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    The correctional system is set to punish those who have wronged society. NCCI Gardner is a prison in which these people stay to carry out their punishments. NCCI stands for North Central Correctional Institution and it is located in Gardner‚ MA (North Central Correctional Institution – Gardner). NCCI Gardner is a medium/ minimum security level prison (North Central Correctional Institution – Gardner). According to The Official Website of the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security‚ the superintendent

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    Nigeria Correctional Systems 1 Nigeria Correctional System Chiquita Yusuff Axia College CJS/230 Nigeria Correction System 2 “Protect the society; reform the prisoner. If you cannot do the time‚ do not do the crime”. This is the motto used by the country of Nigeria‚ in regards to its correctional system. The slogan is an understatement when it comes to the actual

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    Who should punish a sinner? Should it be religion‚ society‚ or the individual? In Hawthorne’s Scarlet Letter the main character Hester Prynne is tormented by judgments passed on her by these three entities. Religion punishes her with the Scarlet Letter‚ society ostracizes her as punishment‚ and individually she was able to move on in life but still returned to her haunting past where she died. Who actually ha the authority to decide whether a person is a sinner? Once he is condemned‚ who has the

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    First what is the Correctional System? It is a set of agencies that control crime and impose penalties on those that might not obey the law or violate them. What is the function of the correctional system? That is a very good question. The United States imprisons more people than any other country. Why is that‚ do American break the law more? To understand the true function of the correctional system you most know what it is not. One many say the system doesn’t work anymore do to the overcrowding

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    The correctional system has three main goals: punish‚ protect the population and rehabilitate the offender. However‚ it is unclear how well the modern U.S. correctional system achieves these goals and whether the money invested in the correctional system might be better spent. (http://www.ehow.com/about_5087269_role-correctional-system.html) The only goal the correctional system has is to punish those who are incarcerated‚ so they never commit another crime and have to come back. It is the most

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    The correctional system for women in America leaves much to be desired. There is many realms of the prison system that need to be evaluated and remedied in order to better service those who require reprimanding in society‚ especially considering a situation as delicate as being pregnant and incarcerated. Women in prisons are often neglected and looked over for their basic health and mental needs in favor of the more prominent issue of incarcerated men. Policies and new legislation should be implemented

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    The foundation of correctional law and the start of the correctional system goes back to the seventeenth and eighteenth century in England. In the seventeenth and eighteenth century it began as hospice facilities which were institutions that promoted the idea of isolating offenders from each other. There were also had houses of correction which emphasized the importance of hard work at disagreeable tasks. The 1779 Penitentiary Act found that prisoners should be housed in secure and sanitary facilities

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    Running Header: FUNCTIONS OF THE US 1 Functions of the US Correctional System Tracy Kelly Kaplan University CJ101-02 December 18‚ 2011 Professor Patricia Dahl FUNCTIONS OF THE US CORRECTIONAL SYSTEM 2 Functions of the US Correctional System The United States correction system was created to protect society from criminals. There are many ways in which the system can do this; punishment‚ incapacitation‚ rehabilitation‚ deterrence‚ and restitution. Two ways

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    Four Elements of the Correction System Over the years the correction system has become a massive web of processing‚ treating and caring for more than 7 million people. Though not all of the 7 million people are housed in a jail or a prison‚ many are on probation or parole. And even though some of these are on probation and parole they are still considered part of the correction system. The four elements of the corrections system is probation‚ parole‚ jail‚ and prison. These four elements are in

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    The impact of taubah result in the reformation of an offender. What does it meant by reformation? According to Cambridge Dictionary‚ reformation means correction or improvement by changing one’s behavior from the previous practice or an act. Thus‚ “reformation of an offender” means a person who has committed a crime previously‚ taubah can make he/she realize the mistake and show better improvement. Taubah bring 3 main effects in terms of individual itself‚ society and politics. Man are not perfect

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