Prison Issues [pic] While prisons house a number a social outcast‚ misfits and some all around dangerous people‚ they face a number of problems as well. The prison agencies are taking steps to deal with health threats from acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). The Justice Department reported that twenty-two thousand four hundred eighty state and federal inmates were infected with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus)‚ the virus that causes AIDS. Another issue prisons are facing is dealing
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Gregory Inmates and Prisons Paper Week 4 -CJAD 320-E1WW February 2‚ 2013 Imprisoning drug offenders may resonate with some who think prison is the only way to make their communities safer‚ at least while they are incarcerated. Yet‚ the overwhelming majority of drug prisoners will come back out eventually to rejoin society‚ many within just a few years or even months. Most drug prisoners will return to the community after a couple of years away‚ and will then return to prison because we have not
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Prisons in America By Jesse Pinzon D.F.Jochims ENC 1101-30067 July 22‚ 2013 Research Paper Pinzon 1 Jesse A. Pinzon D.F.Jochims ENC 1101-30067 July 22‚ 2013 Prisons in America The development of the prisons in America has had and continues to have a huge impact on the American country. These prisons continue to expand and develop as time goes on. The American country adapts in ways that are not only beneficial but also in ways that are unfortunate as these prisons continue to
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English jails and prisons: it allowed sanitary and secure structure to be built‚ allowed for systematic inspections to be made on the detainees‚ allowed for the abolition of fees charged to the inmates and created a reformatory regime‚ and it also detailed that inmates were to be fed proper diet. Our jail systems are a short time confinement. Where the inmates are awaiting trial‚ and sentencing. It is often run by sheriffs or local government officials. As to where our prisons are operated by federal
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Privatization of Prisons As state budgets throughout America become tighter because of rising costs‚ many are looking at private prisons as a way to reduce the cost in detaining inmates. Just like everything else in America there has to be a debate about it. There are those that are for the privatization of prisons and those that are against it. James A. Fagin introduced this topic in his text book CJ2013; he discussed the major selling point of private prisons‚ and the problems that states are
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Prison Overcrowding In America’s tough economic society‚ over population has become an exceedingly hot topic issue. However‚ overcrowding in America’s prison system has been a severe problem since the 1970’s. The majority of the changes have come from different policies on what demographic to imprison and for what reason. The perspective of locking up criminals because they are "evil" is what spawned this (Allen‚ 2008). Because of this perspective the prison system in America is in need of serious
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thirds of them are women." More than 60 percent of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate. Two thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by the fourth grade will end up in jail or on welfare. These are all true statements. Illiteracy and crime are closely related. The Department of Justice states‚ "The link between academic failure and delinquency‚ violence‚ and crime is welded to reading failure." Over 70% of inmates in America’s prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level. By educating
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Prison Reform Rehabilitation Process CJA/334 July 13‚ 2013 Prison Reform Prison Reform is presented through the penal system in an effort to improve prisons‚ provided not only but also punishment rehabilitative efforts as well. Rehabilitation is one of the philosophical reasons for sentencing. The general area that will be studied within prison reform is its rehabilitation process. We will study the rehabilitation process as it pertains to both male and female. This study will also show
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recidivism‚ reintegration‚ race‚ and the rank felons hold in the job market. If we as a society aren’t inflicting a positive attitude onto these ex-convicts‚ then we can’t expect them to uphold a positive outlook for their future. If people going into prison can adapt to those norms and take on the role of a convict; why is it so difficult for those same people coming into society to adapt to the present norms and reintegrate to a new lifestyle being brought upon them. Once they’re left on their own
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Prison Gangs and Life for Inmates Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be in prison for thee rest of your life‚ or even for a short period of time. In the surroundings of prisons there are certain things or certain activities that goes on such as prison gangs. Prison gangs are often known as an influential organization called the free world within a prison. Most of these prison gangs offer some type of safety for those you join them. In exchange for safety some inmates usually
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