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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Cuban Prison Systems Cuba‚ the tiny island ninety miles south of Florida has faced severe hardship for centuries‚ despite it being a communist country and the trade embargo put in place against the United States‚ Cuba has one of the harshest prison systems in the world. According to the United Nations‚ there are over 294 prisons and correctional camps in Cuba that house over 57‚000 prisoners spread across the nearly 300 facilities (Jackson 1). These inmates range from political dissidents
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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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The Flaws and Effects of Prison In the book‚ A place to Stand‚ by Jimmy Santiago Baca‚ Baca writes about prison and how being incarcerated can have impact on a person and their family. With the most beautiful‚ strong and poetic language‚ Baca tells us the story of all the people who faces difficult times in order to find their place in the world. Baca always felt like he had no place to stand in society because‚ all of his life he was put down by his family and friends. From the age of five Baca
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close Close Security Prison In a close security prison‚ offenders housed here are an escape/flight risk‚ they have histories of assaults‚ and an offender may be held there because of other charges pending for a different law enforcement agency‚ the offenders in this prison never leave to do anything outside of the prison and they are supervised 24 hrs a day by a correctional officer (“State Prisons‚” 2013). These prisons are usually set up with single cells but have been doubled‚ they are divided
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and population. Although these two countries share similarities when it comes to prisons and how they are run. I believe Canada implies a prison industrial complex because of the ideologies‚ legislation and criminal justice goals that allow for the prison industrial complexes to thrive and expand. A prison industrial complex is where private businesses benefit from correctional institutions. In his article “Prison industrial complex”‚ Eric Scholsser defined it as‚ “bureaucratic‚ political and economic
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Women’s Need for Gender Specific Rights in Prison Since the foundation of modern prison systems in North America‚ prisons have always been specifically tailored to run and deal only with male needs. Due to that women were just thrown in with them creating co-ed jails‚ and not being properly taken care of. This only slowly started to change in 1873 with the opening of the first women’s only prison in Indiana‚ USA.(IDOC) Since it was adapted from the men’s prison no specific gender laws were enforced and
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of America’s prisons is owned by large‚ cheating‚ scheming companies who aren’t trying to achieve justice‚ they’re trying to obtain wealth. The two most eminent companies in the lucrative business‚ GEO group and CoreCivic (formerly Corrections Corporation of America) are currently making several hundred million dollars a year. How do they make that money? Private prisons make the government pay them to hold the government’s prisons‚ but they also charge them for not keeping the prison full‚ by influencing
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The Federal Prison System Jesse Vohler 12-3 Smith Essay 24 Oct. 2011 Jesse Vohler 12-3 Smith 24 October 2011 Federal Prison System Essay The Federal Prison System Throughout history‚ the Federal Prison System has changed over the centuries. From hanging to lethal injections‚ the purpose of the prison system still remains the same. It holds as a chamber for those who have done wrong and break the law. Turning into a home for most inmates‚ death row would seem like the only way
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