The State of Texas is known for their strict rules on voting rights for convicts these including those who are currently incarcerated and those individuals who are released‚ but on parole. However‚ ex-offenders who have completed their probation and parole regain their voting rights but would have to re-register. I believe the voting rights for prisoners and ex-convicts should be reformed and changed in the State of Texas. The reason I stand by this is because they’re still citizens of the United
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If that drug addict comes out with no resources to keep him off drugs‚ such as helping him to find employment‚ how can we expect them to not revert to their old ways? b. Probation/Parole Officer i. Society owes the probation/parole officer respect and understanding. People may not agree with offenders getting probation/parole‚ but they need to understand that just because an offender is not in prison does not mean they
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Parole is different from probation. Probation is when you are not sentenced to prison time and parole is when you are released from prison at an earlier date. According to Walker‚ Spohn‚ and DeLone (2018) in 2014 the percentage of white released out on parole was 42% and the African-Americans released out on parole was 38%. The percentage is only slightly different‚ but it still explains to an extent as to
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and Jails” (n.d.) website‚ Prisons are run by the state or federal government officers for adults who are convicted criminals sentenced for at least a year or more‚ the adults are confined for the sole reason of punishment for crime‚ and release (parole for example) will only happen after mandatory time is served. On the other hand‚ jails are run by regional‚ county or city officers (Prisons and Jails‚ n.d.). Convicted criminals sentenced to jail time typically are sentenced for less than a year
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The criminal justice system begins with a report that a crime has occurred. A Law enforcement investigation of a crime may begin in a number of ways. For instance‚ an officer may arrive to a crime scene to determine the motive of the crime. During an officer’s investigation‚ they may cross-examine witnesses and potential suspects to further their case. If an investigating officer acquires a sufficient amount of evidence at a particular location‚ they may make an effort to obtain a search warrant
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These are programs that are overseen to deal with persons who have been sentenced either in jail or prisons‚ or are facing sentence. Parole and probation are commonly the way of community correction programs. Others include home confinement‚ community service‚ day fine programs among others. Jail and prison have an effect on an individual’s psychology and can cause negative toll on the inmate’s
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In just a year period‚ the United States Supreme Court issued rulings in Morrissey v. Brewer and Gagnon v. Scarpelli (O’Leary & Hanrahan‚ 1978). These cases set a precedence on how the process for depriving liberty for those on probation or parole (O’Leary & Hanrahan‚ 1978). It ultimately created the two-part hearing process‚ which is know as Gagnon I and Gagnon II hearings (O’Leary & Hanrahan‚ 1978). The Gagnon I hearing is what is commonly known as the preliminary hearing (O’Leary & Hanrahan
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released and places under parole supervision. The ladder to that is the ISL (Indeterminate Sentencing Law). This law will hold a lifetime sentence for a violent offender with the chance of parole depending on BPH (The Board of Parole Hearings). These laws are also known as split sentences‚ shock incarceration‚ and intermittent incarceration. Split sentencing is simple and the most common in which the convicted person is sentenced to a given amount of time‚ then released under probation. Shock incarceration
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Jails and Prisons Pedro A Prieto CJA/204 04/27/2015 Steve Kurrle Jails and Prisons Imprisonment has been around since the middle ages. Centuries ago‚ other forms of punishment were more favorable over imprisonment. In this day and age‚ prisons and jails serve a vital role in the criminal justice system and also provide a more humane way of punishing criminals (Mutchnick‚ 2009). Types of Prisons There are three different types of prisons; maximum-security‚ medium-security‚ and minimum-security
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supervisor‚ detective‚ district and defense attorney‚ court judge‚ parole and probation officer‚ etc. I will go over some of these
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