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    Twentieth Century Penitentiary System Deidria Davis Axia College of University of Phoenix Instructor: According to the timeline given by Eastern State Historical website virtually all prisons designed in the nineteenth century‚ worldwide‚ were based on one of two systems: New York State ’s Auburn System‚ and the Pennsylvania System these models influence today’s penitentiary system to this day. During the next hundred years following Eastern State ’s construction‚ more than 300

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    Squatting During The 1800s

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    Squatting occurs when a person wrongfully settles on the real property of another without permission. Squatting was encouraged by the United States government during the early 1800s as a means to bolster land settlement in the western part of the country. Statutes referred to as “Squatter’s Rights” or “preemption laws” provided incentives to squatters by granting preemptive rights to them over others seeking to purchase the land. The Federal Homesteading Act of 1862 continued to support squatting

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    contrast the Pennsylvania and New York Penitentiary theories of the 1800’s."  The Pennsylvania System‚ after the failure of Walnut Street‚ Pennsylvania constructed two new prisons: the Western Penitentiary near Pittsburgh (opened in 1826) and the Eastern Penitentiary in Cherry Hill‚ near Philadelphia (1829). The Pennsylvania system took the concept of silence as a virtue to new extremes. Based on the idea of separate confinement‚ these penitentiaries were constructed with back-to-back cells

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    Penitentiary System The United States and Sweden have astounding similarities despite the great barriers of water that separate the two countries. While the United States government is a Federal Republic and the Sweden government is a constitutional monarchy‚ they both have a very large legislature. The American legislature holds 534 members and the Sweden legislature holds 388‚ with both holding executive elections every four years (“Compare‚” 1). Both countries are also members of the United Nations

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    CJS/230 20th century Penitentiary System April 22‚ 2011 I believe that health care and safety are two significant changes that have occurred during the 20th century. We now have more advanced technology and more income coming into the prisons to provide efficient care for the inmate’s health issues or accidents that may occur within the facilities. Before the 20th century the death rate of inmates was extremely high‚ due to the fact of overcrowding and not having the means and resources to efficiently

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    Abstract: Based on the ideals of a penitentiary‚ what it should be like? What was the principal goal of a penitentiary? What were the differences between the two prison models? What were the benefits and drawbacks of each model? Which model was considered to be the winning model? There are two types of buildings that help keep people in line. One is the jail cell‚ the other is the penitentiary. A jail is almost for short term offenders whilst a penitentiary is for those who are repeat offenders

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    Assignment: The prison system The penitentiary rivalry has cause a lot of changes within our American prison system. The rivalry implemented design changes every so often which led to better prison population and control of the inmates within them‚ because every state wanted the best prison system. A few of the changes that came from these rivalries were how they built the inmate cells‚ they built them so that the inmates or criminals inside them could not see the other inmates or have contact

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    America During The 1800's

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    During the 1800’s‚ America had multiple relationships with other countries during that century. For instance‚ they had many problems with Spain‚ which led them to have to create the Pinckney’s Treaty. The reason that the were forced to due so was that originally‚ Spain was cutting off the US right to use the Mississippi river and deposit crops in New Orleans. The US was forced to take action‚ which ultimately enabled them to getting access to the Mississippi river and the port to New Orleans was

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    right to that justice during a court case. However‚ as far back as the 16th century‚ trials were far from fair‚ especially for Southern African Americans. Due to opinions and corrupted perceptions‚ trials for African Americans were always in favor of the white “victim.” In short‚ court trials‚ even to this day‚ fall short of the equal and just trials that we claim they uphold. A great majority of people‚ especially during the 1800s - 1900s‚ considered the court and judicial system a higher power that

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    Purpose and history of penitentiaries Name Date CJA/234 Professor History of Punishment History of punishment exists since of thousands of years. Though‚ it is very tough to decide when exactly human civilization started punishment system. There are some records to support the start of punishment system. The earliest legal code may have been that of Ur-Nammu‚ Founder of third dynasty of Ur at about 2050 BC. In this legal code actually a person will have to pay for something he does wrong

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