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    Prison Gangs

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    Prison Gangs and Life for Inmates Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in prison for thee rest of your life‚ or even for a short period of time. In the surroundings of prisons there are certain things or certain activities that goes on such as prison gangs. Prison gangs are often known as an influential organization called the free world within a prison. Most of these prison gangs offer some type of safety for those you join them. In exchange for safety some inmates usually

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    Rehabiltaion in prisons

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    KB ) 4 7 reviews Downloaded 1262 times Keywordscriminals‚ prisoners‚hypothesis‚ meld‚warehouses 0Like0 Overcrowding in America’s Prisons: Can Repeat Offenders Be Rehabilitated Thesis Statement and Hypothesis: Prisons in America are overcrowded‚ understaffed and I believe put very little emphasis on rehabilitation. Introduction: The American prison system was set up to rehabilitate prisoners so they can meld back into society as productive citizens. Instead‚ factors as high crime rate

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    Privatization of Prisons

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    threat to justice everywhere” Martin Luther King (Famous Black Quoations Janet Cheatham Bell. Prison Privatization is a broadly defined term for the privatization of prisons and prison-related services. In some cases‚ this may include transferring control of existing public sector prisons to private companies. However‚ more commonly private companies are contracted to design‚ build‚ and operate new prisons and jails by federal‚ state‚ and local governments. In still other instances‚ private companies

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    Compare and Contrast two Models to Explain Substance Use‚ Abuse and Addiction. Use‚ as the term infers is any use of a drug. The majority of people use a form of drug in one way or another‚ ranging from the use of prescribed medication over the counter‚ to alcohol‚ tobacco‚ caffeine or illicit drugs such as cannabis‚ or amphetamines. In reference to use‚ abuse and addiction two models will be addressed as a way to explain this epidemic. Exploring the disease model‚ from the 1930’s post-Prohibition

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    The Problems with Prisons

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    Problems with Prisons The Michigan Department of Corrections annual budget is 2 billion dollars‚ and the average annual cost per inmate is $32‚000. 4.5 percent of the state general fund allocated in the 2009-2010 budget proposal. Michigan’s total department active personnel contains 16‚324 people. There are 50‚693 incarcerated under MDOC jurisdiction with a total of 49 facilities that have had 2 escapes. The parole system makes up 17‚435 people. Prison overcrowding is a huge problem

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    prison environment

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    Prison Environment CJS/230 April 29‚ 2014 The prison environment could be define as a place to help persons convicted of crimes change their way of lifestyle‚ if it is a problem and serve out their sentence. The prison discussed in my readings is an environment where anyone from the cook to the janitor could influence someone to make a change in their thinking and their actions. What was once ran like a country under dictatorship‚ has now become a place where inmates are treated

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    Prison Design

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    Designing the ideal Prison Elizabeth Wong and Natasha Totonchian November 25th‚ 2013 CLN4U Mr Logan Architectural Layout and Physical Setting To begin‚ our prison is a male prison‚ located on an island on the East Coast of Canada‚ 5 km from mainland. The remote location isolates inmates from the outside world as a security precaution to minimize escapes. Our prison was designed for the safety of both our staff and prisoners. To ensure maximum security and rehabilitation‚ the architectural

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    Community Prisons

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    Community corrections and institutional corrections have been a big part of our criminal justice system and helps us deter crime different ways. Both do the same thing by protecting our society and punishing criminals two different ways. In order to just decide on which one we want to be expanded we have to go more into depth on understanding them first‚ which will be all in this paper. Without neither of these different types of corrections our society would be reckless and very unsafe but with

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    Prison Riots

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    Management positions in prisons are known to be very demanding. Correctional facilities are difficult to operate and are forced to deal with overcrowding which leads to an outnumbered staff and a continuous flow of violent and dangerous inmates. An issue that management faces is the occurrence of riots. According to dictionary.com‚ a riot is a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a disrupting and tumultuous manner in carrying out their private purposes.

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    Torture In Prisons

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    detainee in prison‚ the detainee has the vital information to give regarding terrorist plots‚ and that the interrogation is under strict regulation and not out of control. This is not the case. In reality‚ innocent people are tortured‚ the information gained are lies‚ and

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