Andrea J. Paige January 30th‚ 2013 1. What is the biggest problem facing correctional facility today? The biggest problem that correctional facilities are facing is prison overcrowding. This is because most court officials have the thought that locking people up and throwing the key away is the best solutions to the problem of crime‚ when in fact it’s really not better for society because crime still rises in fact it is better for political court officials. They know this
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In the Japanese correctional system when an offender is remorseful and attempts to conceal the effects of the crime they committed towards the victim. Japanese officials tend to look more towards those offenders who show a great amount of leniency. This is due to the fact that Japanese officials see a chance of self-correction in these individuals. If the prisoners do not show this they are looked upon as unworthy to society‚ and top candidates for strict control as prisoners. Here the ideology of
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On any given day there are more than seven million Americans under the supervision of the correctional system which includes approximately 1.5 million offenders who are imprisoned in state and federal institutions‚ 2.4 million inmates incarcerated in jail‚ 4.2 million on probation and over 828‚000 on parole according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. These statistics are staggering considering according to the U.S. Census the United States population is 307‚006‚550(U.S. Census 2010). So‚ that
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Correctional Romeeka Richardson CJA/234 April 15‚ 2013 Earl Mc Dowell Correctional Facility Essay * I will be describing A description of jail’s place in corrections and its role throughout history * * A summary of the history of state and federal prisons‚ a comparison of the similarities and differences * * between security levels in jails‚ state prisons‚ and federal prisons ‚and explanting factors influencing * * growth in jails‚ state prisons
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Week 5 To what extent should correctional institutions be responsible for handling mentally ill individuals? The extent that correctional institutions should be responsible for handling mentally ill individuals should be none. There are not fully equipped to handle the vast number of mentally ill individuals with their multiply types of conditions. Correctional institutes are already overcrowded with inmates and understaffed. The staff doesn’t have the necessary training to deal or identify people
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What are the effects of treatment programs and how do these programs assist the rate of recidivism? According to Steadman and Naples (2005)‚ 11.4 million people are booked within the United States prison system annually and of that‚ it is estimated that seven percent have been diagnosed with a serious mental disorder as well. Treatment programs have been previously scrutinized however; studies have shown that relapses and recommitting of criminal acts by substance abusers is common during the
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In the spa industry‚ there are different types of customers to do treatment‚ such as the teenager‚ adult and the senior‚ they have different reasons to use the spa service‚ such as want to do stretching‚ relax‚ reduce pressure‚ etc. And choose them base on their age. For the treatment that is provided‚ it has divided into 6 groups‚ they are hot therapies‚ cold therapies‚ water therapies‚ touch therapies‚ relaxation therapies and exercises. First‚ for the hot therapies‚ its include sauna‚ steam
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Correctional Management NAME CJA _________ DATE INSTRUCTOR NAME Correctional Management Inmates sentenced to prison‚ held in secure custody‚ become tied to a unique system called prison. The effectiveness and environment of the system is reliant on the standards and relationships between guards‚ staff and inmates. This relationship will dictate the culture‚ environment‚ cohesiveness or disconnect amongst the groups but programs such as Correctional Accreditation will help to combat
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Introduction Treatment providers recognized that sex offenders evidenced had a high prevalence of cognitive distortions‚ or thought processes that allowed the offenders to neutralize their feelings of guilt and shame (Abel‚ 1989). No matter what setting that cognitive therapy is used in‚ its purpose is to focus on the way an individual thinks and to change any type of “thinking errors”. For our purposes‚ cognitive treatment is used in the correctional and community setting to help offenders think rationally
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of the inmates in treatment programs and assist the inmates identified with serious or acute mental illness‚ those who as suicidal‚ and those with dangerous or disruptive symptoms (n/a‚ 2004). Many of the inmates entering these institutions are found to try to hide their illnesses‚ some may not know they have a mental illness or have the capability of conveying the needed information about their symptoms‚
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