Running Head: PRISON TERM POLICY RECOMMENDATION PROPOSAL 1 Steven Schultz CJA/ 314 October 21‚ 2014 Anita Gopaul- Alexander PRISON TERM POLICY RECOMMENDATION PROPOSAL 2 Prison Term Policy Recommendation Proposal I am a criminologist advisor to a member of the state legislature. There will be a bill‚ that will be voted on and if passed it will double the maximum prison term for anyone convicted of armed robbery. My boss and other members of the legislature knows that
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Accreditation and Private Prisons University of Phoenix CJS/230 According to the American Correctional Association website‚ accreditation can be define as “a system of verification that correctional agencies/facilities comply with national standards promulgated by the American Correctional Association” (“Standards & Accreditation”‚ n.d.). In order to achieve accreditation‚ it must go through reviews‚ appraisals‚ analysis‚ and hearings first. For a correctional agency
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when the gates of the prison open‚ the path ahead should lead to a better life.” Reforms have been used throughout history to implement new regulations and make changes in order to improve the lives of those impacted. Before the Prison Reform Movement‚ the United States Prison system was overflowing. Anyone‚ who was jailed for any offense‚ big or small‚ was placed in the same prison. This means that a small child committing a minor offense could have been placed in the same prison‚ or even cell‚ as a
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Sexual Assault in Prisons Intro: Sexual assault in prisons has been a problem ever since prisons have been established. Whether it’s the guards assaulting the inmates or the inmates assaulting the other inmates it is still a problem. Every person who ever enters a prison facility will either witness someone being sexually assaulted or will engage in the act of sexually assaulting someone. Thesis: Sexual assaults in prison are a problem because they can lower the self esteem of the victim and
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Prison Overcrowding in California Jeffrey Shaw CJA/564 Josette Ford May 6‚ 2013 The California prisons have been crowded for decades. This cannot continue to go on. One of the reasons that the prisons are overcrowded is because of the types and lengths of sentences. Other reasons why the prisons are overcrowded is because many of the prisoners are there on non-violent crimes. Also many of the sentences are for smaller crimes. The one recent event that is dealing with this problem is release
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The American prison system is an incredibly expensive part of our economy‚ with incarceration costs going up each year. A 2014 data collection of state correctional expenditures estimated that the economic costs of administering overcrowded prison systems are over 48 billion dollars each year (Kyckelhahn 2014). This money is coming from American taxpayer dollars and goes towards all of the prison staff wages‚ electricity‚ water‚ food‚ security‚ and more. By reducing the number of prisoners incarcerated
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human beings is a primary component to living. Regardless of where humans are located‚ communication is required to survive. My interest in collaboration is further indulged when studying prisons. Every prison is different; the means of survival and interaction varies. A woman who has lived the experience a female prison is known as a survivor‚ and she is now an activist for women’s rights. Her name is Piper Kerman‚ and many people may know her as the individual who influenced the Netflix show “Orange
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Pros and Cons of Prison Privatization Prisons are institutions that have specifically been designed to handle the members of the society who are under conviction of different crimes. The people who reside in the prisons are referred to as inmates or prisoners and the time they spend in the prisons depends on the imprisonment period. This period is dependent of the intensity of the crime committed. Once in the prisons‚ the inmates undergo rehabilitation‚ incapacitation‚ retribution and deterrence
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Among them are reports of prisoners not receiving adequate food or medical attention‚ untrained and unprofessional staff‚ inadequate security inside and around these prisons‚ constant fights and violence within the prisons‚ and rampant drug trafficking and abuse inside the prisons themselves. According to the Correctional Institution Inspection Committee’s 2013 report of the Lake Erie Correctional: “Assaults‚ fights‚ disturbances‚ and uses of force have all increased in
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The Racial disparities in the US prison population has been a problem for a very long time despite only being brought to the attention of the people of America. Unable to help themselves‚ prisoners relied on others to get the word out. The word is that the way the prison system treats blacks and other minorities is prejudiced and unjust. We are supposed to help others so how is keeping minorities‚ who in most cases‚ have committed small crimes which pent up and give them a record. We need to look
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