sign their names and two thirds of them are women." More than 60 percent of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate. Two thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by the fourth grade will end up in jail or on welfare. These are all true statements. Illiteracy and crime are closely related. The Department of Justice states‚ "The link between academic failure and delinquency‚ violence‚ and crime is welded to reading failure." Over 70% of inmates in America’s prisons cannot read above a
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“deinstitutionalize” the mentally ill – prisons and jails became the new de facto mental health asylums. In 2015‚ according to the Treatment Advocacy Center‚ in 44 of the 50 states‚ “the largest prison or jail held more people with serious mental illness than the largest psychiatrist hospital.” Therefore‚ in a country where incarcerating people with mental challenges seems to be a more viable option than treatment‚ it is inevitable to question the policies and
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of prison overcrowding in the UK. The prison population of the UK has steadily been increasing every year since 1993 when the number was 41‚000 to a current figure of 82‚000 (office of national statistics). This essay will discuss this doubling of prison population in the last 17 years. It will examine the suggested reasons for this rise‚ a statistical breakdown of the structure of the inmate population‚ the financial and social effects also the implications on the effectiveness of prison as
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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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For other uses‚ see Prison (disambiguation). This article has multiple issues. Please help improve it or discuss these issues on the talk page. This article needs additional citations for verification. (October 2012) The examples and perspective in this article deal primarily with the United States and do not represent a worldwide view of the subject. (January 2012) Criminology and penology Theory[show] Types of crime[show] Penology[hide] Deterrence Prison Prison reform Prisoner abuse
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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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Research Question: What is the “school-to-prison pipeline‚” and what steps have various reform groups taken to halt the funneling of students into the criminal justice system in major U.S. cities over the past five years? Relevance: The school-to-prison pipeline plagues schools and youth across the country‚ specifically minority and disabled students in urban areas. Due to policies employed in elementary and secondary schools across the United States‚ students are funneled directly from
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consist of an analysis of the use and abuse of illicit drugs 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
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New York Correction Officer‚ I am not shocked at what I see I am in awe. This facility housed approximately 800 inmates‚ these women were confined in in different parts of this huge facility‚ from the reception area where they stayed for the first two weeks upon entry to housing units as they were called. My reaction‚ to this awesome hell whole was something I shall never forget. I was on a cell block with eighty women between the ages of sixteen and fifty years old‚ actually there was only one inamte
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“Overcrowding in Americas Prison System” ABSTRACT In the early years of this country flogging‚ exile‚ branding‚ and the “stocks” were some of the ways used to punish a guilty offender. Today‚ though‚ these types of punishments would quickly be labeled as cruel and unusual forms of retribution. Since we can no longer utilize such forms of punishment‚ the criminal justice system has turned to; imprisonment‚ probation‚ fines‚ and even the death penalty to help and deter offenders from a life of
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