...Jail and Prison Paper John Quackenbush CJA/204 March 11, 2013 Steve Nance Jail and Prison Paper In order to keep the public’s streets safe all offenders must be sentenced and sent to prison, jail, or some rehabilitation program where the offender can better him or herself. However, it must depend on what kind of crime the offender committed. If the offender was selling drugs, he or she is sentenced to a federal prison, but if he or she where to be receiving threats because he or she witnessed a drug deal while dealing he or she is sent to jail for protection. Jail and prison have always had bad reputations of violence occurring inside the facility. Therefore, those who are let out early on good behavior are ecstatic to be out of such chaotic environment. Upon being released the individual will be placed on either probation or parole. Both probation and parole have law enforcement professionals who will supervise the newly reintegrated individual while he or she is trying to get his or life back on track. Parole and probation officers often encourage the individual to enroll into school or start a new career. There are three security levels of prisons and there are two types of prisons. The two types of prisons are Federal and State prisons. Federal prisons hold individuals who commit federal crimes such as smuggling drugs. State prisons hold individuals that are convicted of crimes of the State. The three levels of security of prisons are minimum, medium, and maximum...
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...and Prison Paper CJA/204 March 31, 2014 Prisons and jails have many similarities and differences. They both play a significant role in our criminal justice system. Many aspects affect the roles of jails and prison’s cultures and subcultures. Both facilities have a role with community-based correction programs. Jails and prisons serve as a means of housing for individuals that are convicted and prosecuted for crimes. A lot of violence and negative behavior takes place in both jails and prisons. There are different levels of prisons and location plays a big part in what type of criminals are housed in different facilities. Probation and parole are a part of the process that is involved within jail and prison sentences. I live in Maricopa Arizona where our jails and prisons differ depending on the type of inmates and location of the facilities. Most locals are familiar with our main prisons and local jail housing cells. There are different type of prisons even though all of them serve the same purpose of housing those who have broken the law. Those that are incarcerated are kept away from free society and during lock up our limited to most freedoms. Each prisoner serves different lengths of time based off of their individual sentence and crime. The different types of prisons are juvenile, minimum, medium, high security, psychiatric, and military. Juvenile prisons are there to house anyone under the age of eighteen that is convicted of a crime. Minimum security prisons are...
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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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...Jai Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper Mary Ann Everett CJA/234 Introduction to Corrections 12/15/13 Steven Nance This paper use some information found in the CJi Interactive Multimedia and weeks readings. Have a description of jail’s place in corrections its role throughout history; a summary of the history of state and federal prisons. Comparison of the similarities and differences between security levels in jails, state prisons and federal prisons. Explanation of factors influencing growth in jails, state, and federal prisons. In colonial america where humiliation, workhouses, and corporal punishment to was used to punish criminals by 1790 where penitentiary era begins. In 1786, Pennsylvania Quakers said honest labor was a humane way to deal with convicts and to provided labor for public projects wearing thee ball, chain and bright unstylish clothes to prevent escapes. In other colonies had replaced public humiliation with incarceration and early lockups were under local control with mixing convicts of both genders from petty thieves to violent offenders. Our nation took shape each county and state maintain its own incarceration system where jails were maintain by the local sheriff’s department housed small infractions like loitering to severe crimes like murder until disposition. State or federal authorities in prisons provided confinement for offenders sentenced to over one year of incarceration. Penitentiary Era in 1790, attribute to separate and silent system...
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...Prison Comparison Contrast Paper Cynthia Willison CJA/234 December 13, 2010 Justina Smith Prison Comparison Contrast Paper Today prisons are viewed to be instruments of punishment with the loss of freedom that is considered as a result of society’s retribution for the crimes the offenders have committed. However, incarceration was not always this form of punishment, in the 18th century different types of corporal punishment that involved infliction of pain on the human body. Corporal punishments included whipping, beating, branding, mutilation, and other types of physical punishments. Most punishments during the eighteenth-century were held in public. Executions were elaborate and shocking affairs, designed to act as a deterrent to those who watched. The 1700s were considered the colonial period and no true legal system existed within the United States at the time until the American Revolution. Many felons were transported to the American colonies where they will serve out their sentences in hard labor. Long-term prison sentences in Houses of Correction (prison) were also more widely imposed toward the end of the century (The British Library, n.d.). Prison is a term describing the facilities used to incarcerate convicted individuals and penitentiary describes the type of building. The debate to inaugurate penitentiaries instead of prisons began in the eighteenth century in England with the idea to replace corporal punishment with imprisonment with the prospects of...
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...Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper Marcus Alexander CJA/234 Introduction to Corrections June 23, 2014 Sherri Webster Jail and Prisons Comparison In the U.S. criminal justice system, when a person is arrested, the first place they are usually taken to is jail. From there, they see a judge and go through a court process. If further incarceration is needed, the individual is sentenced to serve time in either a county jail, state prison or federal prison. This paper will help discuss the history behind the jails and their use in addition to the history of state and federal prisons. While understanding the history of these three correctional facilities it will help to compare the different levels of security and how they work differently in each facility. A major problem in the United States, regarding the corrections system, is overcrowding. The effects of overcrowding are visible throughout the criminal justice system and there are different factors that influence the growth of jail/prison incarceration. The jails of the modern era can be traced back to the 1100’s in England. The first jail created was ordered built by King Henry II in 1166, and the English term gaol was used in place of the word jail (Seiter, 2011). Jails then were also used, as they are now, for the purpose of housing offenders that were waiting for trial, but also took in individuals who were homeless, poor or suffered from mental disabilities. Individuals that are incarcerated in...
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...Jail and Prison In the criminal justice system once a crime is committed and the criminal has gone to court and has pled guilty, or has gone to trial and has been convicted of the rime it can result in a few different ways. For instance, if the crime was severe enough it could result in jail or prison time. Both jail and prison are two components of the suffering the consequences of committing a crime, and can also determine whether the time fits the crime or was the criminal punished in a fair matter. Some criminal’s crimes are so severe that they are sentenced to life in prison. Jails are facilities designed to hold criminals waiting for a trial. They are also designed to hold inmates serving twelve months or less for the crimes they committed. Federal Prisons are designed for people convicted of federal crimes. State prisons are for criminals convicted of crimes of the state, or of crimes committed in that state. Minimum Security Prisons are the most open and least restricted prisons. They hold criminals convicted of non-violent crimes such as forgery, cheating on taxes, and perjury. Medium Security Prisons are more open then maximum security but less open than minimum security prisons. The inmates are convicted of crimes such as assault and thefts. Maximum Security Prisons generally hold prisoners serving longer sentences. Inmates are convicted of crimes such as murder, kidnapping and other felonies. (library.thinkquest.org) A total institution is place of work and residence...
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...Jail and Prison Tyshunique Wade CJS/201 March 17, 2016 Clark Nissen, Ph.D. Where do offenders go after they commit a crime? Depending on the type and extent of the crime, they either go to jail or prison. What would life be without morals, rights and judicial laws? If the world was without order and no one supported the structure of containing crime with correctional and facilities, the world may be in pandemonium; full of gangs, violence killing, rape, suicide and a world if corrupt figures. Jail and prison facilities play a significant role in providing structure and governmental law enforcement. Jail and Prison Jail and prison are the same in many ways. According to (CJ interactive), each is a form of supervised detention, they both meet the minimal daily needs of detainees, and they both segregate inmates to some degree from staff, the community, and one another. As far as behavioral issues, both experience a variety of violent behavior; such as, riots which included mutilation, torture, beatings, and sexual assault. Though they have noticeable similarities, they are very much different and are commonly confused. Jail is a locally-operated, short term facility where as prison is a state or federally operated, long term facility. Jails are mainly used for detaining inmates awaiting trial or sentencing. They can also house inmates who have been sentenced for less than a year. This will vary depending on the state. Prisons are long term facilities used after sentencing...
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...Jails and Prisons Response Panagiota Deligiannis CJS/200 12/14/2014 William Hubbard Here in the United States there are four different types of prison that make up the Justice system. Both facilities are used to house inmates who have committed crimes in society. When it comes to jails and prisons, there is a difference between the two them because jail is meant to only house inmates while they are going through court, and there only meant to be in jail for no more then a year. Prison on the other hand is meant for offenders who have got a sentence through the court system and required to do more then a year’s time. Jails are also facilities that are operated in the State for short-term offenders who are waiting for sentencing or trial. Prisons are operated through the State and Federal Government and are convicted of a felony and are sent out to do time for the crimes they have committed. Here in the United States, there are four different types of prison in which balance out the Justice system. Those four different types of prisons are Juvenile prison, Military prison, Psychiatric prison, Federal Prison, and minimum, medium and maximum prison. All of these prisons play a different role in the Justice system because depending on the severity of the crime is where the offender is going to be sent. Juvenile prisons are for young adults under the age of 18 who are convicted of a felony. Military...
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...Jail and Prison Comparison Paper Jennifer Williams CJA/234 February 10, 2015 Jail and Prison Comparison Paper There are a lot of confusing when people think that a jail and prison is similar, there is a big difference. Once you have been arrested, jail is the first place that you are taken to by police officers. I depend on your charge and sentencing by the court system, if you will be spending time in the jail or going to prison for a long time. A description of jail’s Place in correction and its role throughout history. According to Seiter (2011), jail are correction facilities that are used to detaining criminal before they can be judged in a court of law. After law enforcement officers has taking a criminal to jail the mainly focus is to keep the criminal off the street until he/she can see the judge and determining if the criminal be stay detain or release. If a person is sentencing a year or less they will mostly send their time in the local jail until there sentencing is up. Compare to a prison a person that sentence two to life there time to be served in a prison cell. Due to the expose to highly communicable disease like people with high risk of suicide, and mental issues, the risk is dangerous. Criminal that have less than a year in jail, usually just try to stay out of trouble do they time and get back into society. About seventy-five percent that release from jail goes right back in less than six-month to a year. While on probation they do something and...
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...Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper By SARAH 2/16/2015 There are several differences between jails and prisons. Some people today, do not know what these differences are because they are unaware of how procedures work on the inside. Those who do know how prison and jails are related have been acquainted with this type of atmosphere or have played a role in being locked up. This paper is designed to show those who do not know how prison and jails work on a daily basis. . Jails are the first place most criminals go when they commit a crime. Officers are required to place suspected criminals into the back of their cars with handcuffs attached to their wrist. Transferring suspected criminals can be a hassle for some law enforcement officials because of how these criminals act in most cases. Once they are transferred, they are booked, finger printed and are placed into a holding facility. Seiter (2011), states that the normal stay in US jails is around 15-20 days, but some may stay longer based on their circumstance. Seiter(2011) also states jails are correctional facilities that are used in keeping offenders before they can be judged in a court of law as the suspect awaits verdict. Depending on their crime, suspects are held without bail or with bail before being placed before a judge. Others have to wait a certain amount of hours before leaving if they are placed in jail because of dui or dwi. When going before a judge, criminals who are convicted will either go...
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...Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper Jose Salmeron CJ234 July 8, 2014 University of Phoenix Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper Jails and prisons they are all the same. Actually a jail and a prison are different in many ways. A jail is considered the most misunderstood segment of the correctional system. Out of all the correctional components in the in the United States, a jail is the oldest. Jail house individuals who have just been arrested, awaiting sentence, or have been sentenced to only a few months. Throughout the history of corrections, jails have had a major role. Like jails state and federal prisons have had their own history as well. Although jails, stated and federal prisons all hold criminals, there are some similarities and differences between the three. Today the population of the correctional have grown since the first institutions were established. The original reason for a jail was to detain offenders, who were awaiting trial. As history has shown the role of jails have changed throughout time. Jails are the most underrated component of our criminal justice system. The role a jail has within the correctional system, can be considered the most important. Jails are correctional facilities that operated locally. Meaning a jail is ran by a city or the county. A jail serves a variety of functions, and also hold a variety of offenders. Individuals awaiting trial, sentencing, or pending arraignment, are held in a jail. Violators of bail, probation...
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...prison healyh care paper Prison Health Care Paper Tinamarie Edwards July 11, 2012 HCS/430 Legal Issues in Health Care: Regulation and Compliance Terry Matherne Introduction Prison health care is caring for the inmates in prisons and correctional facilities around the United States. Even though a prisoner is incarcerated does not mean that a prisoner should receive any different care than a person outside the prison. The federal prison population around the United States was 217, 806 (U.S. Department of Justice, 2012). The federal agency that would handle the health care is the National Commission of Correctional Health Care (NCCHC). This agency was created in the early 1970’s as a result of a study done by the American Medical Association, which proved the correctional facilities had inadequate health care for the inmates (National Commission for Correctional Health Care, 2012). The study also showed the correctional facilities did not flow national standards as far as the health care to the prisoners. The mission of the NCCHC is to improve the quality of health care provided to inmates and the commission has the support of several other organizations such as the Academy of Pediatrics, The American Dental Association, The American Medical Association, The American Bar Association just to name a few. Structure of the Agency The structure of the agency is very important for the agency to continue the mission of the organization. The organization...
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...Prison Health Care Agency Paper Health care is a huge topic however it may be looked at, but looking at health care from the point of view of a person in prison, brings up a whole new view. People who are in prison have many state and federal laws which says that all prisons must provide medical facilities for all inmates’ health care needs. In this paper, will identify one governmental agency that regulates healthcare that is provided in prisons, jails, and juvenile confinement facilities in the United States, as well as the foundation of the agency, and who actually regulates the licenses, certifications, accreditations, and also authorizations for the employees who work in these facilities. A governmental agency that regulates prison health care is the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) which was created in the early and had been approved by the president then Herbert Hoover. The main headquarters is located in Washington D.C. and also branches throughout the United States. BOP is known as a subdivision of the United States justice department and is responsible for administration of federal prisons. Its main purpose is to provide more compassionate and open minded care to federal inmates in the United States prisons. In agreement with state and federal laws the federal bureau of prisons is responsible for insuring all medically needed health care is provided to each inmate. One negative aspect that the federal bureau of prisons is responsible for is going with all...
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...Standing on the hill overlooking the colorado river is the well known Territorial Prison, its located in Yuma Arizona.The prison was built to keep criminals behind bars, its located in Arizona because it was a very hot, musty place.In 1875 the prison was authorized by the legislature its budget for the project was 25,000.The prison is now a historic park, people can visit and experience the prisoniers lifes within the dark walls as they serve their time. In this research paper I will look into the territorial prison ,also have vivid descriptions on its history and background from my primary sources. During the 33 years that the prisons was operated 3,069 inmates lived within the walls,29 of them were women. On July 1st the...
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