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    get badly beaten. The warden believed that his prison system was based on discipline and religion. Compare current prison policy in California with those policy used by the states policy in your viewed movie. The prison system will have random cell inspections‚ in the morning and before bedtime‚ the prisoners will have to come out of their cells when they are told to make sure they are present. Prisoners will have to follow the rules of the prison if not followed they will be punished by either

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    Essay On Prison Reform

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    when the gates of the prison open‚ the path ahead should lead to a better life.” Reforms have been used throughout history to implement new regulations and make changes in order to improve the lives of those impacted. Before the Prison Reform Movement‚ the United States Prison system was overflowing. Anyone‚ who was jailed for any offense‚ big or small‚ was placed in the same prison. This means that a small child committing a minor offense could have been placed in the same prison‚ or even cell‚ as a

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    following; i. RIGHTS TO LIFE: a prisoner has the right to life and it is fundamental and foundational to every person. It is therefore the basis for other rights. Thus it is in accordance with the provisions of Chapter four of 1999 constitution of Nigeria (as amended). See the case of BELLO V. AG FEDERATION where the supreme court held that the execution on the approval of the state military governorof a prisoner whose case is still on appeal was in violation of his right to life. ii. RIGHT TO REMOVAL

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    Katherine Wallace N00621910 April 25‚ 2011 Beyond The Prison Paradigm James Gilligan relays an enlightening message in his article‚ Beyond the Prison Paradigm: From Provoking Violence to Preventing It by Creating “Anti-Prisons”‚ about the history and sole purpose of jails. Gilligan dates his research about jails all the way back from the first civilization known to man‚ Sumerian‚ to the jails we see and know so well today. At the beginning of time jails literally meant “house of darkness”

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    Prison Special Needs

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    capacity to function in the normal inmate population. The United States is made up of individuals of all walks of life. The prisoners held in American prisons are no different. The United States prison system does not discriminated among its prisoners. These prisoners may have physical or mental disabilities however‚ if they committed a crime and are sentenced to spend time in prison then that is where they go. The fact is these inmates have special needs and are not special. They have been incarcerated

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    Cuban Prison Systems

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    Cuban Prison Systems Cuba‚ the tiny island ninety miles south of Florida has faced severe hardship for centuries‚ despite it being a communist country and the trade embargo put in place against the United States‚ Cuba has one of the harshest prison systems in the world. According to the United Nations‚ there are over 294 prisons and correctional camps in Cuba that house over 57‚000 prisoners spread across the nearly 300 facilities (Jackson 1). These inmates range from political dissidents

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    The Racial disparities in the US prison population has been a problem for a very long time despite only being brought to the attention of the people of America. Unable to help themselves‚ prisoners relied on others to get the word out. The word is that the way the prison system treats blacks and other minorities is prejudiced and unjust. We are supposed to help others so how is keeping minorities‚ who in most cases‚ have committed small crimes which pent up and give them a record. We need to look

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    Drug Abuse In Prisons

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    increased over the last two decades. Using drugs inside a prison is a terrifying thing to think about. How is it that under the order of law and in a highly restricted environment‚ drug use is still possible? It is due to a number of reasons: overcrowded prisons‚ stealthy smuggling‚ concealed manufacturing‚ prison gangs and corruption. Some of the ways drugs are smuggled into prison‚ is by human bodies. The drugs can also be thrown over the prison walls in tennis balls‚ dead birds‚ footballs or just about

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    Jails vs. Prisons

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    Jails vs. Prisons Kristin Schneider CRJ 303: Corrections R.D. Robertson April 26‚ 2010 I wanted to start off by giving the definition of Jail and Prison. There really isn’t much of a difference and I will explain the difference in a little bit. The definition of jail is a place of detention; a place where a person convicted or suspected of a crime is detained‚ and Prison is a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes. I believe that there is not too much of a major

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    For a long time‚ private prisons have brought a lot of questions to the people in general about wondering if it’s useful and they still exist nowadays. The industry of this type of prisons is considered expensive‚ dangerous and unsuccessful for the prisoners which leads the people to think it’s not worth having those prisons. There is only 11% of the inmates that is allocated in private prisons so approximatively 22‚000 people. The public prisons try to send more prisoners into the private

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