Limitations Current research regarding overcrowding in prisons and jails is relatively limited in its scope. Most research focuses on only prisons and is primarily quantitative research. Quantitative research is incapable of examining personal opinions of inmates who serve time in overcrowded institutions; and ask whether or not inmates accredit their failure to rehabilitate to overcrowding. Qualitative research would help better understand how inmates perceive the issue‚ and whether or not the statistical
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Prison Environment Jennifer O’Neal CJS 230 Jean O’Gallagher July 21‚ 2011 Prison is a cramped‚ confined‚ and sometimes dangerous environment. There are prison rules (prison code) and for the majority of the prisons there are inmate rules (inmate code). When prison rules are broken‚ inmates are charged accordingly with reprimands. When inmate code is broken inmates are subject to attack by other inmates‚ which will lead to injury or possibly death. In prison‚ there is no privacy. Inmates are
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within the prison systems on a global basis. With information gathered from various sources such as the internet and one on one interviews with an inmate in a male correctional facility and a former inmate of a female correctional facility I intend to show the rampant flow of drugs in and out of the prison system‚ the control of (or lack there of) by prison officials‚ the drug gangs and dealers in correctional facilities‚ the rate of addiction‚ and treatments available to inmates suffering
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relatives at a prison‚ It will become your norm. Most African American children grow up with one or more parent or relative in prison or jail. I personally don’t understand how a child could have a fair chance at life under those circumstances. When I was a Correctional Officer‚ I have experienced an incident that I would never forget. An inmate came into the intake process and was highly upset. We instructed him to calm down and after he did‚ he started telling us why he was upset? The inmate stated that
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A Positive Perspective on Prison Education Prison Education Many people would agree that continuing an education is key to surviving in society. Therefore‚ education is very vital for every individual to maintain‚ regardless of how or where they obtain it. Even though people believe that education is important‚ many people disagree with education being taught in prison. Prison education is providing inmates with an opportunity to enhance their education. They are offered general
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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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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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and role while having to be diverse. Jails hold a variety of inmates‚ those who have been arrested‚ detained pending trial‚ sentenced to short terms of confinement for minor crimes‚ and those being held for administrative transfer to another unit. These facilities face issues such as dealing with unknown offenders‚ managing medical problems and detoxifications and still provide the court with security and transportation for inmates. Jails were first created in England and originally used in
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Privatization of Prisons As state budgets throughout America become tighter because of rising costs‚ many are looking at private prisons as a way to reduce the cost in detaining inmates. Just like everything else in America there has to be a debate about it. There are those that are for the privatization of prisons and those that are against it. James A. Fagin introduced this topic in his text book CJ2013; he discussed the major selling point of private prisons‚ and the problems that states are
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The prison population has grown substantially in recent years‚ what is the explanation for this? Academic Integrity Statement: I have read and understood the Academic Integrity rules and regulations for Kaplan Open Learning and the University Of Essex‚ and declare that this assignment bides by all of the rules and regulations contained within it. Name: Michael Locke Module: Introduction to Online Learning Tutor: Byron Davies Submission Date: 6th May 2010 The prison population
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