How Prison Overcrowding Affects State Budgets By: Clarissa Taylor JUST 6510/ JPS Planning & Budgeting April 18‚ 2015 This paper will discuss how state and federal budgets are affected by the overcrowding of prisons. I chose this topic mainly because I use to work for the Alabama Department of Corrections from 2002 to 2005 as a Correctional Officer I. During the time I was employed for the department‚ I witness a lot of overcrowding in Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women. Things had gotten
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NAME: AHMEEY PRYNCE CRN: PAD 705-02 (FINAL PAPER) TOPIC: PRISON PRIVATIZATION POLICY. As a government policy‚ privatization usually involves the government handing over the delivery of government services to private and non-profit organizations. By doing so‚ it is believed that it allows the government to provide better services in terms of being more efficient‚ more effective and more responsive. In addition‚ it helps government to save money because they are no longer
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Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper University of Phoenix Criminology/ CJA 323 May 30‚ 2007 Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper The crime of armed robbery is an offense that deserves punishment. Should that crime be subject to double the maximum prison term‚ or could the offender be rehabilitated? Individuals who purposely commit violent acts of robbery on innocent victims should not only receive double the maximum prison term‚ but those individuals should be made to compensate
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Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper Sharon T. McKnelly University of Phoenix CJA 314 Dean Olson January 31‚ 2011 Prison Term Policy Recommendation In September 2011 there will be a vote on a bill that will double the prison sentence of anyone committing armed robbery‚ in the state of Wisconsin. The hope of the bill sponsors is that the increased penalties will deter a person from committing armed robbery. Senator McKenzie is aware of popular support for the bill; however‚ he has
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Issues faced with Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is when the demand for space in prisons in a jurisdiction exceeds the capacity for prisoners in the place‚ for those who aren’t familiar or just simply didn’t know what prison overcrowding is. “Prison overcrowding is caused by a variety of issues‚ such as not enough room in prisons‚ fluctuating crime rates‚ changes to laws and improvements to law enforcement tactics (Prison Overcrowding is a Growing Concern in the U. S.)” Researchers have
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Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper CJA/314 8/19/2013 Darrell Cook Prison Term Policy Recommendation Paper In the criminal justice field‚ laws has been set and made to ensure the safety and the protection of the citizen of today. When criminals commit a crime they will be punish and will be prosecuted under the law of the crime that they have committed. When it comes to police policy‚ it is written to assist the courts in the sentencing‚ depending on the type of crime that was
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Prison Term Policy Recommendation As a Criminologist Advisor to the State Legislature‚ I have been chosen to provide a prison term policy on armed robbery. Currently the legislature will soon be voting on a bill that would double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. First I would like to define what the legal definition of armed robbery is as defined by the Black’s Law Dictionary which is: an aggravated form of robbery in which the defendant is armed with a dangerous
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Prison Term Policy Recommendation Proposal September 9‚ 2013 Armed robbery is a serious crime that can put many people in harm’s way. Whether a person is robbing a place of business or an individual‚ they are committing a crime against society and robbing people of their sense of safety and security. When someone chooses to bring a weapon while they are committing a crime‚ their intentions are to intimidate and control their victims‚ or to injure them. Policymakers continuously
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Prison Term Policy Recommendation Prison Term Policy Recommendation The evolution of criminal justice is to reform laws for the reason for providing protection to law-abiding citizens. Individuals that have commit crime will accept punishment for said crime when prosecuted and convicted under the court of law. Prison policies implement punitive actions for certain crimes committed‚ which assist the courts in sentencing accordingly. Prison policies are designed to keep violent criminals
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treatment and care. - Mahatma Gandhi A prison is a place in which people are physically confined and usually deprived of a range of personal freedoms. Imprisonment or incarceration is a legal penalty that may be imposed by the state for the commission of a crime. Prisons are not normal places. The prisoners are deprived of freedom and normal contacts with families and friends. The deadening disciplines‚ fear‚ helplessness which are inherent in the prison system produce mental stagnation. The emotional
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