The modern prison was devised by American reformers who believed that people should not be tortured and that criminals could be "reformed" by incarceration‚ labor‚ and "penitence." But with the rise of industrial capitalism‚ unpaid prison labor became a source of superprofits‚ a trend accelerated by the Civil War‚ and the "penitentiary" became the site of industrial slavery conducted under the whip and other savagery. Prior to the Civil War‚ the main form of imprisonment--African-American slavery--was
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Prison Overcrowding Nicole Galarza Student DeVry University Abstract Prison recidivism continually grows in the United States‚ resulting in prison overcrowding. The government struggles to find ways to address the conditions in prisons‚ researcher have begun to look at alternatives to placing offenders in the system. These alternatives can result in lowering crime rate‚ recidivism and the overall prison population. The numbers of people in the United States that have spent time in prison causes
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Analysis Essay CJ/407 Monday May 26‚ 2014 The Attica Prison Riot This paper reflects on two crisis situations‚ The 1972 Olympic Terrorist attack in Munich‚ Germany‚ and The Attica Prison Riot of 1971. This paper will discuss what went wrong on behalf of the negotiators and how things could’ve of different with a properly trained crisis negotiation team. The ongoing crisis staging in prisons and at local police departments makes it possible for a crisis team
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What is the main purpose of prisons? Although the human society is marching on all the time‚ a variety of crimes such as cheat‚ steal and even more serious kidnapping‚ rape and murder keep happening around us unavoidably. In order to maintain the stability of our countries and punish those people who commit crimes‚ prisons appear. That is the simplest reason for prison establishing‚ and in this article I will analyze the purpose of prisons deeply. Generally speaking‚ despite the punishment
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Federal Prisons Claudia Bailey CJS/230 November 12‚ 2011 Dr. Kay Carter History of State and Federal Prisons Jails date back to very early civilization; prisons came some time later. Some of the earliest jails that are documented are the Walnut Street Jail and the High Street jail. Prisons began being built in 1790; the first prison was at Walnut Street Jail when they added a new cell house to the existing structure dedicated to housing criminal’s long term. The Federal Bureau of Prisons was
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Vintean 1 Michael Vintean Professor Dozier English 1A 11 February 2014 Does Prison Deter Crime The debate over whether or not if prison deters crime in our society is something that many of us have often thought about for quite awhile. When you think about the punishment aspect of it‚ it removes the criminals off the street but does it really deter crime? Without getting to the root cause of why they become criminals and resolving that issue‚ we often find that the criminal becomes a
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The case for prison abolition is no longer an abstract utopian academic ideal. The prison abolition movement is real and picking up more and more support. I could begin to address the immorality of practices like solitary confinement‚ companies using prison labor with inadequate compensation to the workers‚ or the existence of privately owned prisons. I won’t even begin to argue the morality of those practices; instead‚ I will argue the morality of our prison industrial complex. I will first lay
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inmate culture becomes a part of prison life. a. Culture is indigenous to prisons; it was believed that it was developed as inmates’ loss connection to their previous environment and freedom. b. Culture is imported‚ in other words inmates brought in some types of characteristics into the prison that would then help create a subculture. 2. List the methods correctional agencies use to control prison gangs. a. Transferring gang members to maximum-security prisons. b. Limiting inmates’ access to money
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Jails and Prisons October 22‚ 2012 Abstract The following information will compare a state prison against a parish jail in the state of Louisiana to note the major differences. Two aspects of the jail and prison culture and subculture are a topic of discussion. An assessment of violent behavior that takes place in the jail and prison along with a strategy in use to control the problem is of discussion. Also I will include discussion of a community-based corrections program in Slidell‚ Louisiana
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challenges facing the prison service over the next 5 years‚ are preventing the introduction of drugs into prisons and managing prisoners with drug problems. Drug finds in prison doubled over the last 5 years‚ i.e. approximately 6 drugs finds per day in Scottish Prisons. 69% of the prison population report drug use compared to 8% in the community. Research has identified defined routes into prison. The main routes being visits‚ mail‚ prisoners on admission‚ over the wall‚ prison staff and concealed
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