reformation. The problem has been growing‚ possibly even since the first correctional facility was created. As cities started to grow‚ there needed to be more laws. Along with more laws came more offenders. Even though prison is designed to punish criminals‚ it

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    Suicide In Prison

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    Issues surrounding suicide of women in prison is suicide is more common and handled as though it is not a big deal. Prison systems feel as though they are not at fault‚ that they were merely doing their jobs and release unsympathetic messages. The author quotes‚ "Framingham’s superintendent at the time‚ now Commissioner Kathleen Dennehy‚ was reported saying‚ "The reality is‚ people are going to die while in custody" (p188). That statement proves the people over the system does not care about these

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    Prison Guideline

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    Get Person Out of Prison For Entertainment Purposes Only You will need the following: 1. A Birth Certificate –and Social security Number For Each Pearson You Want Out 2. The Docket(s) for each person (Court Case # - If Appealed – Appellate Court Case # And Docket - Inmate # for each person) 3. Prison Name and Address (not PO Box) where person(s) are currently incarcerated 4. Warden’s Address (PO Box Acceptable) 5. Person who will serve as Power of Attorney for the person(s) incarcerated

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    Zoo or Prison

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    Zoo or Prison People always say that animals are our friends; that is why we’d like to go to zoos to see those animals. But are the animals happy about being locked in cages and being seen by people everyday? Or do they want to live in the environments that they are supposed to live? Of course we are never able to know what an animal thinks‚ but I know one thing for sure‚ I don’t want to live in a cage and to be showed to people everyday. Keeping animals in the zoos stops them from being who

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    Life In Jail Essay

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    On 6/22/2015 at approximately 1752 hours at the Lower Buckeye Jail located at the address listed above‚ while conducting a security walk in T12 A Pod‚ while I was conducting a Security Walk‚ two inmates started fight near cells A21-A19. I made a radio call to security control for an Inmate-Inmate fight T12 A Pod top tier. When I approached the cell I observed Inmate Belford‚ Daminis booking number T151776 fighting with Inmate Putnum‚ Makai booking number T154462 in Cell A20. While waiting additional

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    Alcatraz Prison

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    Alcatraz Island and Prison Alcatraz Island‚ also infamously known as “The Rock”‚ is located in the San Francisco Bay 1.5 miles offshore from San Francisco‚ Ca. It stands 121 feet above sea level and spans approximately 22 acres. The Spanish Lieutenant Juan Manuel de Ayala named Alcatraz Island for sea birds; he was reported to be the first known European to sail through the Golden Gate in 1775. It was named “La Isla de los Alcatraces” meaning the Island of the Pelicans. It later became home

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    Private Prisons

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    Privatization of Prisons As state budgets throughout America become tighter because of rising costs‚ many are looking at private prisons as a way to reduce the cost in detaining inmates. Just like everything else in America there has to be a debate about it. There are those that are for the privatization of prisons and those that are against it. James A. Fagin introduced this topic in his text book CJ2013; he discussed the major selling point of private prisons‚ and the problems that states are

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