As a warden‚ I already know that discovering a program or strategy that will address sexual violence in my prison is not an easy task. Today’s prisons and predators are not as bad as the horror stories that might have been told to us when we were younger. Today’s predators‚ can be compared to pedophile in that they groom their victims (i.e. new prisoners) in a series of predictable stages to get what they want or desire. For some new inmates‚ this can go undetected for quite some time which can be
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Throughout the centuries‚ both the system and the concept of prison have undergone many radical changes that eventually led to the formation of the prison as we know it now. In the 16th and 17th centuries‚ prison tended to be a place where criminals were kept in it while awaiting their punishment. It was a place‚ where criminals were held‚ rather than a means of punishment. In fact‚ criminals‚ at that time‚ were publically punished‚ rather than imprisoned‚ in the most torturous ways such as whipping
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There are six different types of prisons; juvenile‚ minimum‚ medium and high security as well as Psychiatric and military types. Juvenile are for criminals under the age of 18 that commit a crime. The underage criminals are never locked up with the adults instead they are placed in a facility that is designed exclusively for juniors of the criminal acts. Minimum security saved for criminals who have committed acts such as embezzlement or fraud nothing too serious like murder. Minimum have fewer guards
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Foster (2006) defines prisoner rehabilitation as something that inspires a positive change during confinement. Dependent on prison and era‚ prison rehabilitation has included drug rehabilitation‚ counseling‚ behavior modification‚ religious or social meetings‚ educational‚ vocational or adaptive strategy training (Foster‚ 2006). Notably‚ as well‚ federal prison adopted the medical model during the late 1950s through the early 1970s. Prisoner rehabilitation is a form of treatment. Treatment
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to meet this desired outcome. In 1972‚ federal and state prisons held 196‚000 inmates for a prison incarceration rate of 93 per 100‚000. In addition‚ about 130‚000 inmates were held in jails‚ resulting in about
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Running head: PRISON COMPARISON CONTRAST PAPER Prison Comparison Contrast Paper Kelvin Hunter University of Phoenix Introduction to Corrections CJA/234 Ms. Johnson January 26‚ 2011 Prison Comparison Contrast Paper The American prison systems have changed since the 1800s. There are new developments and advanced technologies that help contribute to a better prison/penitentiary system as well as run it effectively. The subject of this will define and examine the theory and ideal of a
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an adult prison to get sexxually and physically harrasted and leave the jail with a urge to commit suicide. Kids who are getting punished by doing crime are being sentenced to adult facilities. Although teenagers who commit these crimes may deserve to be harshly punished‚ Juveniles who commit violent crimes should no longer undergo punishments as harsh as their adult counterparts because kids deserve a second chance to overcome their faulty selves which is unachievable in adult prisons. Kids
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JUSTICE 1 Problems in Scotland’s Prisons Prisons in Scotland have a purpose of enforcing punishment which involves deprivation of liberty for a set period of time. However‚ imprisonment may be intended to act as a deterrent to re-offending‚ on both an individual and general basis. Prison services also provide rehabilitation to provide prisoners with the education‚ skills and opportunities which will change them and help them when they are released from prison and back into society. In the worst
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America has the highest prison population in the world‚ totaling to over 2.2 million people. That’s higher than the population of New Mexico. As for the reason why‚ the War on Drugs plays a big role‚ but For-profit prisons take the cake. For-profit prisons‚ also referred to as private prisons‚ are third-party prisons that are contracted by a government agency. Private prisons originally began to exist in a variety of forms in the 1800’s‚ however they largely disappeared from the 1920’s to the 1980’s
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Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is become one of the major financial and controversial problem in the United States. The prison population is increasing rapidly‚ and we have only one reason the judicial system is given length sentences to cases that don’t deserve it‚ for example most of the offenders in the United State prison are drug cases‚ these sentences must be considered and most of the drug offenders should be put in rehabilitation centers instead of putting them in prison. According
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