Does Prison Work? Since the beginning of recorded history‚ imprisonment has been used as a method of punishing those who have broken societies laws. However‚ the nature of prisons has changed throughout history to adapt to societies norms. In recent years‚ our custodial facilities have been questioned more and more as a form of state punishment. In this essay I will attempt to answer the question of whether imprisonment is really an effective form of punishment in terms of it being a deterrent
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The Private Prison Industry Taylor Sourie 2/23/2012 On the surface‚ the private prison industry seems like a great idea. Advocates for private prisons argue that the use of these facilities can free up space in poorly funded state prisons‚ cost less to operate‚ and still hold the security and safety of inmates and staff at top priority. Unfortunately‚ that’s not how it usually works out. Large corporations like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) ‚ are looking to make a profit at the end
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concerns and questions in the medical field about treatment of the mentally ill in the prison system. When a person with a mental illness commits a crime or break the law‚ they are immediately taken to jail or sent off to prison instead of being evaluated and placed in a hospital or other mental health facility. “I have always wondered if the number of mentally ill inmates increased since deinstitutionalization” Since prison main focus is on the crimes inmates are incarcerated; the actual treatment needed
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Jail and Prison Mike Roberts CJS/201 4/13/2015 University of Phoenix Jail and Prison For more than two hundred years the United States has utilized imprisonment to rebuff any hoodlums. Prison and jails are the foundations that judges send offenders to‚ so they can serve time relying upon the earnestness of their unlawful activity that the individual has submitted. Being detained is the empathetic type of discipline that is utilized considering how they used to reform people back in more seasoned
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discussion throughout this paper will be about the supermax prison‚ outlining issues that these facilities face‚ as well as issues that the staff face that work in these types of prisons. Examine how contraband and riots become issues for the facility‚ and lastly discuss whether this style of incarceration is favorable or non-favorable. In order to discuss or answer questions about a supermax prison‚ it must first be defined. A supermax prison is a highly restrictive‚ high custody housing unit within
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Mass Incarceration In 1983 the nation’s largest private prison corporation the Corrections Corporation of America was founded. The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) controls more than 47% of all private prison and jail beds nationwide and produces a 13% to 15% return annually on investment. This company is the nation’s largest owner and operator of privatized correctional and detention facilities and one of the largest prison operators in the United States‚ behind only the federal government
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PRISON IS NOT A CURE FOR CRIME There has been a great deal written about the fact that the number of crimes have dramatically increased in recent years. Educators have debated whether criminals should be put in jail or not. One idea that has received much attention is that prison plays an important role to reduce criminals. This essay will explain that prison is a cure for crime as fas as punishment for offenders and transformation of criminals into better citizens are concerned. One of the
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2012 Penitentiary Ideal and Models of American Prison Thomas King Emmalee J Mead Looking back at history‚ there have been countless ideals to reform and rehabilitate convicted criminals to attempt to make them “normal” enough to rejoin society. I think it is important to look and all of the past options and modes of reform and rehabilitation and compare them to how criminals are treated in prisons in today’s society. This paper will discuss the ideals behind penitentiaries‚ as well as the
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nPrison Reform Movement Messiah‚ Katherine‚ Ezequiel‚ Nancy and Christopher Prison Reform- The attempt to improve conditions inside prison aiming at a more effective penal system Prisons have only been used as the primary punishment for criminal acts in the last couple of centuries. Far more common earlier were various types of corporal punishment‚ public humiliation‚ penal bondage‚ and banishment for more severe offences‚ as well as capital punishment. United States- In colonial America‚ punishments
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Overcrowded Prisons Imagine being trapped in a small room‚ with four other people who are all criminals‚ that’s what comes to mind when people think of overcrowded prisons. It probably reeks of odder and sweet from being in the cell all day. It’s so overcrowded because so many crimes are being committed that there is not enough room for all of the people. It effects of over crowdedness may be tax payers money‚ the behavior of the inmates may change‚ staff problems‚ and just being in the prison is constantly
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