U.S. Correctional System Our correctional systems have quite a few ways to punish offenders. Some are made to do community service and work to make up for the offense that he or she committed. You also have those who are fined for the offense and must pay the cost by the date requested or there will be other penalties such as‚ the offender having to serve jail time. There are individuals who report crime that takes place inside the neighborhood to law enforcement. Without such
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The third contact of the criminal justice system is the corrections. Corrections form of discipline of punishment can range from jails‚ prisons‚ probation‚ parole‚ house arrest‚ etc. Jails are ran by local government and law enforcement‚ which is intended to hold inmates awaiting trial or serving a short sentence. The short sentence is usually no more than above one year. Jails operate work release programs‚ educational‚ drug prevention programs and others. These programs are created to help the
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the United State‚ many prisons are overcrowded. “In the U.S. many prisons are overcrowded; with about 2.3 million people be behind bars.” As a result‚ the prisoners become territorial. Overcrowded prison lead to more violence between prisoner and correction officers. (Major Problems‚ Issues & Trends Facing Prisons Today2003-2017). Today‚ some of the major issues that prisons faces are assault‚ gangs and metal heath. Prison cell blocks are mean for one inmate at a time but some of prison cell blocks
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justice. Jail is often the first contact that citizens have with the corrections system. It is at this point that treatment and counseling have the best chance to deter future criminal behavior. Until the eighteen century‚ all penal institutions existed primarily to hold those charged with a crime until their trials. Although jails still serve this purpose‚ they have evolved to play a number of different roles in the corrections system. According to sociologist John Irvin‚ the unofficial purpose of
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smile. Gummy smile correction surgery is the best choice for such problem. What causes a gummy smile? • Upper lip elevated muscles are over developed • Growth of gum tissues excessively • The closeness of upper lip and the gums If you are the severe sufferer of gummy smile correction‚ best consult with a dentist who can refer you to an oral surgeon‚ orthodontist‚ or a Periodontics. Any of them first analyze the clinical condition of the gum and tooth. Then the gummy correction otherwise called smile
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Corrections doesn’t receive enough funding to create new jails and everything else that may help corrections reduce overcrowding. Underfunding also leads to the ratio of correctional officers to inmates being extremely unproportioned. This leaves correctional officers outnumbered and vulnerable when they
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The mentality and the attitude of the politicians effects the state of jails and prisons today. Many politicians are crowd pleasers; they must worry about election and re-election. In a way‚ the mentality of the politicians is representative of the mentality of the public. The “tough on crime” mentality‚ as discussed in class‚ can be dangerous. On the surface‚ it sounds good. It is an admirable goal to have to eliminate crime and “clean up the streets‚” but there are issues with the execution. One
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combat prison gangs‚ these strategies include; segregation‚ isolation of gang leaders‚ jacketing or labeling and categorizing gang members for intelligence purposes‚ deprogramming‚ and placement of gang members in high-security prisons. Special corrections officer response teams were formed to manage inmates. These teams are known as Special Operations Response Team or SORT teams (Foster‚ 2006). Changes to improve institutional management in my opinion cannot simply be suggested at the institutional
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Corrections and Treatment Felicia Spafford CJS/240 November 24‚ 2013 Jeffery Beasley In this paper I will be covering over the following: juvenile corrections and community-based treatment programs‚ including covering over community-based treatment‚ institutionalization‚ and aftercare programs. Corrections and Treatment Juveniles needs to learn from their crimes‚ so that is where the consequences comes into play for the juvenile’s criminal behavior
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overcrowding in the prison was the principal factor in violating constitutional rights‚ yet the court did not mention alternatives to release thousands of inmates (Newman et al.‚ 2012). Some of the alternatives that the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) suggested were transferring inmates to other states‚ using local jails to put prisoners in‚ stop incarcerating parolees for noncriminal violations‚ and diverting selected offenders to specialized programs (Horned et al
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