State Prisoners in County Jails February 2010 State Prisoners in County Jails A Publication of the Research Division of NACo’s County Services Department Written by Brian Albert Research Intern February 2010 National Association of Counties 1 About the National Association of Counties The National Association of Counties (NACo) is the only national organization that represents county governments in the United States. Founded in 1935‚ NACo provides essential services to the nation’s
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Discharged Prisoners: Rehabilitation not Segregation What are the chances that a young teen will be able to get a job‚ buy a house‚ and support themselves without any outside help? Slim to none. Well‚ many people in prison have approximately the same amount of education and resources but they are still expected to achieve those goals. Jails are becoming increasingly crowded and recidivism rates are climbing but no one seems to understand why because the crime rates are relatively stable. The number
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English Composition II Research Paper A mandatory minimum sentence occurs when judicial discretions are limited by law (Famm). Those who are convicted of certain crimes must be punished with at least the minimum number of years depending on the offense. Amanda Dollak who received her criminal justice degree at CTU‚ states “Mandatory sentences require every individual to receive the same punishment for similar offenses‚ regardless of how much a judge may object to the sentence”
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treatment‚ care‚ and rehabilitation‚ and the lack of access to mental health services. Many of these disorders are present before prison however‚ mental health disorders can also be developed during imprisonment due to human rights violations. From overcrowding‚ various forms of violence‚ enforced solitude‚ lack of privacy‚ concerns about the future‚ and inadequate health services in prisons its no secret that the mentally ill are mistreated and have fallen through the cracks
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Juvenile Delinquency and Juvenile Crime The word “delinquency” is a strong word and when people hear it they get scared. Juvenile delinquency is occurs when a juvenile’s behavior is in violation of criminal law‚ juvenile status offenses‚ and other juvenile misconducts. On the other hand‚ status offenses are those misconducts committed or engaged by a juvenile and that can be presented in a juvenile court. Status offenses are those offenses illegal for a certain group of people‚ in
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primarily ending in the final step of the criminal justice process‚ the correctional system (Murskin & Roberts‚ 2009). The correctional system component consists of jails‚ prisons‚ and community corrections which provide a service of detention or incarceration‚ parole‚ and probation (Clear‚ Todd‚ Cole‚ & Reisig‚ 2009). All of these services and
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com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/02/28/AR2008022801704_pf.html Marc Mauer (2003) COMPARATIVE INTERNATIONAL RATES OF INCARCERATION [online] Available from: http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/articles_publications/publications/intl_incarceration_20030620/intl_rates.pdf Human Rights Watch Backgrounder (2003) Incarcerated America [online] Available from: http://www.hrw.org/backgrounder/usa/incarceration/ Naomi Spencer (2006) US prison population continues to soar in 2005 [online] Available from: Young‚ J (2004)
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Parole is a highly controversial issue in Australia and around the world. A likely cause for this controversy is the general publics ignorance of the specifics where parole is concerned. Any casual observation of a local newspaper or current affairs program on TV will likely result in the discovery of a member of the publics opinion of crime and criminals and the criminal justice system in general‚ and what they believe to be wrong with it and no doubt suggestions on how to fix it. These opinions
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from 6.4% to 22.7%". With this rate of increase in drug offenses going through the courts system‚ something had to be done to manage the large number of cases that were drug-related. In the beginning‚ drug courts were only used to lighten the overcrowding in the court system. They did not help to treat the offender or the offender’s addictions. In 1989‚ Janet Reno and Timothy Murray began a drug court program in Dade County‚ Florida that became a prototype for the nation. This program along with
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In our society today jail’s serve an even greater purpose and plays an important role such as housing inmates for federal‚ state or other authorities because of overcrowding in their facilities‚ hold inmates sentenced to short terms (generally less than one year) (Hall‚ n.d.). They temporarily detain juveniles‚ mentally ill‚ and other pending transfers to appropriate facilities‚ and they also operate community-based
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