...Community Corrections Paper Every day, all across America, prisons are facing an overcrowding problem. The prisons are receiving more inmates than they can handle. Once in jail or prison an inmate can be released or given parole. When arrested you can be sent to jail or prison or you can be given probation. This leaves us to wonder, what happen between prison and probation. Over the past thirty years, other sanctions have been used to fill the gap between prison and probation; this has led to an expansion of many formal community corrections (Foster, 2006). Community corrections are sanctions that are imposed on inmates that occur in a community setting outside of prison or jails. They are usually enforced by the court or agencies that have legal authority over the inmate. These programs are usually operated by probation agencies and parole agencies (Crime solutions, 2014). So how does these programs affect the community and do they really work? Thinking about having a bunch of criminal set free to serve under community supervision is kind of scary. Many people believe that they should stay in prison under lock and key, and not set free in the community. I believe that community corrections can affect the society in both positive and negative ways. The only negative is that if they let out an inmate and they reoffend. A positive is that, it can save the community money because it is cheaper to have them be free than to have to pay to keep them in prison. Secondly...
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...Community Corrections Paper CJS/230 By: Holly Kirksey Instructor: Jodi Delgado Community Corrections Paper Community corrections is something that an individual receives for a crime they have committed. Some of these things that a person receives is based on their criminal record, Probation status, and if they are a repeat offender. Some people are placed in jail or prison, while others are placed on community service, work release, probation, and house arrest. Community corrections affect society in which they are practiced by helping the accused try to lead a normal life by helping them when they are out in the community doing specific tasks, such as picking up trash on the side of the road. There are some people who are put on community corrections to keep them from going to jail. If the crime the person committed isn't bad enough, then the person is assigned to do this to help do things in the community. This keeps the person from going to jail and this allows other individuals who have committed more violent crimes to be put in jail instead. The jails are already overcrowded as it is. If we allows people who have committed petty crimes to be put on probation...
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...What are community corrections and how do they affect you? For some they do not affect them in any way, but for others they are a life line to a new way of life. Since people in society and around the world are struggling with the way the economy is, when asked to support community correction programs they shrug their shoulders and move on about their day. Does anyone from society that is not a part of the correctional system really know what goes into the corrections of an offender or an inmate? One thing is intermediate sanctions, which are rules and regulations that are imposed on the offenders and inmates through the community correction programs. These programs allow offenders to stay out of jail and prison and for inmates that are preparing to be released to stay in a community – based residential facility, commonly known as a halfway house (Foster, 2006. p. 481). These halfway houses provide the offenders a place that is safe, that is structured, gives the employment counseling, job placement, and some financial management assistance. Other places like reentry centers also known as RRC help soon to be released inmates with the same issues. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, the RRC helps inmates to gradually rebuild their ties to the community and facilitate supervising ex-offenders’ activities during this readjustment phase (para). How does society then, not only protect themselves but what they have worked for as free citizens? Many citizens in the past...
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...INSTITUTIONAL VS. COMMUNITY CORRECTIONS PAPER Tierra Alexander June 5, 2016 CJS/255 Mitch Jessip In today’s world we never understand how the what it is as a prisoner to know the difference between institutional and community corrections. This being whether they are on probation, parole, or reentry of an institution. So with this being said I will let you know about this by comparing and contrasting the difference in the two corrections. In most of this it’s based off the objective of institutional and community. I wondered do we know how many prisoners and offenders are actually on probation. Do you understand the different sources as well as what would be the best rehabilitation out of both? In knowing this will help you to understand how the correction system work. There are several different entities that goes along with the criminal justice system. This has often been overlooked by parts of the justice system which is corrections. This being many ethical dilemmas that can present themselves, by both which is institutional and community corrections settings. Let’s look at the difference of the two corrections. In being institutional you would see things like a prison guard being approached by an inmate whom was put on mail restriction which means the inmate cannot receive any type of mail service. This some things guards go through on a day to day bases. In institutions such as this you have inmates who are serving a long sentence so they end up in getting in...
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...Congratulations! You are on the current register for Community Corrections Officer Announcement 16-677CP. After further review of your application it has been determined that you are a re-entry candidate/new to the Correctional Officer Series. Therefore, the following steps need to be completed within 60 days from the date of your offer, failure to successfully complete these steps within the time frame will deem you ineligible and will result in the job offer being made to the next available candidate. *Successful completion of the Canadian Fitness Standard at the 25 percentile- https://corrections.az.gov/fit-pro-testing *Successful completion of medical/physical examination- https://corrections.az.gov/sites/default/files/documents/PDFs/medical_requirements_new_012915.pdf...
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...Community Corrections Paper Michael Kilgore CJS/230 June 30, 2013 Darren Brodsky Community Corrections Paper Abstract This paper will be discussing how community corrections can affect society. I will lend my input about community corrections and the effectiveness it has on the system. I will describe prison systems in other countries, as well as how these other nation’s view and practice imprisonment. I will discuss the possibilities that could happen if the U.S. prison system adopted a system from another country. I will make recommendations on the type of community corrections, that if implemented would hopefully be a success in the communities. Community Corrections What are community corrections? Community correction (known as probation or parole) is the means of supervising individuals outside of any type of correctional confinement. There has been a common misconception among Americans that when someone is convicted of a crime, they will be removed from society and placed in a correctional institution (Foster, 2006). Community corrections can be a benefit to an individual who is placed on probation, because it gives them a second chance to once again become a productive citizen of society. Community correction varies from state to state and county to county and was decentralized under the control of local courts (Foster, 2006). Currently, there are programs available as alternatives to incarceration such as state run programs, or county run programs that are...
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...Community Corrections Paper · Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you identify options available under community corrections and describe how other nations view the use of imprisonment. Address the following in your paper: What are community corrections? The mission of the Division of Community Corrections is to enhance public safety through the management and reduction of offender risk by providing supervision and collaboration with community partners to assist offenders to change their behavior and repairing the harm they have done. How do community corrections affect the society in which they are practiced? Community based corrections can be viable for the youth but for an adult it is usually not sufficient to deter further illegal activity, we use projects like washing squad cars, litter patrol and i do not mean kittens, and with students we try to utilize some type of cleaning in the area of the school where they will be observed by their peers. It is great if you are not dealing with people who have committed violent crimes.~ maybe will deterr violent criminals....have gained acceptance througout u.s and in poverty stricten and well to do areas. What hypothesis can you make about community corrections and their overall effectiveness within the correctional system? o How would you describe prison systems in foreign countries? How do other nations view imprisonment and put it into practice? What might happen with the U.S. prison system if the United States...
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...Dominque Garland Community Corrections Paper CJS/230 Introduction to Corrections September, 2014 In this paper, the information will be used to determine what community corrections are, how community corrections affect society. After this, a description of the foreign country prison system will be evaluated. This is important for the criminal justice process because the system of prisons was based on the English ideas for punishing prisoners. It is extremely important that people understand the history of corrections as a whole in order to grasp the concept of the jail and prison system. This paper will conclude with an outline of what I might do if I were in charge of recommending a correction plan for my community. I think it is important, also, to realize that if it were not for the new prison systems, then we, as a nation, would not have grown as much as we have and the nation in its entirety, would essentially fail. Corrections is a wonderful system that only helps the world, in most cases. “Community corrections are sanctions imposed on convicted adults or adjudicated juveniles that occur in a residential or community setting outside of jail or prison (NIJ, 2014).” Community corrections is a community based program setup for nonviolent offenders. These programs are not the same as probation. However, those who receive this sentencing may also serve time on probation. Community correction and probation have the same concepts, which is a court ordered suspension...
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...Community Corrections Community Corrections Paper · Write a 700- to 1,050-word paper in which you identify options available under community corrections and describe how other nations view the use of imprisonment. Address the following in your paper: What are community corrections? The mission of the Division of Community Corrections is to enhance public safety through the management and reduction of offender risk by providing supervision and collaboration with community partners to assist offenders to change their behavior and repairing the harm they have done. How do community corrections affect the society in which they are practiced? Community based corrections can be viable for the youth but for an adult it is usually not sufficient to deter further illegal activity, we use projects like washing squad cars, litter patrol and i do not mean kittens, and with students we try to utilize some type of cleaning in the area of the school where they will be observed by their peers. It is great if you are not dealing with people who have committed violent crimes.~ maybe will deterr violent criminals....have gained acceptance througout u.s and in poverty stricten and well to do areas. What hypothesis can you make about community corrections and their overall effectiveness within the correctional system? o How would you describe prison systems in foreign countries? How do other nations view imprisonment and put it into practice? What might happen with the U.S....
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...Community Corrections CJS/230 July 24th, 2011 Community Corrections In this paper, we will be discussing how community corrections affect society. In addition, we will examine my hypothesis about community corrections and their overall effectiveness in the correctional system. Furthermore, we will describe prison systems in foreign countries, as well as how other nations view and practice imprisonment. Moreover, we will discuss what might happen with the United States prison systems if we adopted another country’s prison system. Finally, I will give my thoughts and recommendations on the type of community corrections to implement in my community. What are community corrections? A community correction (most commonly known as probation or parole) is the means of supervising felons and misdemeanants outside of correctional confinement. There is a common misconception among the American people that when a person commits a crime, then he or she will be removed from society and placed in a correctional institution. (Foster, Burk 2006). Community corrections can be very beneficial to the individuals who are placed on probation in a sense that it gives them a second chance to redeem their wrongs in society. Community corrections vary from city to city and state to state, and were originally decentralized under the control of local courts. (Foster, Burk 2006). Currently, community based alternatives to prison are either state run programs, or county run programs subsidized...
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...Correctional Trends Evaluation Contemporary Issues and Futures in Criminal Justice CJA/394 The paper will evaluate the past, present, and future trends that have had a profound affect in the development and operation of institutional and community-based corrections. The need of prisons and prison administrators is most important in the criminal justice system therefore, the paper will identify the current and future issues today. In addition the paper will evaluate the corrections system as a developing trend pertaining to the issues and the role of alternative corrections. Development and Operations of Institutional Corrections In prior years the development of institutional corrections left nothing to the imagination. The perspective of development and operations of institutional corrections is one fact that the facilities’ inmates were housed in the conditions were dark and fifthly. Inmates were treated harshly, and worked extremely hard. Today the development and operations of institutional corrections play a part where constitutional rights are in affect. Inmates today although the prison systems are overcrowded they are with constitutional rights. One constitutional right an inmate is entitled to today is health care. The prison system today functions differently. Rules and regulations are enforced but not by the hands of the facility but by the law. Facilities today although overcrowded are no longer dark, and fifthly. Inmates...
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...Community corrections paper Tabitha T. Anderson 230 June 19, 2016 Daniel Henry Community corrections paper There are many thoughts on whether community corrections are beneficial to society and the person convicted of a crime. First, we must understand what is community corrections? Community corrections are when felons are supervised outside of prison. Probation and parole are usually the most common practiced of community correction. The problem with society is we feel that if you commit a crime, you should go directly to jail. What we fail to realize is that if every criminal went to prison, there would probably be prisons on every corner like there is a Walgreens on every corner. The purpose of community corrections is to give the offender a second chance at showing us that they can do better and that they just made a bad decision. Community corrections evaluate the likelihood of them committing different crimes, assign them to programs that will help them be successful members of society, and make sure that they are checking in with their probation or parole officer. When we give the convict a chance to correction their behavior, it can be beneficial in the long run. There is always going to be pros and cons to every situation. The good thing about community corrections is it saves us taxpayer's money by keeping that individual out of prison. Having the out of prison cut down on the cost of living that we have to pay to cover them while in prison. I believe the...
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...Community Corrections Paper Kimberly Williams CJS/230 06/18/2014 University Of Phoenix Community Corrections Paper Community Corrections also known as probation or parole is the means of supervising felons and misdemeanants outside of a correctional facility. There is a common misconception among the American people that when a person commits a crime, then he or she will be removed from their community or society and put into a correctional facility. Foster Burke (2006). Community corrections can be very beneficial to the individuals who are placed on probation in a sense that it gives the offenders a second chance to redeem what they have done wrong in their communities. Community corrections vary from city to city and state to state. According to the textbook” community corrections were originally decentralized under the control of the local courts”. (Foster, Burke 2006). Currently community based alternatives to prison are either state run programs, or county run programs subsidized by the state. Community corrections affect society in a number of ways. There are many positive and negative effects to community corrections. An example of a positive affect is that probation cuts down on the cost of running the state prisons and county jails. In return it would save the tax payers hundreds of thousands of dollars because the tax payers would not have to pay to feed and house the individuals if they were sentenced to prison or jail. My hypothesis about community corrections...
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...Jail and Prison Paper Tara Frost CJA/204 June 15, 2015 Christopher Cannon Jail and Prison Paper Have you ever wondered about the types of prisons or the major differences between selected jails and selected prisons? Have you ever wondered about the aspects of jail and prison culture and subculture? Why do jails play an important role in the criminal justice system? What is the role of community-based corrections programs associated with jails and prisons? Did you know that violent behavior occurs in jails and prisons? Do you know what the role of probation and parole are? Well, this paper will answer all of those questions for you. By the end of this paper, you will understand a lot better about jail and prisons. Types of Prisons Prisons are grouped into two categories, which are state and federal (Schamelleger, 2011, p. 466). According to Schamelleger (2011), there are six types of prisons (p.468) One type of prison is high-security prison for long-term, high-risk offenders (Schamelleger, 2011, p. 468). There is one or more medium-security institution for offenders who are not high risks. There is even one institution for adult women (Schamelleger, 2011, p. 468). There are one or two institutions for young adults (generally under age 25) (Schamelleger, 2011, p. 468). According to Schamelleger (2011) there is also, one or two, specialized mental hospital-type security prisons for mentally ill prisoners (p.468). The last type of prison, is one or more, open-type institutions...
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...Introduction In this paper I am going to talk about rehabilitation. I will elaborate on its definition and origin, dating back to 1945, where rehabilitation was really starting to evolve. I will then talk about the definition of parole and how it differs from mandatory release. Then I will go into probation, explaining what probation is and how it compares to the other forms of sentencing. Finally, I will talk about the definition of community corrections, and the different options of community corrections that exist. I will give my personal opinion on whether I think there are better solutions to the current parole process, probation system, and the community corrections options. Rehabilitation Rehabilitation is a form of punishment that really started to develop in 1945. This was the era known for using treatment, therapies, and education for criminals. Rehabilitation is act of restoring criminals to a proper state so they can be an active participant in society upon release from prison. According to “Wikipedia” (2013), “The assumption of rehabilitation is that people are not permanently criminal and that it is possible to restore a criminal to a useful life, to a life in which they contribute to themselves and to society” (para. 1). This is very important for criminals that are mentally ill, or have some medical issues. Sometimes criminals need treatment and education to assist them with getting and staying on the right path. A path for success and renovation. ...
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