Proposed Project: Kelley Correctional institution Jasmine Lasater Truckee Meadows CC The state department of corrections has hired me‚ a consultant to propose a new correctional institution in the hills between the California border and Nevada border. As a consultant‚ I have been chosen to provide the state board with a prison plans to accommodate prisoners. The new plans will determine if the new prison should affect any of the board members or correctional institutions. As a consultant I have
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Opinion on the Death Penalty The death penalty‚ also referred to as capital punishment‚ has been abolished in Canada since 1976‚ but still exist in a few American States. The last execution in Canada took place in 1962. I disagree with the death penalty for several reasons. My first reason is that I find it extremely inhumane to take someone’s life in order to demonstrate the power of the law. Another reason for my disapproval of the death penalty‚ is the amount of money that it takes to
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CORRECTIONAL FACILITIES Name: Institution: Correctional Facilities Introduction The correctional system is an overall term referring to an array of directives directly administered or executed by jurisdictional justice organizations that entail the management‚ castigation‚ rehabilitation and supervision of sentenced criminals. These mandates are frequently done through incarceration‚ probation and parole‚ whereas prison offers the most widespread correctional agency worldwide (Clear & Cole‚ 2013)
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Emilia Ramirez AP Language & Comp Period 3 Mrs. Campbell 21 September 2012 Why Prisons Don’t Work: Rhetorical Précis In the Times article Why Prisons Don’t Work‚ Wilbert Rideau‚ a convicted murderer‚ claims that a vast number of criminals are forced to rot in prison so that “politicians can sell the illusion that permanently exiling people to prison will make society safe” (1). According to Rideau‚ the values prison holds are limited and it does not work because it is solely “a mop-up
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When companies profit from crime‚ there is an incentive to imprison more inmates for longer sentenceseven when the violent crime rate is on the decline. The prison system‚ courts‚ police‚ and corporations have a vested interest in keeping crime at a certain level. This is because prisons have become a form of economic development and a profit making opportunity. Some companies exploit prison labor‚ others build prisons. There are many businesses that benefit directly from prisoners. These businesses
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Can words change person’s thoughts from desperation‚ violence‚ to peace and normality within a dehumanizing prison? Some prisoners spending short to long term sentenced‚ sometimes lose themselves in a world of violence and become worse off when coming into the prison system‚ than how they used to be before prison life. Trying to hold on to any bit of sanity or respect for humanity becomes an everyday struggle. Sometimes the smallest thing can help prevent the feeling‚ of going over that edge of
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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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PROBLEM IN CORRECTIONAL ADMINISTRATION IN INDIA INTRODUCTION The Union of India is a Federal Polity consisting of 28 States and 7 Union Territories directly administered by the Union Government. Under this federal system the States have their own Governments‚ and Legislatures‚ with powers and functions which are clearly defined under a written Constitution. Under such devolution of executive and legislative power the
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Merriam-Webster online dictionary (2011) defines capital punishment as punishment by death for a crime. There are many factors that go into the process of capital punishment and it must start with a crime followed by an arrest‚ trial‚ conviction‚ appeals process and ultimately the execution of the individual. Through the many stages of the process there numerous individuals who are affected‚ including the criminal and their family‚ the victim and their family‚ jury‚ judge‚ witnesses and administrators
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Is the Death Penalty Justified? Jessica Valentine PHI 103 Informal Logic Professor Stephen Carter March 20‚ 2012 Is the Death Penalty Justified? The death penalty will always be a topic some people refuse to talk about. When in fact‚ it is a very serious topic and people should know how and why the death penalty is not justified. I believe the death penalty is not justified in the least bit because there are people sitting up in prison just living life because the state does not want to
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