Sociological Aspects of Prison Life Jennifer Mc Neal CJS 230 Instructor George Brothers August 22‚ 2010 Sociological Aspects of Prison Life In most prisons‚ there is an establishment of dominance amongst the prisoners. In prison‚ it is survival of the most powerful. There is always a top dog the one that no one ever wants to mess with because his or her fate might be death. Prison life is tough; you have to be on guard at all times of the day because it is easy to become
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Massachusetts‚ a large town located midway between Worcester and Boston. The prison was once known as "Framingham State Prison". MCI Framingham is the official name‚ and is favored.( Beckerman‚ A. (2002) MCI-Framingham is a medium security correctional facility for female offenders. Several References note it as the oldest female correctional institution‚ which is still in operation‚ in the United States. It opened in 1877. The prison houses both state and county offenders‚ as well as those awaiting sentencing
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September 2014 The Cycle of Re-incarceration in Beecher Terrace The documentary Prison State provides a thorough investigation into the cycle of re-incarceration in the community of Beecher Terrace‚ KT. In 2010‚ the state of Kentucky issued a series of reform programs intended to shorten the sentences of non-violent criminals and grant an earlier parole to those who qualified. However‚ even individuals released early from prison have high risk of returning within the year due to monthly fees‚ parole dates
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Prisons are already filled beyond maximum capacity‚ and we continue to keep incarcerating more people. What can be done to end the problem of prison overcrowding and maintain the safety of the public? I chose this topic because I wanted to shine a light on what I consider to be an injustice. I believe that the criminal justice system needs a complete overhaul. When I chose this topic‚ I wasn’t fully aware of the mandatory sentencing guidelines or how harsh they were. I always believed that judges
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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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Differences between Jails & Prisons Corrections While reading the article Jails vs Prisons by Daron Hall‚ he used the analogy of comparing jails and prisons to emergency rooms and nursing homes. (Hall) They both serve a significant purpose in maintaining the safety and well-being of a person but in two very different ways. (Hall) The transition from the street to jail is far more dramatic‚ and sometimes volatile‚ in comparison to the transition from jail to prison. Therefore‚ although the staff
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problem in America due to the rise in the prison population. The United States houses an estimated 2.5 million people behind bars. When given the task of incarcerating this amount of people‚ the state has only two options. The first option requires state employees being used to staff state run prisons with guards. The second choice is to contract a private corporation to staff and manage a prison and its population‚ otherwise known as Privatization. Prisons that are run by corporations will have a
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Introduction There are currently over 2.2 million inmates in the American prison system (The Sentencing Project). This is of notable significance because it is a huge percentage of our country’s population especially when compared to other countries around the world. The United States of America accounts for approximately 5% of the overall world population‚ however‚ its citizens make up 25% of world prisoners (NAACP). I wanted to explore how people viewed this issue and what factors determine differentiating
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The history of state and federal prisons is quite interesting. Long ago‚ prisons did not really exist. Prisoners were housed in jails until trial‚ discharge‚ or execution. Since that time‚ state and federal prisons have been introduced and utilized. State prisons were the first to be invented. Prison facilities house criminals sentenced to one year or longer of incarceration‚ (usually felons). State prisons are run by the government of the individual state they are located in and the federal
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history of state and federal prisons; making a comparison and contrasting about of the different security levels that exist in state prisons and federal prisons. Also it will mention some of the reasons for growth in the state prison system. State and Federal Prison Systems Prison is a term describing the facilities used to incarcerate convicted individuals and penitentiary describes the type of building. The debate to inaugurate penitentiaries instead of prisons began in the eighteenth century
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