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    other uses‚ see Prison (disambiguation). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2012) The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (January 2012) Criminology and penology Theory[show] Types of crime[show] Penology[hide] Deterrence Prison Prison reform Prisoner abuse

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    The Problems with Prisons

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    Problems with Prisons The Michigan Department of Corrections annual budget is 2 billion dollars‚ and the average annual cost per inmate is $32‚000. 4.5 percent of the state general fund allocated in the 2009-2010 budget proposal. Michigan’s total department active personnel contains 16‚324 people. There are 50‚693 incarcerated under MDOC jurisdiction with a total of 49 facilities that have had 2 escapes. The parole system makes up 17‚435 people. Prison overcrowding is a huge problem

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    Jails and Prisons Kassi Crum CJA/234 June 18‚ 2013 Rodney Christiansen Jails and Prisons The earliest days of operating jails‚ which were more commonly known as “gaols‚” consisted solely as detaining offenders who were waiting to be tried. The first was ordered to be built in 1166 by King Henry II. Vagrancy‚ meaning to have no real permanent home to live and just wandering from location to location was an increasing issue between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries.

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    Overcrowding In Prisons

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    ‘crisis’ in prison is the overcrowding of prisoners. Indeterminate sentences and increased use of long determinate sentences are key drivers behind the near doubling of prison numbers; almost doubling from 1993 9% to 2014 17%. Bromley Briefing Prison Factfile (2015) reveals cost of our ‘addiction to imprisonment’ in wasted time‚ money and lives. High security prisons are not filled to capacity‚ whereas local prisons are concentrated with overcrowding. The majority of these prisoners in local prisons are

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    Life in Prison Talonya D Brewer CJA/383 Richard Gilbert University of Phoenix September 21‚ 2010 Introduction When an individual is introduced to the prison life‚ after violating rules and regulations‚ he or she must come to terms about the journey he or she are about to take behind bars in prison. No one can save them‚ or do his or her time for them‚ and majority of his

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    Prison Overcrowding In America’s tough economic society‚ over population has become an exceedingly hot topic issue. However‚ overcrowding in America’s prison system has been a severe problem since the 1970’s. The majority of the changes have come from different policies on what demographic to imprison and for what reason. The perspective of locking up criminals because they are "evil" is what spawned this (Allen‚ 2008). Because of this perspective the prison system in America is in need of serious

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    Prisons in America By Jesse Pinzon D.F.Jochims ENC 1101-30067 July 22‚ 2013 Research Paper Pinzon 1 Jesse A. Pinzon D.F.Jochims ENC 1101-30067 July 22‚ 2013 Prisons in America The development of the prisons in America has had and continues to have a huge impact on the American country. These prisons continue to expand and develop as time goes on. The American country adapts in ways that are not only beneficial but also in ways that are unfortunate as these prisons continue to

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    Rehabilitation In Prison

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    Research Question: Should mentally ill convicted offenders be incarcerated in jails and prisons or institutionalized in mental health treatment facilities? Incarceration of the mentally ill is a social problem because studies have shown that a significantly high percentage of individuals incarcerated in the United States have been diagnosed with a mental illness. A Stanford Law school study has shown that prisons and jails have become the new mental health care facilities. In their study‚ they

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    The Prison System

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    The Prison System CJS/200 The history of the American prison system was based partially on the prison system of 18th century England. Whereas the American prison system emphasized punishment as well as rehabilitation and restitution the English system did not. Those offenders incarcerated in the English prison system were comprised of‚ those awaiting trial‚ banishment from the community‚ debtors‚ or those awaiting execution. The American prison system evolved when William Penn instituted

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    and who will end up back in prison. Negative thoughts on such a topic are natural since it is true in the United States; most individuals in prison will reoffend and find themselves back in prison. With prisons in the United States becoming over populated‚ should there be different efforts adopted by more facilities to help individuals become functioning members of society? Daniel Reisel was sent to study the brains of clinically diagnosed psychopaths in an England prison. Although‚ he was studying

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