...On June 5, 2012, I will have the privilege of speaking to students at the University of Phoenix, who are majoring in criminal justice. During my visit to the university I will conduct a question and answer period, at which point I will answer any and all questions brought to my attention. Professor Kirk, the criminal justice professor, gave me four examples of questions I might be asked by the students to prepare for my visit. How does the prison environment influence the way you ensure security and custody in your prison? At the Devil Dog Detention Center, we are constantly paying attention to the inmate’s body language and personal demeanor to better understand the mood of the facility. As you are aware race plays a very important role in prison, as does respect, although the facilities population will intermingle with each other a good indicator of tension or a fight might occur is separation. Separation among the inmates by race strongly suggests one race is going to attack another race. To prevent an uprising, such as a riot or violent attacks from happening, the staff at the facility will closely monitor the population’s behavior, and if necessary secure the entire population to their cells. When an individual is initially booked in to the facility he will be asked if he has any medical conditions and other personal questions which is followed by a classification interview. During the classification interview, staff members assigned to the classification unit at the...
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...Deep breaths—that was all I could do after entering the building, especially since my son had to accompany me this visit. When my Texas Workforce case manager came up front, I became consumed with the need to get out of this situation. I received unemployment benefits for three months. I was raised with a mentality to help others, but not to ask for help. That mentality was deeply ingrained inside me that I was naturally drawn to a degree in Sociology. I was newly married, moved into a new home, and two days after being laid off my first professional job, I gave birth to my son. Bills began piling up. I felt visits with my case manager were unnecessary and often suppressed my desire to be defiant with them. I was capable of doing my case manager’s job. I had to constantly remind myself that they were helping me help myself get out of the situation I was in. I ended up applying all the things I have done with families on myself. This experience drew me to the field of Social Work and the significant impact it has for any member of society....
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...County of Burlington, Defendant/Appellee Facts: Albert Florence was arrested for an outdated warrant. Upon his arrest he was taken to the Burlington County Detention Center where he was subject to a strip search. He remained there for six days and then was transferred to the Essex county facility where he was subjected to another strip search and a visual body cavity search. Florence contends that these searches violated his Fourth and Fourteenth Amendment since he was arrested for a minor offense. Procedural History: In 1998, Albert Florence was arrested for fleeing from police officers in Essex County and was charged with obstruction of justice and use of a deadly weapon. He took a plea deal where he pleaded guilty and his charges where reduced to two lesser offenses. He was sentenced to pay a fine in monthly installments but he failed to keep up with the monthly payments. Not only did he fall behind in his monthly payments but he also failed to appear at an enforcement hearing in which caused him to have a warrant issued for his arrest. Florence paid for the outstanding balance but the warrant was never updated and remained in the database. A state trooper stopped Florence in New Jersey and arrested him after he checked the statewide computer database system and found a bench warrant for his arrest. At the detention center, he was required to shower with a delousing agent and was checked for scars, marks, gang tattoos and contraband, as he was undressed. After being there for...
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...Andrew Tweeton Period 4 November 12th, 2013 The Visitor Questions 1. There were three main events in the film “The Visitor” that had a change on Walters life and changed him as a person. The first is when he went to visit his apartment in New York and found Tarek and Zaineb living there. He could have kicked them out, but realised he enjoyed their company and invited them to stay. The second was when Tarek taught Walter how to play the drum. Walter struggled to play the piano and didn’t much enjoy it, but after learning to play the drum he continued to practice and had a passion for it. The third is when Tarek’s mother came to town to visit Tarek in the detention center. Walter began to grow feelings for her, and did not want her to leave. He gained that sort of happiness inside him that his wife used to give him before she had passed away. 2. Tarek enlightened Walters life by teaching him how to play the drum. Learning to play the drum was like a new beginning for Walter. When he came home and found Tarek living in his apartment he could have easily kicked him out. Instead, he let him stay and it made his life more than ordinary. I believe after post 9/11 people began to get paranoid that everyone is a terroist. A good example of this is the scene Tarek was taken by the officers in the subway just based on how he looked and the color of his skin. People began to start “judging books by their covers” rather than truly knowing the person. 3. Pre 9/11, visitors were welcomed...
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...Lockdown By Walter Dean Myers Year of Publication: 2010 Setting: Juvenile Facility Overview: This book is mainly about a young man named Reese that really wants to change his life around. Reese is being moved from a juvenile jail to a real jail. He has many different problems going on while he is in the juvenile center. Reese gets involved in a fight with his friend Toon and gets put in a bad situation. Reese is given a second chance and promises to turn his life around. At the beginning of the book, Reese, a 14 year old boy has already spent twenty-two months in Progress, a juvenile facility for troubled youths. Reese really wants to get out, and some of the authorities have noticed his potential. Reese spends his first day in a pilot work-release program. His job is to do whatever is asked of him at Evergreen nursing home. When Reese gets to Progress after his day of work, he finds out from his friend Play that one of Progress’s bullies, Diego is planning on jumping his friend Toon. Usually, Diego’s makes threats but doesn't follow through, but this time they are worried because a serious gang member named Cobo has been sent to Progress before he goes to an adult facility. Reese does not want to just stand and watch while Toon is beaten up, but he knows that if he wants to get out of there, that he cannot get into a fight. The next morning, when the guards walk through and calls roll, Toon’s doesn't answer, and he shows up at breakfast with bruises and cuts...
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...At the meeting, he discussed policies, procedures, and the juvenile justice system case interaction flowchart. He went into detail when explaining his area of expertise in case management. This area focuses on detention risk assessment. For example, an assessment of a juvenile is conducted to see if they are a risk to the public. Assessments are also used if a juvenile fails to appear in court. Therefore, in using these procedures it will be determined if the at-risk juvenile is placed in detention, detained or released to a parent or guardian. The meeting went well, and he provided me with numerous documents needed to begin the internship. To my surprise, I was notified that I would be accompanying him on an intake case on my first day. It seems like I’ll be jumping right into learning the criminal justice...
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...BRENNAN CENTER FOR JUSTICE The Brennan Center for Justice at New York University School of Law is a non-partisan public policy and law institute that focuses on fundamental issues of democracy and justice. Our work ranges from voting rights to redistricting reform, from access to the courts to presidential power in the fight against terrorism. A singular institution – part think tank, part public interest law firm, part advocacy group – the Brennan Center combines scholarship, legislative and legal advocacy, and communications to win meaningful, measurable change in the public sector. ABOUT THE BRENNAN CENTER’S LIBERTY AND NATIONAL SECURITY PROJECT The Brennan Center initiated its Liberty and National Security project two years ago to foster better public understanding of the importance of accountability, transparency, and checks-and-balances in the formulation and implementation of national security policy. We have since been at the forefront of advocating for sound, rights-respecting policy prescriptions based on broad public participation and informed discussion. Our staff engages in a spectrum of public education, legislative advocacy, litigation and scholarly activity. ABOUT THE AUTHOR Jonathan Hafetz is Litigation Director of the Liberty and National Security Project at the Brennan Center. He is actively involved in post-9/11 litigation involving detainee rights and other national security issues, and is lead counsel in several leading detention cases...
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...Instead, he and Maxo were detained to the Krome Detention Center. By including the fact that Uncle Joseph was detained for being the honest person that he was, the reader is meant to feel even more frustrated and empathetic. Danticat describes a visit to to an INS detention center, where she met with Haitians like her uncle that were trying to get into the United States. Danticat included their description of the treatment they received, which further shows the reader the discrimination against Haitians: Another asked us to tell the world the detainees were beaten sometimes. He told of a friend who'd had his back broken by a guard and was deported before he could get medical attention. Some detainees fought amongst themselves, sometimes nearly killing each other as uninterested guards looked on. They spoke of other guards who told them that they smelled, who taunted them while telling them that unlike the Cuban rafters, who were granted asylum, they would never be given asylum, that few Haitians ever get asylum. (212) By explaining that Cubans were being granted asylum because of political interests alone, Danticat doesn’t outright say it, but she wants the reader to understand how corrupt the U.S. Immigration Services were at the time. Her goal was not to paint the Immigration Services as entirely evil, but to show that Haitians like her uncle were clearly being discriminated against. While Uncle Joseph is in the Detention Center, he becomes very ill; he starts having seizures...
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...1 STUDENT HANDBOOK INTRODUCTION FOR STUDENTS This HANDBOOK was written to give you information about Lincoln Academy so that you can gain as much as possible from your years at L.A. Please read it carefully and share your questions with any of us on the faculty. We will be happy to help you. I am a school administrator who believes in empowering faculty, staff and students to make the school environment more effective, efficient and productive. Trustees, parents and community members all play a role in the life of the school but, most importantly, Lincoln Academy exists for its students. We all need to be responsive to your needs for an exceptional education and it is my pledge to you that I will work with and for you to make your educational experience at LA the best that it possibly can be. I want to encourage you to use me and my office and staff as a resource for you. If you find a rule or regulation that you question, please use every possible avenue to question that rule. If we have no legitimate reason for that rule or policy, then I will assist you in making changes in that rule or policy. Remember, however, that policies are the responsibility of the governing board and we all must follow a legal process to change those. I will continue to make Lincoln Academy the best private ...
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...REPUBLIC ACT NO. 9344 April 23, 2006 AN ACT ESTABLISHING A COMPREHENSIVE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE SYSTEM, CREATING THE JUVENILE JUSTICE AND WELFARE COUNCIL UNDER THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE, APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the Philippines in Congress assembled: TITLE I GOVERNING PRINCIPLES CHAPTER 1 TITLE, POLICY AND DEFINITION OF TERMS SECTION 1. Short Title and Scope. – This Act shall be known as the “Juvenile Justice and Welfare Act of 2006.” It shall cover the different stages involving children at risk and children in conflict with the law from prevention to rehabilitation and reintegration. SEC. 2. Declaration of State Policy. – The following State policies shall be observed at all times: a. The State recognizes the vital role of children and youth in nation building and shall promote and protect their physical, moral, spiritual, intellectual and social well-being. It shall inculcate in the youth patriotism and nationalism, and encourage their involvement in public and civic affairs. b. The State shall protect the best interests of the child through measures that will ensure the observance of international standards of child protection, especially those to which the Philippines is a party. Proceedings before any authority shall be conducted in the best interest of the child and in a manner which allows the child to participate and to express himself/herself...
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...Ethical Treatment of Prisoners By: Melisa Johnson Soc120: Introduction to Ethics and Social Responsibility Instructor: Nikolas Larrow Roberts October 8, 2012 Ethical treatment of prisoners sometimes seems to have a grey area, among society and sometimes among those sworn to take care of them, the correctional officer. “There has never been a question about the stress associated with caring for individuals who have tremendous animosity towards you.” (The ethics of caring for those who hate you, 2006) A correctional officer is held to a higher standard than the average public. Correctional officers at all times are expected to be respectful, and impartial to all prisoners. Regardless of personal beliefs about a prisoners charges or an individual prisoner, correctional officers must be an outstanding role models for others they are around. Dealing with prisoners correctional officers cannot become too friendly; they must maintain fair and impartial judgment. Correctional officers still must remember they are prisoners. There is thin line between be friendly towards prisoners and making prisoners incarceration a living hell. National Prison Association founded in 1870, is the oldest association developed for those who work in the corrections profession. The association had its first meeting in Cincinnati Ohio. The then governor of Ohio, Rutherford B. Hayes (later became president of The United States), was elected as president of the association. The association developed...
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...THE BUDGET COST AND EFFECTS OF PRISONS IN THE UNITED STATES Christina Adonia Turner June 15, 2013 Introduction to Public Administration TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Table Of Contents…………………………………………………………2 2. Executive Summary………………………………………………………..3 3. Scope and Statement of the Problem………………………………………4 4. Literature Review………………………………………………………….5 5. Methodology………………………………………………………………7 6. Analytical Results………………………………………………………....8 7. Discussion………………………………………………………………...10 8. Bibliography………………………………………………………………16 9. Appendix………………………………………………………………....17 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY In summary, the cost of housing an incarcerated inmate does affect the budget of the United States. Whether, the inmate is sentenced to life imprisonment or the death penalty. The facts in this research paper leans heavily in favor of life imprisonment as a cheaper form of punishment verses an inmate being sentenced to death row. The judicial system and politicians have formed several alternatives to assist our country with the ability to lower the cost of housing an inmate in our prison system. For example, the United States detaining systems are concentrating more on issuing a fair sentence to nonviolent offenders, such as, substance abusers and prostitutes. They realize that the majority of the inmates are in need of drug rehabilitation and have a mental illness. Also, the research shows that women offenders are the most affected with drug addiction...
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...❖ Definition of police ❖ Bangladesh Police ❖ History of Bangladesh Police ❖ Laws Governing the Bangladesh Police ❖ Organisation of Bangladesh Police ❖ Strength ❖ Community Policing in Bangladesh ❖ Women in Bangladesh Police ❖ Selection and Training ❖ Vehicles used by Bangladesh Police ❖ Actual Scene of BD police ❖ Weapons ❖ Contribution to UN Peace Keeping Operations ❖ Powers as a Police Officer ❖ Role, Functions and Duties of the Police in General ❖ Preventive Action of the Police Recent Highlights in Bangladesh ❖ Emergency and national security laws ❖ Corruption and Transparency ❖ Overview of arbitrary detention practices around Asia ❖ Failing justice systems and lack of democratic space ❖ Conclusion Introduction: The police have a vital role to play in maintaining internal law and order and establishing the rule of law in the country. For controlling the law and order situation, tackling the ever-increasing sophisticated crimes, arresting the spread of drugs and narcotics, and punishing heinous crimes like murder, rape, smugging, hijacking, abduction, smuggling, acid-throwing, and violence on women and children, the need for the police force is indeed very great. Yet, society at large has a negative conception of the...
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...Issues Paper Denise Turner Managed Care and Health Insurance HSM 420 Professor Sonya Beard February 22, 2009 Issues Paper Western Psychiatric Institute and Clinic is a large psychiatric clinical facility that centers its services around social, biological, addictive, and psychological treatments (Mezzich, 1985). For more than 50 years it has serviced Western Pennsylvania with state-of-the art quality care to patients of all ages (Western psychiatric institute & clincic, 2009). It is a large facility that makes up one of 20 hospitals and facilities of UPMC’s vast Pennsylvanian hospitals. UPMC belongs to the University of Pittsburgh and does not publicize its annual report. It is a non-profit hospital system that is accredited by JCAHO(formerly called Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations), now known as the Joint Commission (Western psychiatric institute & clinic, 2009). Even with that accreditation the issue of quality of care has crossed the mind of many over this past year after the Pittsburgh Post Gazette’s fall issues have focused on a significant amount of crimes committed by those who frequent the hospital’s services. Though quality of care can best be discussed by a professional clinician, psychologist, or financial representative, I as a student would like to focus on the aspect of length of stay as a deterrent to repeated offenses among psych patients. But first we should consider aspects of managed care organizations...
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...LIFE COACHING Life Coaching/Consulting Services Marketing Plan Mabel Meadors Keller Graduate School of Management 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 2.0 SITUATION ANALYSIS 4 2.1 MARKET SUMMARY 5 2.2 STRENGTHS, WEAKNESSES, OPPORTUNITIES, AND THREAT ANALYSIS (SWOT) 7 2.3 COMPETITION 9 2.4 SERVICE OFFERING 10 2.5 KEYS TO SUCCESS 11 2.6 CRITICAL ISSUES 12 3.0 MARKETING STRATEGY 13 3.1 MISSION 14 3.2 MARKETING OBJECTIVES 15 3.3 FINANCIAL OBJECTIVES 16 3.4 TARGET MARKETS 20 3.5 POSITIONING 22 3.6 STRATEGIES 25 3.7 MARKETING MIX 26 3.8 MARKETING RESEARCH 28 4.0 CONTROLS 29 4.1 IMPLEMENTATION 30 4.2 MARKETING ORGANIZATION 32 4.3 CONTINGENCY PLANNING 33 5.0 CONCLUSION 34 REFERENCES 35 1.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Life Coaching /Consulting Services will offer services to inner city youth and young adults. Initially the plan is to offer the services in the St. Louis City, County and outlying Missouri State major cities. Increasingly young people seem to be having difficulty making good choices, from as simple as deciding should they do their homework or watch TV or play video games instead. Some youth are faced with more serious life choices of dropping out of school, choosing to use drugs, engage in sexual activity, which may result in STDs and/or unplanned pregnancies, or even to join a gang or participate in criminal activity. How does Life Coaching/Counseling Services plan to make a difference, reach the youth and...
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