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    Education In Prisons

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    inside a prison institution could reduce recidivism. Gordon and Weldon (2003) exemplifies that the ultimate goal of correctional education is to reduce recidivism. This occurs when the inmate becomes self-sufficient they could re-integrated in the community and become productive in the workforce‚ citizens‚ and family member. Through the educational program inmates are getting the education skills. This research paper explores the seriousness of educational program in the United States prisons. People

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    Prison Life

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    Private prisons could create more jobs within local communities‚ strengthening the local economy. The challenge can come in getting approval to build those prisons near communities or in outlying rural areas because of overall financial fears of ongoing costs to run the facility. First‚ the cost to the taxpayer of operating prisons is a con associated with prison operations. Many U.S. prisons are state-funded‚ which means the general taxpayer pays to care for prisoners

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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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    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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    Alternatives to Prison

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    Prisons‚ facilities maintained for confining people convicted of committing crimes‚ were used to rehabilitate offenders while keeping them isolated from the community. The Quakers built the first prison in 1790 in order to seclude criminal offenders from society to think about their wrongdoing and to seek forgiveness in a kind‚ and spiritual environment. (Inciardi 497) Currently‚ there are three types of prisons within the Federal‚ State‚ and County governments. These are categorized by the

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    Prison Gangs

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    Prison Gangs Michael Dooley Aiken Tech CRJ 242.013 Prison Gangs Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized‚ stealthy and deadly‚ they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America’s streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970’s. Working together‚ their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure‚ a constitution‚ bylaws‚ mission statement‚ or some identifiable

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    The Prison System

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    The Prison System CJS/200 The history of the American prison system was based partially on the prison system of 18th century England. Whereas the American prison system emphasized punishment as well as rehabilitation and restitution the English system did not. Those offenders incarcerated in the English prison system were comprised of‚ those awaiting trial‚ banishment from the community‚ debtors‚ or those awaiting execution. The American prison system evolved when William Penn instituted

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    Counselling In Prisons

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    Elizabeth Zoccole Are Counseling Program Available in Prisons of Various Security Levels? Introduction and Abstract With respect to the topic of drug and alcohol awareness programs being available in state‚ federal or local prisons‚ the five articles that are stated below contain relevant and statistical information. Per the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 3 out 4 State and 4 out 5 Federal prisoners may be categorized as alcohol or drug involved offenders. If such programs are put in place

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    Prison Corruption

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    Corruption is a common occurrence in prisons in this country and around the world. The reason for this is because prison environments provide for the combination of individuals with lost rights and individuals with full power‚ plus minimal monitoring. This equation produces inevitable corruption. The antidote to corruption is exposition. Corruption happens under the cloak of darkness. Once light is shed on the wrong-doing‚ a sort of purification process occurs and wrongs are righted. Hence‚ the

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    Prisons and Jails

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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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