Lack of Rehabilitation in the Prison System Michelle Cyrus COM/156 March 13‚ 2011 Gregory Downing By the lack of rehabilitation programs in the state and federal prison systems‚ the chances of convicts releasing
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History of State and Federal Prison According to "History Of State And Federal Prisons" (July 7‚ 2011)‚ “State prisons are primarily operated by state governments. Overcrowding is a persistent problem in most state and federal prisons. By the end of 2001‚ state prisons were operating between 1 and 16 percent over capacity. This makes the prisons more difficult to operate‚ and puts the health and safety of inmates and staff at risk. The prison systems known today are based on eighteenth century Age
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A 12 year old brother and 13 year old sister have been sent prison for 1st degree murder. Curtis and Catherine Jones murdered their fathers girlfriend and have been sentenced to 18 years. The reason behind the killing was about a relative abusing the two children and once Curtis and Catherine asked for help from their father and his girlfriend‚ they ignored and did not do anything about it. So the kids plotted a plan to kill the girlfriend. Today‚ children are receiving much harsher punishments than
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As stated in the title of “Why Prisons Don’t Work‚” by Wilbert Rideau‚ prisons are ineffective. Possibly the foremost reason of this is the fact that they are a response after the crime‚ not a preventive measure. Penitentiaries do nothing with respect to preventing crime rather they create a place where criminals are influenced by‚ almost exclusively‚ other criminals. Another reason of this is criminals are being sent to these institutions for periods of time that far exceed what is necessary. Criminals
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How Prisons Can Save Money On July 10th‚ 2003‚ a fire was started just east of Farmington Utah. The fire consumed over 2000 acres of land‚ threatened dozens of homes‚ and cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to fight. The following day a thirty three year old man named Josef Heinz Bruhl confessed to starting the blaze‚ when asked for his motives he said it was to because he wanted to be sent to prison. Now I’m not trying to suggest that anybody with normal mental capacity would ever do something
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Prison-Based Nursery Program The population for women in prisons is increasing‚ since 1977 their population has gone up more than eight hundred percent. “In 2004 four percent of women in state prisons and three percent of women in federal prisons were pregnant at the time of admittance.” (Villanueva‚ 2009) As the rate of women inmates increase so will the number of women pregnant when incarcerated. A question that may be asked is “Where do these babies go when they are born if the mothers are
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Rise in Prison Gangs Fueling Violence‚ Drug Trade – Canada – CBC News The article presented on this paper reveals the problem of gangs and gang related violence in our nation’s institutions. Corrections Canada has seen a 44 per cent jump in gang members in federal prisons in the last five years‚ to 2‚040 in 2012 from 1‚421 in 2007‚ according to the documents obtained under access to information. The correctional service constructed a strategic framework for dealing with gangs in 2006‚ and implemented
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Those in prison have a constitutional right to health care and adequate mental health treatment. The growth of the correctional populace has put a strain on the inadequate size of jails and prisons to respond to the health needs of inmates. This situation is only made even more challenging because of the fact that prisoners with these serious mental diseases involve specific services and treatment. “Prevalence estimates of mental illnesses in U.S. jails have varied widely depending on methodology
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The state of prison healthcare in the United States tends to be a complicated issue‚ largely due to it being a hot topic when discussed with the public. Many inmates are in need of some form of healthcare‚ whether it be medication‚ counseling‚ or mental treatments. However‚ due to the current environment that these prisoners are in‚ they may not be receiving the care that they need and deserve. This travesty needs to be addressed and remedied posthaste because while prison inmates may be incarcerated
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How do you decide who goes to prison and who doesn’t?You can only have so many people in a prison at once‚ so you have to decide who goes in and who stays out. Overcrowded prisons can be a safety hazard to the prisoners and also it costs taxpayers to keep them there. there are two groups of people. Let’s imagine this scenario: One group of 20 people‚ Group A is going to trial for possession of an illicit substance. Another group‚ Group B also has 20 people going to trial except this time for murder
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