The purpose of jails in society is to protect innocent citizens‚ to protect the innocent to make sure people who break the law have a punishment and at the same time set an example so people don’t break the law again. Many observers see this negligence as having far-reaching consequences for criminal justice. Jail is often the first contact that citizens have with the corrections system. It is at this point that treatment and counseling have the best chance to deter future criminal behavior. Until
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Jail and Prison CJA/204 Jail and Prison The judicial system has a way of punishing criminals in such a way that will remove them from visual daily contact with society. The punishment is in the form of imprisonment‚ jail or prison. This paper will discuss the four types of prisons and explain the concept of prison as a total institution. Jails can play an important role in the criminal justice system‚ in which will also be discussed. The paper will also study the role of community based
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Jails and Prisons Tammy Johnson CRJ303: Corrections Professor Jeffrey Cudworth January 7‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Jails and prisons are both types of sanctions that are used for convicted offenders that have committed crimes‚ but there are many differences in the two. “Jails are locally operated short- term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest and pending trail. Today’s jails also serve these purposes: * They receive individuals pending arraignment
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The following is a proposal for the construction and operation of a new jail in Whiteville‚ North Carolina. The current jail was designed for 150 individuals at one given time‚ while on a daily basis‚ there are at least 287 inmates incarcerated‚ which means the jail is way over capacity. Due to the jail being over capacitated‚ the jail can’t meet the minimum standards for a correctional facility. It’s over capacitation creates issues for the inmate to bathroom ratio. The male housing units have 3
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Jails and Prisons Kassi Crum CJA/234 June 18‚ 2013 Rodney Christiansen Jails and Prisons The earliest days of operating jails‚ which were more commonly known as “gaols‚” consisted solely as detaining offenders who were waiting to be tried. The first was ordered to be built in 1166 by King Henry II. Vagrancy‚ meaning to have no real permanent home to live and just wandering from location to location was an increasing issue between the fourteenth and eighteenth centuries.
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Jails and Prisons CJS/200 Earlier forms of prisons were inhumane and focused on punishing prisoners for a crime no matter how small the crime was. Schmalleger (2011) stated “In an important historical development‚ around the year 1800‚ imprisonment as punishment replaced the notion of imprisonment for punishment.” (pg 485). This notion best describes the vast evolution of the various programs such as probation and parole that are now available to help criminals
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After visiting the jail I was able to see a different side of my community. I learned that there are many inmates that get out of jail and have nowhere to go so when looking at serving the common good I have the opportunity to volunteer at homeless shelters. I also was able to observe how programs for the system helped people and one man in particular turned his life around and became an influential himself for those in the system. One person may not be able to fix a major problem in the world‚ but
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April 19‚ 2013 Correction Theory and Practice. Sec. 2 Jail reaction paper Walking into the jail‚ I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Was there going to be rows of cells with prisoners in them? Were the prisoners going to be walking about like it was any normal day? Were the officers going to be big‚ scary‚ and yelling? I made a few guesses but then decided to wait until I got inside and saw exactly what was in store for my classmates and I. We immediately had to go through a metal detector and
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teenager enters and you greet him with courtesy and a smile to set the tone for the young man that this is not an attack then the responses should be genuine and honest. The first step would be to confirm that he willingly admits to having the photos and ask for him to share the photos. Ask him if he is aware
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Life in Jail or No Life at All Neumann University Death is a very emotional topic and hard thing to deal with no matter what. Knowing the person or having it be a friends acquaintance you still always feel a little bit of sorrow. Everyone has someone that they love so it is hard to pick the right and the wrong sides of stories. If someone ’s husband was being sentenced to the death penalty‚ the wife would be heart broken‚ but the wife of whom her husband may have killed would be thrilled
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