January 12‚ 2016 Report by: Penny Oleksiak & Duncan Qubti PD Penitentiary PD Penitentiary is a moderate security prison. At the PD Penitentiary our main goal is to rehabilitate troubled teens and young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. The PD penitentiary is a male penitentiary located on Douglas island‚ British Columbia. It offers psychological therapy to help tackle the root causes behind the crimes the committed‚ and to provide problem solving techniques to help cope
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Bureau of Prisons Regulatory Agency Health Care is not just of concern to the private sector. Health Care reaches into the prison system as well. Federal and state laws have been created to ensure that the prison system provides health care through the medical facilities available. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) is the government agency that regulates the health care that is given to federal inmates in the United States. The BOP licenses’‚ certifies‚ accredits‚ and runs the background checks
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Prison Break is an American television serial drama created by Paul Scheuring‚ that was broadcast on the Fox Broadcasting Company in four seasons‚ from 2005 until 2009. The series revolves around two brothers; one has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit‚ and the other devises an elaborate plan to help his brother escape prison. The series was produced by Adelstein-Parouse Productions‚ in association with Original Television and 20th Century Fox Television. Along with creator Paul
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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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