Jails And Prisons Research Paper
Jails and Prisons
Pedro A Prieto
CJA/204
04/27/2015 Steve Kurrle
Jails and Prisons
Imprisonment has been around since the middle ages. Centuries ago, other forms of punishment were more favorable over imprisonment. In this day and age, prisons and jails serve a vital role in the criminal justice system and also provide a more humane way of punishing criminals (Mutchnick, 2009).
Types of Prisons
There are three different types of prisons; maximum-security, medium-security, and minimum-security. They are classified by their security levels. Maximum-security prisons provide very high level security. These types of prisons use thick walls, high fences, and other technologies like motion sensors and electronic perimeters. Maximum-security prisons also tend to have living area in the middle of the facility so there are many barriers that have to be crossed in order to leave. Medium-security …show more content…
Depending of the type of crime committed tells which type of security prison the person will go to. Jails differ from prisons because they are “short-term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest or pending trial” (Schmalleger, …show more content…
“The transition to community corrections (also called deinstitutionalization, diversion, and decarceration) was based on the premise that rehabilitation could not occur in isolation from the free social world to which inmates must eventually return” (Schmalleger, 2011). Some of these types of community based programs used today include work release and study programs. Other types of community based programs are operated in the jails, such as home detention and electronic monitoring. These programs are intended to rehabilitate criminals and put that back into society as productive
Pedro A Prieto
CJA/204
04/27/2015 Steve Kurrle
Jails and Prisons
Imprisonment has been around since the middle ages. Centuries ago, other forms of punishment were more favorable over imprisonment. In this day and age, prisons and jails serve a vital role in the criminal justice system and also provide a more humane way of punishing criminals (Mutchnick, 2009).
Types of Prisons
There are three different types of prisons; maximum-security, medium-security, and minimum-security. They are classified by their security levels. Maximum-security prisons provide very high level security. These types of prisons use thick walls, high fences, and other technologies like motion sensors and electronic perimeters. Maximum-security prisons also tend to have living area in the middle of the facility so there are many barriers that have to be crossed in order to leave. Medium-security …show more content…
Depending of the type of crime committed tells which type of security prison the person will go to. Jails differ from prisons because they are “short-term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest or pending trial” (Schmalleger, …show more content…
“The transition to community corrections (also called deinstitutionalization, diversion, and decarceration) was based on the premise that rehabilitation could not occur in isolation from the free social world to which inmates must eventually return” (Schmalleger, 2011). Some of these types of community based programs used today include work release and study programs. Other types of community based programs are operated in the jails, such as home detention and electronic monitoring. These programs are intended to rehabilitate criminals and put that back into society as productive