Are tax dollars used towards Criminals sitting in State Prisons a waste? Every year in the United States of America over 1.5 Billion Dollars of TAXES is paid by Residents of the United States. Weather the Tax money paid is used for Major crisis or unnecessary actions; we have no say. Although I have yet 2 years before I become involved in politics‚ government‚ credit‚ taxes etc. I stand firm when I say‚ I would hate to see even a penny ($.01) of mine being used to feed some bum in a cell who gets
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most violent prison riots in the history of the American correctional system. 33 prisoners died‚ over 200 inmates were injured and 12 correction officers were taken hostage of those 12‚ seven were badly beaten and raped. The causes of this riot were made perfectly clear by these inmates. The condition of the prison was unbearable and Author R. Morris wrote that "the riot was a predictable incident based on an assessment of prison conditions". Prison overcrowding and inferior prison services‚ common
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Prisons are Inhumane and Morally Wrong Corruption in the Prison System Raise the Crime Rate‚ an article written by Christopher Glazek (2012) argues that the United States seems safer due to a shift in crime from urban centers to prisons. Which has become a very shameful part of the United States history. Prisoners are kept in over populated conditions that can be considered morally wrong and inhumane. Inmates face violent acts such as rape by not only other inmates but from the guards themselves
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Violent behavior among prison inmates continue to rise. There are certain prison rules that are set by the more dominant inmates and when those rules are broken by the less dominant inmates‚ there are consequences that must be suffered. These consequences include acts of violence being carried out against the “perpetrators.” With dominance being so important to inmates‚ there are often fights to prove who is more dominant. Once the dominance has been established‚ everyone else is expected to submit
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determine if his findings holds true today as they did back then. Resources use the Norway prison system to conduct the study and the impact of crime when mental health facilities are decreased the evidence is very effective as it shows us that past results are still proving true today and
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The War on Drugs and Prison Overcrowding David Turner CCJ 1020 October 06‚ 2012 Overcrowding is one of the most difficult challenges that prison administrators face in the United States. There are many factors that that affect the constant flow of people being processed into today’s prisons. The “war on drugs” has led to more arrest and convictions that any other crime. The money spent on the prohibition of drugs and the law enforcement presence to stop drug trafficking raises high into the
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Prison Reform in the 19th Century So‚ every time I re-read a source or try to write‚ I keep thinking back to what I am actually trying to argue. I’ve finally figured out my argument: Hawthorne portrayed Hollingsworth as a failure because he did not believe in the prison reform efforts of the time. I came to this through looking at a lot of parallels in my sources‚ and finding different reasons for why my hypothesis is true. The two types of prison reform in the early 1800s were meant to reform
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Prisons today are not as bad as they should be‚ prisons provide food‚ shelter‚ a bed‚ and even time outside. Criminals in prison do not have to pay or work for their food and shelter‚ tax payers and law abiding citizens pay for it all. So if prison is not that bad then why would criminals fear the consequences of breaking the law‚ but with the death penalty criminals are forced to think twice about committing any severe crimes that would land them on death row. Most people even criminals do not wish
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I believe it is a great thing for the prisons to offer vocational certificates‚ and different trades to the inmates. It help in so many ways‚ really more than people would think it do. People that have to go into prison; having to do a lot of time already at times feel worthless‚ and may even feel what do they offer in this world. Only thing on their minds at that time of coming in is trying to make sure that they don’t get raped‚ or mistreated. On the other hand‚ with these vocational certificates
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Most administrators support building‚ and feel new prison construction will improve inmate living conditions and perhaps relieve overcrowding; however‚ many observers have concluded that it will be impossible to solve the prison crowding problem by capacity expansion. Institutions generally have a long lead time between the point when policy makers approve their construction and the date
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