Jail and Prison

Jail and Prison                                                                                                                                                             p 1

                                                                                    Jail and Prison
                                                                                    Cassandra Hill
                                                                                        CJA/204
                                                                                  Mendi Coombes
                                                                                      10/26/11

                                                                                Jail and Prison                                                                             p 2

                In the Criminal Justice world the jail and prisons play an extremely important role to society.
These facilities have a history just like any other part of Criminal Justice, and were created with great
Purpose. There is much about these facilities that are not known by the general public. This paper will
Educate on the types of prisons, also the concept of the prison as a whole institution. I will also go over
The community based corrections programs. Maybe one of the more important topics is the violence
behind the walls, that is not always mentioned to the public will also be covered in this paper. Then
finally, I will go over the concept of parole and probation, along with the role of truth in sentencing.
                First, we have many types of facilities just in the United States, for example; there is State
Facilities which are run by the State Department of Corrections, and each state has many of the
facilities. Arizona alone has at least ten of these prisons across Arizona, some states have more and
some less. Prisoners in these facilities have violated state laws in some fashion or... [continues]

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