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    Jails and Prisons October 22‚ 2012 Abstract The following information will compare a state prison against a parish jail in the state of Louisiana to note the major differences. Two aspects of the jail and prison culture and subculture are a topic of discussion. An assessment of violent behavior that takes place in the jail and prison along with a strategy in use to control the problem is of discussion. Also I will include discussion of a community-based corrections program in Slidell‚ Louisiana

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    United States of America has the largest prison population in the world‚ what is wrong with our prison system. Many prisoners are repeat offenders in America. Also many criminals are in prison for nonviolent crimes‚ plentiful have a large prison sentence. Why does America have so many problems in their prison system and how can it be resolved? Problems such as‚ why are so many prisoners repeat offenders‚ why do people with a mental disability or drug addicts don’t receive help‚ how come that there

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    Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper MiSha Bagley Introduction to Corrections/CJS 255 June 15‚ 2015 Sherri Webster Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper It is not uncommon that most people believe that jail and prison are one in the same. Jail is usually the first place a suspect is taking after being arrested and before they have been found guilty of a crime. Prison is the place where criminals are sent to carry out the sentence that was handed down to them by the jury and or judge. The purpose of this

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    America’s Prisons and Their Effects On Society Every civilization in history has had rules‚ and citizens who break them. To this day governments struggle to figure out the best way to deal with their criminals in ways that help both society and those that commit the crimes. Imprisonment has historically been the popular solution. However‚ there are many instances in which people are sent to prison that would be better served for community service‚ rehab‚ or some other form of punishment. Prison affects

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    The history of U.S. prisons from the late 1700s to the late 1800s was marked by a shift from a penitentiary system primarily concerned with rehabilitation to one concerned more with warehousing prisoners. The failure of reform minded wardens to justify rehabilitation caused state legislatures to set economic profitability as the new goal for prisons. This resulted in a worsening of prison conditions during this period. Early colonial criminal law was a curious mix of religion

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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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    One might argue that likely due to their past it is possible for them to have been exposed to the lifestyle of the work camps or prison life making them better able to adapt to the conditions because they understood how to work the system‚ a disadvantage that those serving their term as political prisoners had. The urka class were usually tasked with overseeing the other inmates‚

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    RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE PRISON SETTING Dr Andrew Coyle International Centre for Prison Studies King’s College University of London United Kingdom A Paper presented at the conference of the International Prison Chaplains Association (Europe) Driebergen The Netherlands 13 May 2001 RESTORATIVE JUSTICE IN THE PRISON SETTING Dr Andrew Coyle International Centre for Prison Studies King’s College University

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    The Swinging Pendulum of Prison Philosophies Brett Spratt Mr. Robert Leonik Contemporary Issues In Criminal Justice November 5‚ 2002 The corrections leg of the criminal justice system is ineffective because the efforts being made to rehabilitate criminals and keep society safe are failing substantially. The reason for the failure of the current correctional system and all correctional systems in the history of American prisons is an imbalance in the goals of criminal sentencing. These goals

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    We send too many people to prison-Discuss. Within the criminal justice system prison population throughout the United Kingdom has been on the increase leading to the introduction of reformed legislation along with diverse governmental approaches. I will analyse in depth issues linked to the expanding population along with changing dynamics of prison life‚ government and legislation will also coincide with these issues. When examining a particular topic the most fundamental way of tackling the

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