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    Essay On Prison Violence

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    The newly entered prisoners are specialized victimized of prison violence and become involved in the subculture. Shift lag is also a powerful factor in the professional life of prison workers that results in violence of rules in the prison. They feel hypnotic‚ dull and avoid completing their job tasks with interest and responsibility. Effect of the Prison Violence on the Staff Members After discussing the problem of stress management prison violence in detail‚ a lot of questions arise in the mind

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    Drug Abuse In Prisons

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    increased over the last two decades. Using drugs inside a prison is a terrifying thing to think about. How is it that under the order of law and in a highly restricted environment‚ drug use is still possible? It is due to a number of reasons: overcrowded prisons‚ stealthy smuggling‚ concealed manufacturing‚ prison gangs and corruption. Some of the ways drugs are smuggled into prison‚ is by human bodies. The drugs can also be thrown over the prison walls in tennis balls‚ dead birds‚ footballs or just about

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    For a long time‚ private prisons have brought a lot of questions to the people in general about wondering if it’s useful and they still exist nowadays. The industry of this type of prisons is considered expensive‚ dangerous and unsuccessful for the prisoners which leads the people to think it’s not worth having those prisons. There is only 11% of the inmates that is allocated in private prisons so approximatively 22‚000 people. The public prisons try to send more prisoners into the private

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    Can Prison Deter Crime?

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    “Danbury wasn’t a prison‚ it was a crime school. I went in with a Bachelor of marijuana‚ came out with a Doctorate of cocaine” - George Jung The above quote was given by notorious international drug lord‚ and one of the most successful career criminal of modern times‚ George Jung‚ when discussing the flaws of the modern penal system. While subsequent to this original incarceration‚ George did also frequently state that he would never allow himself to be detained in prison again‚ it is obvious that

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    Yuma Territorial Prison

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    Territorial Prison The Yuma Territorial Prison first opened on July 1st‚ 1876 with only seven inmates. Because of this prison‚ Yuma evolved in many ways. This prison was the first prison built in Arizona and was humanely administered at the time. This prison stood strong for the thirty-three years when it was up and running‚ and it would go on to hold over 3‚000 prisoners. This building is a big part of Yuma and is an important factor in why Yuma is the way it is today. The Yuma Territorial Prison had many

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    Why Prisons Dont Work

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    Analysis of “Why Prisons Don’t Work” In his essay “Why Prisons Don’t Work” by Wilbert Rideau‚ the author has sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1962 to be executed or imprisoned for life. He presents the idea that prisons don’t work because people go in and come out the same way‚ unchanged. He says that authorities think the best solution is to “get tougher” by slowing down on crime and locking away the criminals in prisons‚ but Rideau had an experience in one of those prisons and knows that

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    Prison Overcrowding Essay

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    . Prison overcrowding has been a continuous problem within our prison system‚ and a solution has yet to be assured. The amount of prisoners incarcerated behind bars has to be reduced and these changes will affect sentencing‚ and ultimately our society. Overcrowding at federal prisons is seriously jeopardizing the safety and security of guards and inmates. The ratio of guards to inmates is at about ten to one‚ and this is a major security risk for the correctional officers. Meanwhile‚ inmates are

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    Cell Phones in Prison

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    Shea Rosario Principles of Economics Economics Analysis Paper Cell Phones In Prison Inside of prison walls all over the United States prisoners look forward to one thing the most‚ having phone conversations with their loved ones. Over 2.2 million Americans incarcerated and the extremely high cost to purchase phone minutes has created a demand for cell phones in prison. The few companies that offer prison phone services have made minutes unaffordable for inmate’s families who are mostly

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    January 12‚ 2016 Report by: Penny Oleksiak & Duncan Qubti PD Penitentiary PD Penitentiary is a moderate security prison. At the PD Penitentiary our main goal is to rehabilitate troubled teens and young adults between the ages of 18 and 25. The PD penitentiary is a male penitentiary located on Douglas island‚ British Columbia. It offers psychological therapy to help tackle the root causes behind the crimes the committed‚ and to provide problem solving techniques to help cope

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    between Jails and Prisons It is very often that the terms are “interchangeably”‚ but what most people do not know there is actually a significant difference between the two. It is not just case of semantics. If a person is in a prison or a jail it has to do with the crime that person committed and the period in the process. Along with that‚ the treatment the inmates receive also fluctuates between the two. People always do not know the difference between the two terms‚ jail or prison‚ because they

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