Just Keep Taxes Low Even though privatizing prisons is considered morally wrong by many people‚ these prisons are supervised by the state‚ have the government’s permission to operate‚ and they exist because public jails cannot handle the number of prisoners. The main reason I support prison privatization is because they reduce taxes. First‚ since they are not part of the government’s property citizens don’t have to pay for them to operate and more money could be used to build other things such as
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Drugs and prison How Can Illegal Drugs Be Prevented From Entering Prison? The American prison system has many different interpretations. Some people think it is a place for rehabilitation. Others may feel it is solely a punishment for making bad decisions‚ and there are those who see it as a method of revenge. Regardless of how the prison system is viewed‚ one element that may be a shock to everyone is the use of illegal drugs by the inmates. There are also a surprising number of unpublicized
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What was life in the prison like? Only few people can answer that question‚ but The Yuma Territorial Prison was not only a prison‚ it also had other activities which the prisoners could get involved in so they would not spend all day locked in a cell. For example a very important part of the prison was the famous Library which was built inside the Yum Territorial Prison. It was not a very fancy library‚ the prison could hardly afford books for the prisoners and for the people of Yuma to use. This
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Accreditation and Private Prisons University of Phoenix CJS/230 According to the American Correctional Association website‚ accreditation can be define as “a system of verification that correctional agencies/facilities comply with national standards promulgated by the American Correctional Association” (“Standards & Accreditation”‚ n.d.). In order to achieve accreditation‚ it must go through reviews‚ appraisals‚ analysis‚ and hearings first. For a correctional agency
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This has contributed to overcrowding of prisons across America. In order to ease the overcrowding in prisons‚ rehabilitation through court sentenced drug treatment programs is a practical and economical alternative. Assigning offenders to applicable drug treatment programs would decrease overcrowding caused by drug offenses‚ lower recidivism rates‚ and provide savings for the criminal justice system. By placing drug offenders in a treatment program‚ prisons would see some relief from overcrowding
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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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System (CRM 4302) Department de Criminology University of Ottawa December 11th 2012 Many individuals believe that the criminal system and its institutions are flawed. These critiques have been brought on by the ineffectiveness of prisons to reform individuals‚ the ineptness of the system to reduce crime rates‚ the lack of focus on victims of crimes‚ as well as the racist‚ classist and sexist practices existing in these institutions. Therefore‚ we can ask ourselves if the elimination
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The American prison system is an incredibly expensive part of our economy‚ with incarceration costs going up each year. A 2014 data collection of state correctional expenditures estimated that the economic costs of administering overcrowded prison systems are over 48 billion dollars each year (Kyckelhahn 2014). This money is coming from American taxpayer dollars and goes towards all of the prison staff wages‚ electricity‚ water‚ food‚ security‚ and more. By reducing the number of prisoners incarcerated
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human beings is a primary component to living. Regardless of where humans are located‚ communication is required to survive. My interest in collaboration is further indulged when studying prisons. Every prison is different; the means of survival and interaction varies. A woman who has lived the experience a female prison is known as a survivor‚ and she is now an activist for women’s rights. Her name is Piper Kerman‚ and many people may know her as the individual who influenced the Netflix show “Orange
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Pros and Cons of Prison Privatization Prisons are institutions that have specifically been designed to handle the members of the society who are under conviction of different crimes. The people who reside in the prisons are referred to as inmates or prisoners and the time they spend in the prisons depends on the imprisonment period. This period is dependent of the intensity of the crime committed. Once in the prisons‚ the inmates undergo rehabilitation‚ incapacitation‚ retribution and deterrence
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