They are used to take away the freedom of someone who has broken the law and to keep dangerous people away from society.• Some prisons also have job training, a way for prisoners to finish school, and a way for them to learn to change their behaviors.
Recidivism- continually returning back to prison.• The prisoners with the highest risk of returning to jail are robbers, burglars, larcenists, and motor vehicle thieves. Minimum and medium security- an individual has access to the basic needs in the prison. They aren’t as closely watched as the other levels of security.• Close security- Prisoners are locked up in cells and are searched for weapons, drugs or anything harmful. They are also able to go to an exercise yard from time to time. Minimum …show more content…
Federal- The absolute highest level of security. This is where the most dangerous people go. Some crimes that would land you in here would be terrorism, robbing a bank, fleeing from a crime and going across state lines, etc. The Eighth Amendment protects the prisoners from cruel and unusual punishment. The conditions in the United States prisons are inhumane. They don’t give the prisoners good food and do not give them the proper mental and physical help. The United States is ranked fifth for the number amount of executions in the world.• The South does 80% of the United States executions• Innocent people have been killed on death row Over crowding occurs because there are not enough room in prions, random spikes in crime, and changes to laws.• Overcrowding is dangerous because it makes it easier for things such as drugs, weapons and anything illegal to be easily passed from one person to another. Six times more money is spent on prisons then one education in the United States• Less than 20% of inmates have their high school diploma• 1 out of every 100 adults are in prison• Over 75% of inmates are illiterate at a12th grade reading level The goal of a prison system is to prevent crime, provide justice, and rehabilitate