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    Century Penitentiary System Deidria Davis Axia College of University of Phoenix Instructor: According to the timeline given by Eastern State Historical website virtually all prisons designed in the nineteenth century‚ worldwide‚ were based on one of two systems: New York State ’s Auburn System‚ and the Pennsylvania System these models influence today’s penitentiary system to this day. During the next hundred years following Eastern State ’s construction‚ more than 300 prisons in South

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    State and Federal Prison Systems CJS/230 May 13‚ 2012 University of Phoenix State and Federal Prison Systems The United States has the highest‚ documented incarceration rate in the world (Wikipedia.2012.) Approximately 2.4 percent of the United States populations are currently incarcerated. Recently‚ there has been an estimated amount of 2‚266‚800 adults currently in prison in both State and Federal Prison Systems. In this paper‚ I will be talking about a State Prison System‚ “Louisiana State

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    State and Federal Prison Systems CJS230 Amanda Stasiewicz 05/17/2015 State prisons hold people who are arrested by local police and sheriff departments. Federal prisons hold people who are arrested by the federal bureau of investigations (FBI). The state and federal prisons have security levels for every type of prisoners. State prisons are run by the department of corrections while the federal prisons are run by the justice department. “The Federal Bureau of Prisons was created by an act of Congress

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    so-called modern penitentiary system broke through internationally. A feature of this system was a belief in the ability to rehabilitate individuals through the use of isolation. The Auburn and Pennsylvania prison models in the United States dating back to the 1820s were model institutions that were copied all over the western world by other countries. The Auburn system (also known as the New York System) evolved during the 1820s at the Auburn Prison in Auburn‚ New York. The Auburn system had two characteristics

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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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    A Broken System: The United States Prison System Abstract The United States prison system is not a suitable place for nonviolent drug offenders. The high rate of recidivism is caused by one thing and one thing only‚ prison sentences. Nonviolent drug offenders will have no choice other than to socialize with other inmates‚ some who have committed irreprehensible crimes‚ thereby greatly increasing their chance of becoming violent. The population of prisons in the United States is on a steady

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    Case Citation: Nix‚ Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary v. Williams‚ 467 U.S. 431‚ 104 S. Ct. 2501 (1984) Parties: Nix‚ Warden of the Iowa State Penitentiary/Petitioner Williams/Respondent Facts: On 24 December 1968‚ in Des Moines‚ Iowa‚ a ten year-old little girl by the name of Pamela Powers‚ went missing while she was accompanying her parents to watch an athletic event at the local YMCA. An individual‚ later identified as Williams‚ was witnessed by an unknown 14 year-old boy carrying

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    Abstract: Based on the ideals of a penitentiary‚ what it should be like? What was the principal goal of a penitentiary? What were the differences between the two prison models? What were the benefits and drawbacks of each model? Which model was considered to be the winning model? There are two types of buildings that help keep people in line. One is the jail cell‚ the other is the penitentiary. A jail is almost for short term offenders whilst a penitentiary is for those who are repeat offenders

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    Penitentiary System The United States and Sweden have astounding similarities despite the great barriers of water that separate the two countries. While the United States government is a Federal Republic and the Sweden government is a constitutional monarchy‚ they both have a very large legislature. The American legislature holds 534 members and the Sweden legislature holds 388‚ with both holding executive elections every four years (“Compare‚” 1). Both countries are also members of the United Nations

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    influenced the United States prison system. Because criminal activities are at an incomparable high‚ an expansion inside the prison population has incurred‚ resulting in a financial burden within the system. According to a review directed by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO)‚ they anticipated by 2018‚ overcrowding would move to over 45% over the BOP’s maximum capacity. In addition‚ the prison cannot keep up such influx making a consequential problem for prison guards and inmates. As

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