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    Open and Closed Prisons

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    officials. The textbook‚ Corrections: An introduction further states that prisons today interact with the local community; with their headquarters organization; with interested groups of employees‚ citizens‚ vendors‚ and other public agencies; and with other providers of correctional or counseling services to offenders (Seiter‚ 2011). Closed systems on the other hand consist of only the internal environment and‚ for prisons; this meant what happen within the walls and fences‚ under the direct control

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    Stanford Prison Study

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    Introduction The Stanford Prison study began on August 14th and ended on August 21st‚ 1971. This experiment helped psychologists to better understand conformity and human nature. The objective was to watch the interaction between the two groups of men without an obviously malevolent authority. Description The study took place in the basement of Stanford University by a small group of researchers during the summer or 1971. These researches were led by a man named Philip Zimbardo. 24 male students

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    The American Prison System The American Prison system is home to many of the nations criminals. The ever-growing population is due in part to incarceration‚ where an alternate punishment would suffice. The sustenance of the inmates is drawn directly of of society’s pocket‚ in the form of taxes. I believe that we‚ as a nation‚ should focus on providing more sensible‚ economical ways for criminals to pay off their debt to the community. There is no doubt that America is one of the world’s largest

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment – Phillip Zimbardo Introduction Headed by Phillip Zimbardo‚ the Stanford Prison Experiment was designed with the aim of investigating how readily people would behave and react to the roles given to them within a simulated prison. The experiment showed that the social expectations that people have of specific social situations can direct and strongly influence behaviour. The concepts evident in the Stanford Prison Experiment include social influence‚ and within that

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    “African Americans now constitute nearly 1 million of the total 2.3 million incarcerated population” (N.D. ‚ 2016). In my opinion‚ If you grew up with going to visit parents and 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

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    Death Penalty In Prisons

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    Essentially sentencing someone to death‚ and placing them on death row is basically the same as a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole. The difference‚ however is that the sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole carries a significantly smaller price tag for tax payers. Furthermore‚ with violence rampant in prisons across the nation life in prison without the possibility of parole is not exactly living a comfortable life. DEATH PENALTY Our criminal justice

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    of Offenders 1970s At the start of the “modern era” inmate security and control had been improved‚ escape from prisons were difficult‚ system of identification and control‚ including computer banks of data‚ have made escape into society almost impossible. The security of the prisons was so uptight and escape cut off that the frustration and agitation for inmates turned into the prisons (Allen‚ J.‚ & Ponder‚ 2010). Alternatives to Incarceration in 1970s Some alternatives to incarcerations in the

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment‚ conducted by Philip G. Zimbardo‚ was performed to see the process that takes place where guards and prisoners "learn" to become authoritarian guards and compliant prisoners. (Zimbardo‚ 732). The prisoners and guards had many burdens of disobedience. In the beginning of the experiment‚ the "prisoners" were stripped of everything and emotionally torn down for being "disobedient". They were dehumanized in every way. They couldn’t speak to another unless they called

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    Stanford Prison Study

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    Dylan Kerbs Psych&100 Simmelink 10/8/12 Stanford Prison Study The Stanford Prison Study I believe was a very interesting experiment‚ but at the same time was very cruel and harmful to the students that participated in the experiment. I thought that it was very interesting on how they messed with the prisoners heads by shaving their heads‚ putting the chain around their feet‚ and giving them numbers to respond to. Even though it was kind cruel it was kind of cool to see all of the different

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    Mase Prison Escape

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    2:30 pm on Sunday‚ September 25 prisoners seized control of H7 the prison officers where taken hostage at gunpoint in order to prevent them from triggering an alarm One officer was stabbed with a craft knife‚ Another was knocked down by a blow to the back of the head. One officer who attempted to prevent the escape was shot in the head by Gerry Kelly‚ but survived. 2:50 pm on Sunday‚ September 25 prisoners were in total control of H7 without an alarm being raised dozen prisoners took

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