Memo Date: March 27‚ 2013 To: Federal Bureau of Prisons From: Karrington C Norris Subject: Overcrowding of Juvenile Correctional Facilities Introduction Within the juvenile correctional facilities community‚ there are public and private institutions that both experience and suffer from similar problems. The problems that face these facilities are overcrowding. Through close comparison of the major issues with juvenile correctional facilities‚ the institutions are revealed to be ineffective
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In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or
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Problems with Prisons The Michigan Department of Corrections annual budget is 2 billion dollars‚ and the average annual cost per inmate is $32‚000. 4.5 percent of the state general fund allocated in the 2009-2010 budget proposal. Michigan’s total department active personnel contains 16‚324 people. There are 50‚693 incarcerated under MDOC jurisdiction with a total of 49 facilities that have had 2 escapes. The parole system makes up 17‚435 people. Prison overcrowding is a huge problem
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rates of inmates globally. The majority of the inmate’s ages vary from 31- 40 (bop.gov). These are the ages where people are productive and becoming the most effective part of the economy. The inmates are being held in prison and are a part of the violence and the unpredicted behaviors that is happening inside the prisons. Prisons are supposed to be places that change and develop people to the better. Instead it is a place deprived of humanity and consciousness‚ which leads to recidivism and behavioral
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erupt like this‚ but it is enough to show a correlation between racism‚ overcrowding‚ and riots. Types of Violence There are different types of violence that can occur at any time in the correction facilities. The number one daily problem is inmate-inmate violence. Per the book; officers pay contribute to the violence in jails. When there is overcrowding‚ there is not enough correction officers to look over all the prisoners. This causes officers to not be able to attend to every situation that
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Papillion‚ is a Classic memoir of dramatic prison breaks and exciting‚ entertaining‚ endless Adventures escaping off the hands of the Devils Island‚ which was part of the French penal colony in French Guiana. The Author‚ Henri Charriere is the prisoner who was sentenced for life Imprisonment‚ for a crime he did not commit. Unfurling in each chapter is an accumulation of hardships Papillion was force to encounter and overcome in his pursuit of freedom. His book provides a significant amount of chilling
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Prison Reform Catherine Johns Axia College of University of Phoenix Most people who enter prison are lost. They have no direction in their life. They cannot find structure‚ so they turn to crime. They need help but they do not know where to turn. Think of how our world might be if there were better programs focused on reforming out prisoners while they are serving their time. The prison recidivism rate would decrease. Crime rates would lessen over time. Prisoners will have the opportunity
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through the panopticon. Inmates in the panopticon are under the impression that they are either constantly being watched or that they could be watched at any time and therefore are constantly under the gaze of the tower. The constant figure of surveillance through the central tower forces the inmate to observe his own actions as though he were being watched. This self-surveillance where the inmate “becomes a principle of their own subjection” (Foucault‚ 1977:203) means that the inmate plays the role of
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About eight decades ago‚ the most cruel and infamous prison in United States history was officially opened‚ Alcatraz. It was built on a deserted island 2.4 kilometers from San Francisco with cold‚ shark-infested waters in between. The building itself consisted of 336 jail cells housing approximately 200 to 350 prisoners at once‚ and had a cafeteria and recreation yard. The guards treated the convicts horribly‚ making their experience far worse than expected. Their overall goal was to isolate the
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Prison‚ non-custodial sentences and rehabilitation seem all failed in reducing recidivism; however‚ there is little and limited evidence to support non-custodial sentences‚ as well as some people think if rehabilitation could be implemented effectively‚ it would work. Although the advantage of prison is keeping our society from dangerous people‚ when it comes to reducing recidivism rate‚ the effect of prison is disappointing. The public usually think that imprisonment is safer for communities;
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