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    Language in Prison

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    A community that has a very unique language is prison. Prison inmates use a language called argot‚ which does not make sense to the average person‚ but is very necessary to inmates and guards. Argot is the more scientific term for criminal jargon or prison slang but it is used mainly to communicate between criminals and to create a barrier to keep others from understanding the criminal cultures (Bondeson 1988). Other languages are used in prisons‚ for instance prisoners from other countries have

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    Abstract This paper will discuss prison overcrowding and what type of numbers have come about over the years when it comes to inmates being imprisoned. It will discuss the cost of a prisoner annually as well as the decision to add verses build when it comes to new facilities. The overcrowding in one particular prison will be touched on as well as whose responsibility it is for upkeep. It will discuss how funding plays a role in overcrowding as well as the “three strikes” rule in California and

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    Prison System

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    Prison inmates‚ are some of the most "maladjusted" people in society. Most of the inmates have had too little discipline or too much‚ come from broken homes‚ and have no self-esteem. They are very insecure and are "at war with themselves as well as with society" (Szumski 20). Most inmates did not learn moral values or learn to follow everyday norms. Also‚ when most lawbreakers are labeled criminals they enter the phase of secondary deviance. They will admit they are criminals or believe it when they

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    Prison Nursery

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    "Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States." Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation 48.4 (2009): 271-295. SocINDEX with Full Text. Web. 24 Oct. 2012. In their article “Converging Streams of Opportunity for Prison Nursery Programs in the United States‚” which appears in Journal Of Offender Rehabilitation‚ the authors discuss the problems‚ policies and political issues surrounding prison nurseries in the United States and the benefits

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    The “Bad History” of Howard Zinn and the Brainwashing of America By Mary Grabar America’s Survival‚ Inc. 443-964-8208 1 www.usasurvival.org CONTENTS I. II. III. IV. V. VI. A History That No Self-Respecting Marxist Historian Would Consider Reinventing the Wheel The History of the Scottsboro Case as Prelude Reshaping Humanity for Utopia For Kids: The Radical Historian as Super-Hero Zinn’s Real Scholarship 2 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Although Howard Zinn denied membership in the Communist

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    Prison and Jails

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    Jails and Prisons Tammy Johnson CRJ303: Corrections Professor Jeffrey Cudworth January 7‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Jails and prisons are both types of sanctions that are used for convicted offenders that have committed crimes‚ but there are many differences in the two. “Jails are locally operated short- term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest and pending trail. Today’s jails also serve these purposes: * They receive individuals pending arraignment

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    Suicide in Prison

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    Suicide in Prison Introduction: “Suicide is a huge‚ but largely preventable‚ public health problem‚ causing almost half of all violent death in the world‚ resulting in almost one million fatalities every year and economic costs in the billions of dollars‚ according to the World Health Organization” (quoted in Pompili & Lester & Innamorati & Casale & Girardi‚ 2009‚1155). According to Kupers (quoted in Heuy & Mculty‚ 2005‚ 490) “in the United States‚ suicide rates among prison inmates are higher

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    Prison Reform

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    Prison Reform Rehabilitation Process CJA/334 July 13‚ 2013 Prison Reform Prison Reform is presented through the penal system in an effort to improve prisons‚ provided not only but also punishment rehabilitative efforts as well. Rehabilitation is one of the philosophical reasons for sentencing. The general area that will be studied within prison reform is its rehabilitation process. We will study the rehabilitation process as it pertains to both male and female. This study will also show

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    Prostitution In Prisons

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    The United States has the highest numbers of imprisoned criminals in the world! Most of the jails and prisons are currently overcrowded due to the large number of non-violent criminals. Yes‚ I do believe if a person commits a crime‚ then he or she deserves some type of punishment. However‚ some of the prisoners could have an alternative treatment instead of being incarcerated. Prisons usually spend millions and millions of dollars each year to house criminals. All crimes committed are not violent

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    Prison Budgets

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    The recession and budget challenges that are currently happening have played a large role in the incarceration rates in that the prison administration and governments that help to fund them are trying to find different ways to reduce the amount of money it costs them to hold an inmate in a correctional facility‚ but still deal with the high amount of incarcerated individuals that have longer sentences with the current stance that is being taken on crime by politicians. According to Seiter (2011)

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