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    Life in Prison

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    Life in Prison Talonya D Brewer CJA/383 Richard Gilbert University of Phoenix September 21‚ 2010 Introduction When an individual is introduced to the prison life‚ after violating rules and regulations‚ he or she must come to terms about the journey he or she are about to take behind bars in prison. No one can save them‚ or do his or her time for them‚ and majority of his

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    Privatization of Prisons

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    threat to justice everywhere” Martin Luther King (Famous Black Quoations Janet Cheatham Bell. Prison Privatization is a broadly defined term for the privatization of prisons and prison-related services. In some cases‚ this may include transferring control of existing public sector prisons to private companies. However‚ more commonly private companies are contracted to design‚ build‚ and operate new prisons and jails by federal‚ state‚ and local governments. In still other instances‚ private companies

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    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 Gangs

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    Prison Gangs Michael Dooley Aiken Tech CRJ 242.013 Prison Gangs Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized‚ stealthy and deadly‚ they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America’s streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970’s. Working together‚ their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure‚ a constitution‚ bylaws‚ mission statement‚ or some identifiable

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    Life in Prison

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    Life in Prison Willie Lee Clark University of Phoenix Institutional and Community Corrections CJA383 Sherri Webster April 25‚ 2011 Life in Prison Prison life in most society is not considered a life worth mentioning. When a person decides to break the law and take up a life of crime‚ he or she should be aware of certain circumstances that lie ahead. When individuals break the law in our society‚ the pathway to a life in jail or prison is almost certain. Life simple freedom that most

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    Gangs in Prison The Aryan Brotherhood The Aryan Brotherhood originates in the CDC (California Department of Corrections) and BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons). The Aryan Brotherhood was founded in San Quentin‚ California in the 1960s. The founders were members of other gangs from the 1950s called‚ “Bluebirds”‚ “Diamond Tooth Gang”‚ and the “Nazi Gang”. Barry Mills and Tyler Davis are now the leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood. Their basic beliefs and mission is they believe in the betterment

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    Women In Prisons

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    Prison reformations that were made during the nineteenth century were centered around the dedication broght on by the superintends. The main issue for the convicts at this time was that there was no separation of genders; reformations to the prison system changed that and the environment these women had to sustain. “For fifty years prior to 1875‚ no women had been committed to the state prison at Charlestown‚ but were confined in jails and houses of corrections” (MCI-Framingham). From the year that

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    The Legitimacy of Prisons

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    From coast to coast in America‚ prisons have become a growing concern; the concern being how well prisons actually work. Over time‚ the amount of people being caged in our country is increasing. Right now there are approximately seven hundred fourteen out of one hundred thousand people that are imprisoned. Some may argue that prisons keep the criminals off the streets‚ but did they happen to think that prison is actually teaching them to become a better criminal and hardening their hearts to make

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    Inmates and Prisons

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    Gregory Inmates and Prisons Paper Week 4 -CJAD 320-E1WW February 2‚ 2013 Imprisoning drug offenders may resonate with some who think prison is the only way to make their communities safer‚ at least while they are incarcerated. Yet‚ the overwhelming majority of drug prisoners will come back out eventually to rejoin society‚ many within just a few years or even months. Most drug prisoners will return to the community after a couple of years away‚ and will then return to prison because we have not

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    Reformers of the Antebellum Era Who: Father Theobald Mathew Issue that he focused on: Temperance‚ or the virtue to help society to moderate the attraction to substances like alcohol‚ and excessive use. Why was this issue so important to him?: Father Theobald Mathew was a strong believer in the theory that alcohol is the number one drug in The United States‚ and it does affect us in some way. He was one of the first to truly realize that alcohol is a depressant‚ and it affects the function of

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