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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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    The Prison System

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    The Improvement of the Prison System When someone gets put into prison most people see it as a time to punish that individual for the offense they were put there for. As knowledge of how these prisoners live becomes more public information‚ and argument has arisen on whether they are placed in prison for punishment or for rehabilitation. The prison system should be used for rehabilitation. Everyday life of an inmate is miserable for most of them. Some of the prisoners have regrets‚ others

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    The Cost of Prison

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    lawmakers looking for cost-saving measures would do well to turn to prisons. Prison reform must attain the lowest economic costs‚ lowering actual taxpayer dollars spent without giving up the benefits of attaining important social goals‚ which represent another form of cost when lost. Undoubtedly‚ the current prison system is doing little to separate the US from its international counterparts in minimizing such cost‚ yet prison privatization has yielded hopeful results‚ as private correctional facilities

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    Women in Prison

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    Women prisons have less population than male prisons. Two out of every three women in prison have children. One out of three are pregnant when being incarcerated. There are many debates between the citizens and the community that pregnant women should not be incarcerated. If the women commit the crime‚ they should to their time. But I also believe in people changing and learning from their mistakes‚ with the jail programs and rehabilitation to learn from their mistakes and not go to prison in their

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    For decades now‚ prison overcrowding has become a problem all over the United States. Because of this overcrowding‚ many individuals are let out of prison before their sentence is complete which poses a threat to the community and society as a whole. However‚ while that is valid‚ the real threat is directly to those who are released before they are fully prepared to become functioning members of society once again and who will ultimately end up back in prison because of this. There are many universal

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    Unemployment In Prisons

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    of 8 were ex felon that were unemployed. It is really hard for someone to get a job that has been arrested in the past because jobs can search your name and show that you have a rap sheet. When someone is arrested and have to serve several years in prison they can lose time and what technology has changed over the years (halscott). Losing rights as a felon is terrible‚ not only does it ruin how people see you due to the fact that you had been arrested of somethings that was bad enough to be a felony

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    Overpopulation In Prison

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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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    Life In Prison

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    Punishment by life in prison is based off the assumption that certain convicts has no hope of rehabilitating into productive members of society‚ making them better off excluded from the general public. As a result‚ our government spends million of dollars annually to keep such people behind bars for their lives. Yet‚ despite being perceived as an inhumane form of punishment‚ it does not violate the 18th amendment and is in no way cruel and unusual according to our laws and it seems that our justice

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    Prisons and Jails

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    Prisons and Jails Jordyn Elby CJA/204 University of Phoenix Abstract The criminal justice system in itself is wide and covers many aspects. The most important part of those aspects is the jails and prisons around the nation. These are the places that are going to separate those who offend away from the community and keep our community overall pretty safe. Even though there is a funnel system within the criminal justice system‚ it should be noted that jails and prisons

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    Recidivism In Prison

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    recidivism‚ reintegration‚ race‚ and the rank felons hold in the job market. If we as a society aren’t inflicting a positive attitude onto these ex-convicts‚ then we can’t expect them to uphold a positive outlook for their future. If people going into prison can adapt to those norms and take on the role of a convict; why is it so difficult for those same people coming into society to adapt to the present norms and reintegrate to a new lifestyle being brought upon them. Once they’re left on their own

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