justice system. Prisons are not adequately equipped to care for mentally ill inmates‚ which can lead to an escalation of an inmate’s illness. Mentally ill inmates are a major problem in prisons because they require plenty of special needs. Most of the prisons do not encounter the medication needed for these offenders‚ so it is better for them to be taken care of at a mental hospital where they will be treated correctly. Incarcerating mentally ill offenders cause major problems in prisons. Taxpayer costs
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Women prisons have less population than male prisons. Two out of every three women in prison have children. One out of three are pregnant when being incarcerated. There are many debates between the citizens and the community that pregnant women should not be incarcerated. If the women commit the crime‚ they should to their time. But I also believe in people changing and learning from their mistakes‚ with the jail programs and rehabilitation to learn from their mistakes and not go to prison in their
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A prison can be defined as a facility‚ in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a range of freedoms under the state ruling as a form of punishment. Prisons have four major purposes. These purposes are punishing the inmate for their crimes against society‚ excluding them from society which prevents further crimes and is also a means of punishment‚ deterring criminals from committing more crimes in the future and rehabilitating the inmates by reforming them into law abiding citizens. Prison
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system has incarcered their way out for so long‚ that federal and state prisons and county jails are being bombarded with crisis levels of overcrowding (Alcohol Monitoring Systems‚ Inc.‚ 2013). Researchers have also predicted that the situation will continue to get worse because operating budgets are severely being cut‚ and funding to build new facilities are null. Current projections revealed in 2011‚ that the United States prison population has increased a 13 percent‚ which is triple the growth of
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Duty of Care – Unit 204 1.1 Define the term ‘Duty of Care’ Employers have a duty of care to their employees‚ which means that they should take all steps which are reasonably possible to ensure their health‚ safety and wellbeing. A duty of care is a good way to build trust with your service user as it ensures that there is no harm caused towards them. Employers have the responsibility not to cause‚ or fail to prevent any harm to their customer and must do their responsibilities with consider to personal
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Nolan Denslow WRA 150 A. Madrigal November 17‚ 2014 Disciplinary Literacies Project The major that I have researched for this project is Civil Engineering. Civil engineering is the design‚ construction‚ and maintenance of the physical and naturally built environment‚ including works like roads‚ bridges‚ canals‚ dams‚ and buildings. Civil Engineering has specific writing features that connects the form of the writing to its content to help better understand. The inquiry that I am investigating is;
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A prison system which is first and foremost a place of punishment cannot be relied on to eliminate criminal behaviour. Only punishment without education could not teach the prisoners that their behaviours are criminal and harmful to the society; however‚ an appropriate education strategy could. Consequently‚ the recidivism can be reduced. For example‚ several criminals commit a crime because of a lack of law knowledge. If these prisoners could be educated what a crime is‚ they would not commit it
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have instituted rigorous classification instruments designed to maximize the effectiveness of placements‚ thereby cutting down on the cost of incarceration. Prison classification is a method of assessing inmate risks that balances the security needs of the institution with treatment needs the individual. Effective classification can reduce prison infractions and create a safer environment of both inmates and staff. External classification places an inmate at a custody level that will determine where
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Running Head: PRISON TERM POLICY RECOMMENDATION PROPOSAL 1 Steven Schultz CJA/ 314 October 21‚ 2014 Anita Gopaul- Alexander PRISON TERM POLICY RECOMMENDATION PROPOSAL 2 Prison Term Policy Recommendation Proposal I am a criminologist advisor to a member of the state legislature. There will be a bill‚ that will be voted on and if passed it will double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. My boss and other members of the legislature knows that
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For decades now‚ prison overcrowding has become a problem all over the United States. Because of this overcrowding‚ many individuals are let out of prison before their sentence is complete which poses a threat to the community and society as a whole. However‚ while that is valid‚ the real threat is directly to those who are released before they are fully prepared to become functioning members of society once again and who will ultimately end up back in prison because of this. There are many universal
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