Prison Overcrowding In America’s tough economic society‚ over population has become an exceedingly hot topic issue. However‚ overcrowding in America’s prison system has been a severe problem since the 1970’s. The majority of the changes have come from different policies on what demographic to imprison and for what reason. The perspective of locking up criminals because they are "evil" is what spawned this (Allen‚ 2008). Because of this perspective the prison system in America is in need of serious
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Prison Overcrowding in California Jeffrey Shaw CJA/564 Josette Ford May 6‚ 2013 The California prisons have been crowded for decades. This cannot continue to go on. One of the reasons that the prisons are overcrowded is because of the types and lengths of sentences. Other reasons why the prisons are overcrowded is because many of the prisoners are there on non-violent crimes. Also many of the sentences are for smaller crimes. The one recent event that is dealing with this problem is release
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Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is a problem largely attributed to the increase of drug convictions. Decades of tough-on-crime laws coupled with minimal financing for treatment programs have left prisons overcrowded and under funded. With the advent of crack cocaine and the response of a scared nation President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs in 1982 (Clear‚ Cole‚ & Reisig‚ 2009). In 1987 congress implemented mandatory minimum sentencing effectively increasing the time
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Video #4: Ihawig Prison and Penal Farm Challenge: Political Prisoners in the American Hegemony Response: In 1898‚ the Philippines got its independence from the Spanish hegemony. After 6 months of being a free country‚ the Philippines was once again ruled by the Americans. During the American occupation‚ some Filipinos were captured and held as prisoners. Some prisoners couldn’t be accommodated at the Bilibid Prison in Manila so they were thrown in a specific area of Puerto Princesa
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Poli 204 Discussion Paper #1 Lesson 7: How should future generations contend with the French-English divide? Has this divide changed over the past 20 years‚ if yes how so? As a part of Quebec’s youth and up and coming younger generation I have witnessed the conflicts between the French- English divide since I could remember and it is important that the needs of both sides are full filled or at least compensated for‚ future generations need to focus on other issues and need to
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People with disabilities are significantly overrepresented in the nation’s prisons and jails today. The Bureau of Justice Statistics reports that fully 1 in 5 prison inmates have a serious mental illness (Vallas‚ 2016). As a result of this increase in population‚ these facilities are inadequately funded and staffed to provide mental health treatment to prisoners who are sentenced as a result of their mental illnesses (Gilna‚ 2016). North Carolina is one state that is addressing this issue. In 2014
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century‚ the United States Prison population has grown past beyond what it can afford. Adult correctional systems supervised an estimated 6‚851‚000 persons at yearend 2014‚ about 52‚200 fewer offenders than at yearend 2013(2015 Kaeble‚ Glaze‚ Tsoutis‚ Minton) Christian Henrichson‚ Ruth Delaney researchers’ discovered that the cost to taxpayer for maintaining prisons in about 40 states was $39 billion. One of the great costs was Hospital and other health care for the prison population which was $335
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Personal Dilemma CJA 324 April 25‚ 2011 Personal Dilemma I am a bartender‚ 34 years experienced in serving drinks to people who become intoxicated when entering the establishment(s) I work at. I must use my experience‚ common sense and moral thoughts to perform and fulfill my duties at work. Many types of people and ages come in and out of the tavern on a daily basis. With all my experience‚ working full-time or as a part – time bartender I cannot say I have seen it all. I grew up with
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Crisis in Reform Reaction Paper Picture 1978‚ I walk into Bedford Hills Correctional Facility in Westchester County N Y. It is my first week on the job as a state of New York Correction Officer‚ I am not shocked at what I see I am in awe. This facility housed approximately 800 inmates‚ these women were confined in in different parts of this huge facility‚ from the reception area where they stayed for the first two weeks upon entry to housing units as they were called. My reaction‚ to this awesome
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The Prison System CJS/200 The history of the American prison system was based partially on the prison system of 18th century England. Whereas the American prison system emphasized punishment as well as rehabilitation and restitution the English system did not. Those offenders incarcerated in the English prison system were comprised of‚ those awaiting trial‚ banishment from the community‚ debtors‚ or those awaiting execution. The American prison system evolved when William Penn instituted
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