help from outside sources had a much greater chance of being re-incarcerated. According to the Bureau of Justice Statistics webpage “Recidivism”‚ “During 2007 a total of 1‚180‚469 persons on parole were at risk for re-incarceration. Of these parolees 16% were returned to incarceration in 2007.”(n.p.) Although it doesn’t point out exactly what these inmates were re-incarcerated for‚ maybe if they were put into a halfway house before being put back into society they would have had a greater chance of
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five years‚ nearly half will find themselves back behind bars. As Louisiana has the highest incarceration rate in the world‚ this State is faced with serious challenges in handling its prison population. The recidivism rate is reasonably high‚ and the costs for taxpayers are billions of dollars; reducing recidivism in Louisiana is one of the first objectives of the current administration. As the incarceration population continues to grow‚ the state budget shrinks. Many inmates enter prison lacking
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population being 13% African American‚ an increasing rate of prisoners are African American women‚ which makes one half of the population in prison African American. Angela Davis argues in the book Are Prisons Obsolete? that African American incarceration rates can be linked to the “historical efforts to create a profitable punishment industry based on the new supply of ‘free’ black male laborers in the aftermath of the Civil War.” (93-4) Where the Black Codes were created as a list of punishable
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Should the juvenile justice system should focus on rehabilitation By: CJS/240 January 17‚ 2011 University Of Phoenix There has been much of a debate over whether or not punishment or rehabilitation should be the prime focus of the juvenile justice system. In the past‚ the focus has gone from punishment to rehabilitation and back again. This swing seems to occur based more on the community ’s response to juvenile delinquents rather than on how well either one of
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United States and the benefits of such programs for both mother and child. The authors describe prison nurseries as living arrangements within a correctional facility that allow incarcerated mothers to keep their infants (born during their incarceration) with them through all or part of their sentence. This article brings to question whether these women should be treated any differently than any other incarcerated women and who should pay for these programs. The authors note that this may be one
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categorical funding has been focused towards suppliers‚ particularized populations‚ and facilities with no known cohesive approach in providing and funding services needed for individuals with re-occurring disorders who could be diverted from incarceration. Specific traits of civic service organizations signify that an incremental budgeting process suits comfortably to the overall public funding structure of diversion programs. States‚ cities and towns‚ are frequently multifaceted‚ large and satisfy
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The United States has the largest prison population of any western developed country. The United States has almost 700 people per 100‚000 in prison. As a result of this large prison population 600‚000 people are released from prison every year. Currently more than fifty percent of parolee’s become incarcerated again. As a nation we must provide the services to help them return to society in a successful way (White House Fact Sheet). Services need to be offered while in prison and after their
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Definitions of systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS)‚ sepsis‚ septic shock‚ and multiple organ dysfunction syndrome Systemic inflammatory response syndrome Two or more of the following clinical signs of systemic response to endothelial inflammation: • Temperature > 38°C or < 36°C x Heart rate > 90 beats/min • Tachypnoea (respiratory rate > 20 breaths/min or hyperventilation (Paco2 < 4.25 kPa)) • White blood cell count > 12 ⋅ 109/l or < 4 ⋅ 109/l or the presence
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Culture Shock‚ Defined and Described Culture shock is defined as "a common psychological response to an unfamiliar culture [which] is characterized by disorientation‚ heightened anxiety‚ and more rarely by depressed or paranoid behavior." (1) Three groups of people are prone to culture shock - those outside of their own countries‚ those experiencing a very different culture within their own countries‚ and former ex-patriots who are now returning home. There are also three phases of culture
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logic behind this is that a person guilty of a crime will learn over a certain time and mentally break oneself down. Another reason may be that ones offense is so sever that they will have to spend the rest of ones life in incarceration or pay with death. Overall incarceration is meant to be a punishment in order to prevent future activity that breaks what is considered as peace in society. After viewing the description over why someone would be incarcerated‚ it may be difficult to imagine why
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