you have ever stepped into a zoo‚ you have stepped into a prison in which the inmates are defenseless and innocent‚ the sentence is long‚ and the penalty is cruel and severe. Zoos are not made for educational purposes but for entertainment‚ they do not benefit animals but push them toward extinction. "Zoos range in size and quality from cage-less parks to small roadside menageries with concrete slabs and iron bars." (Zoos: Pitiful Prisons.) The larger the zoo and the greater the number and variety
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1980s and early 1990s than they were a generation ago. ( Lundman‚ 1993:8-15). Now a lot of people might have different reason why these juveniles are committing crimes or whats wrong with the system‚ but i really want to focus on the root of the problem which is why these children are committing crimes. One of the reasons many people believe that juveniles commit crime is because they are raised in single parent homes. It is said that juveniles who are from single parent homes frequently
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------------------------------------------------- Gangs in the Prison System By Jinja Jones ------------------------------------------------- Gangs in the Prison System By Jinja Jones INF 103 Computer Literacy Instructor: Lambert Fooks March 4‚ 2013 INF 103 Computer Literacy Instructor: Lambert Fooks March 4‚ 2013 Table of Contents 1. What are Gangs? When did gangs come into existence? 2. How do gangs finance/support their groups? 3. Different types of Gangs in the Prison system 4. Percentage
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hatred behind‚ I’d still be in prison.” In today’s society‚ an issue exists with too many inmates occupying prisons. Many of these inmates in prisons do not get freed with the same ideas as Nelson Mandela. The solution for this issue is to put inmates to use for the public and only use prisons as holding stations for inmates. Such uses include entertainment‚ military‚ and public services. By forcing inmates to serve as a use for the public‚ inmates will leave prison with the idea that they will change
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A prison can be defined as a facility‚ in which inmates are forcibly confined and denied a range of freedoms under the state ruling as a form of punishment. Prisons have four major purposes. These purposes are punishing the inmate for their crimes against society‚ excluding them from society which prevents further crimes and is also a means of punishment‚ deterring criminals from committing more crimes in the future and rehabilitating the inmates by reforming them into law abiding citizens. Prison
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The Federal Bureau of Prisons oversees 114 correctional institutions throughout the United States. Most of them are classified as Minimum to Medium security‚ Levels I-IV. These facilities house everyday criminals‚ and only contain a very small number of high-profile‚ high risk inmates. There are 22 prisons‚ however‚ that are dedicated to keeping the most dangerous humans in the country off the streets. These are Super-Maximum Security prisons‚ or Supermax. They are classified as Levels V-VI‚ and
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threat to the safety of prison‚ of correctional staff‚ and of other inmates. Nevertheless‚ the issue of discipline in prison is important from an economic perspective‚ because an estimated average cost per infraction at a medium security prison is $970 (Jiang & Fisher-Giorlando‚ 2002). For these reasons‚ Jiang & Fisher- Giorlando conducted a research to help explain violent incidents‚ incidents against correctional staff and incidents against other inmates in prison. Identifying the risk factors
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Jail and Prison Systems Jail and Prison Systems Introduction goes here. Prison Violence Many experts believe the reasoning the United States incarceration rate is so high reflects the "get tough" laws in the 1990s that resulted in strict sentencing for criminals. Prisons contain nonviolent inmates who may be drug addicts and repeat offenders. The “get tough” laws passed when federal and state money was available for the construction of more prisons and was also used to hire added correction
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The shift from deinstitutionalization to criminalization for mentally ill offenders has further added to the complexities occurring within United States prison system. The number of mentally ill inmates has continued to increase significantly as public psychiatric hospitals have continued to close. In addition to overcrowding‚ budget constraints and allegations of mistreatment among inmates with psychiatric disorders correctional facilities have been given the task of providing treatment to the
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The Prison System History: The history of the prison system was basically functioned through principles that were commonly used in England in the early 1700’s and 1800’s. The prisons were so different in England because the prison facility was at one point dark‚ overcrowded and dirty. The prisoners were put all together with no separation of men‚ women nor the children. Who so had committed a crime was convicted of such. As the prison began to reconstruct in the 1800’s‚ most of the prison systems
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