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    Prison Analogy Essay

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    that I chose to do is prison. The reason that I chose prison is because I felt that the cell I was doing could relate to it the most. The cell that I decided to do was the plant cell because it relates to the prison in many ways. The reasons the organelles in the plant cell relate the most is because the plant cell needs to have a lot of protection just like the prison does. The first organelle in the cell that relates to the prison is the Cell Membrane. This relates to the prison because the Cell Membrane

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    Mentally Ill in Prison

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    Mentally Ill in Prison Tisha R. Gilmore Argosy University Abstract There are many mentally disabled individuals incarcerated in U. S. jails today. Their disabilities range from those born with mental retardation‚ to those with traumatic brain injuries from being involved in accidents‚ and include those with chemical imbalances due to natural causes or drug addictions. These people are treated as criminals and not as patients. Jails are not the place for this population. Keeping them incarcerated

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    Prison Reform in America

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    Prison "Reform" in America In the essay "Prison "Reform" in America‚" Roger T. Pray points out the much attention that has been devoted to research to help prevent crimes. Showing criminals the errors of their ways not by brutal punishment‚ but by locking them up in the attempt to reform them. Robert Pray‚ who is a prison psychologist‚ is currently a researcher with the Utah Dept. of Corrections. He has seen what has become of our prison system and easily shows us that there is really no such thing

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    Hunger Strike In Prisons

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    inmates refuse to eat‚ work assignments‚ leave cell‚ nor exercise. Prison officials claim that the hunger strike is a ploy by powerful prison gangs to increase their influence behind the walls. They claim that inmates are still eating food brought in the prison commissary and no one is at great risk. The corrections staff claim that current segregation policies are necessary to protest the safety of inmates and staff. The prison states that to give

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    Private prisons can be a profitable and secure alternative to government run State prisons‚ but will they actually help rehabilitate criminal when private prisons profit come from the number of prisoners they house? Private prison also known as for-profit prisons are thirty party company’s that are contracted by government who pays a per diem or monthly rate for each prisoner‚ this normally cost less of what it would if it was run by the state. The saving is what the government considerers the most

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    Stanford Prison Study

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    Introduction The Stanford Prison study began on August 14th and ended on August 21st‚ 1971. This experiment helped psychologists to better understand conformity and human nature. The objective was to watch the interaction between the two groups of men without an obviously malevolent authority. Description The study took place in the basement of Stanford University by a small group of researchers during the summer or 1971. These researches were led by a man named Philip Zimbardo. 24 male students

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    there are Many factors leading to violence are beyond the control of prison officials. Among them are the size of prisons and the crowding of facilities; the enforced idleness of too many inmates; inadequate financial support from the state legislature; public indifference; and the increasing number of violent and aggressive criminals‚ including gang members from the streets‚ being sentenced to prison. Furthermore‚ prison officials cannot alter the belief of prisoners that the only way they

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    Alcatraz Prison Essay

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    Abstract Alcatraz Prison was one of the most secure prisons ever built in the United States. Alcatraz was erected in the San Francisco Bay and originally was a military facility during the late 1800s. Alcatraz has housed 1‚576 of the United States most dangerous criminals during its 29 year existence (Williams). Alcatraz has housed well known criminals such as Al Capone and George Barnes (The Rock). The prison was considered escape proof‚ so when prisoners from other federal facilities were causing

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    Attica Prison Riots

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    ATTICA PRISON RIOT MARY AMON CJS/221 CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE UNIVERSITY OF PHOENIX INTRODUCTION OF THE ATTICA PRISON RIOT • In the later part of 1971‚ a riot was caused at the Attica Correctional facility in Attica‚ New York. This riot occurred at the very time that the Prisoners’ Right Movement was passed. This riot was to demand the right of prisoners on political issues and also a good living conditions. It was also deemed as one of the most famous and significant riots that ever

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment‚ conducted by Philip G. Zimbardo‚ was performed to see the process that takes place where guards and prisoners "learn" to become authoritarian guards and compliant prisoners. (Zimbardo‚ 732). The prisoners and guards had many burdens of disobedience. In the beginning of the experiment‚ the "prisoners" were stripped of everything and emotionally torn down for being "disobedient". They were dehumanized in every way. They couldn’t speak to another unless they called

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