April 15‚ 2013 Prison overcrowding paper Overcrowding in prisons is one of the biggest challenges facing the American criminal justice system today. The total population of prisons and jails in the United States neared the 2.1 million mark in June 2003‚ according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS). The Bureau of Justice Statistics reported incarceration rates of state and federal prisoners continued to rise. At midyear 2003‚ the number of sentenced inmates was 480 per 100‚000 U.S. residents
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between Jails and Prisons It is very often that the terms are “interchangeably”‚ but what most people do not know there is actually a significant difference between the two. It is not just case of semantics. If a person is in a prison or a jail it has to do with the crime that person committed and the period in the process. Along with that‚ the treatment the inmates receive also fluctuates between the two. People always do not know the difference between the two terms‚ jail or prison‚ because they
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Jails and Prisons Response Jails and Prisons Response Prisons and jails may both confine offenders but they have their differences. Jails are for offenders that have short term sentences or for holding until the offender is transferred to a prison. They are also used to hold a criminal during their hearings until
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Prisons Compare and Contrast Prisons systems have changed after the first penitentiary was opened known as the Eastern Penitentiary. The theory of penitentiary was that by keeping criminals locked in their cell with not outside influences so that they can reflect on their past as well as become more religious is a way that the person will change their lives for the better and in return this would reform the person so upon release they were God fearing people that could function in society. These
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types of prisons are federal‚ state‚ municipal‚ and military. Federal prisons are operated and managed by the federal government. Federal prisons normally house inmates who have been convicted of a crime in violation of a federal law‚ as opposed to a state or local laws. An example of a federal prison now‚ is Ft. Leavenworth‚ KS. At one time‚ it used to be a prison used by the military‚ but has been turned over to the federal government to run. Municipal prisons are a high security prison. Military
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Accreditation and Private Prisons University of Phoenix CJS/230 According to the American Correctional Association website‚ accreditation can be define as “a system of verification that correctional agencies/facilities comply with national standards promulgated by the American Correctional Association” (“Standards & Accreditation”‚ n.d.). In order to achieve accreditation‚ it must go through reviews‚ appraisals‚ analysis‚ and hearings first. For a correctional agency
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when the gates of the prison open‚ the path ahead should lead to a better life.” Reforms have been used throughout history to implement new regulations and make changes in order to improve the lives of those impacted. Before the Prison Reform Movement‚ the United States Prison system was overflowing. Anyone‚ who was jailed for any offense‚ big or small‚ was placed in the same prison. This means that a small child committing a minor offense could have been placed in the same prison‚ or even cell‚ as a
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Sexual Assault in Prisons Intro: Sexual assault in prisons has been a problem ever since prisons have been established. Whether it’s the guards assaulting the inmates or the inmates assaulting the other inmates it is still a problem. Every person who ever enters a prison facility will either witness someone being sexually assaulted or will engage in the act of sexually assaulting someone. Thesis: Sexual assaults in prison are a problem because they can lower the self esteem of the victim and
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Prison Overcrowding in California Jeffrey Shaw CJA/564 Josette Ford May 6‚ 2013 The California prisons have been crowded for decades. This cannot continue to go on. One of the reasons that the prisons are overcrowded is because of the types and lengths of sentences. Other reasons why the prisons are overcrowded is because many of the prisoners are there on non-violent crimes. Also many of the sentences are for smaller crimes. The one recent event that is dealing with this problem is release
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The American prison system is an incredibly expensive part of our economy‚ with incarceration costs going up each year. A 2014 data collection of state correctional expenditures estimated that the economic costs of administering overcrowded prison systems are over 48 billion dollars each year (Kyckelhahn 2014). This money is coming from American taxpayer dollars and goes towards all of the prison staff wages‚ electricity‚ water‚ food‚ security‚ and more. By reducing the number of prisoners incarcerated
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