Jail and prison populations are affected by several factors, which house approximately 2.13 inmates. Among these is the issue of illegal drugs in our country. Statistics display that for many years, the amount of inmates sentenced to jails or prison far exceed that of those sentenced for violent crimes and property crimes. The creation of truth-in-sentencing laws, as well as deterioration of godly, and family morals and values also play a significant factor. There are also those that would argue
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road and her job did not require her to be in the road in the first place. The conditions of her injury do not satisfy the requirement of arising out of employment that is needed. Her job did not have an increased risk or positional risk. Brown also was not injured while performing any of her employment duties so it did not happen during the course of her employment. 3) Rawlinson should assert that the Alabama state prison system violates the disparate impact of Title VII. The stated rule of being
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higher number of women being sentenced to prison. Women commit crime and are incarcerated under different circumstances and reasons than men. Their criminal behavior can be attributed to drug abuse, sexual abuse, physical abuse and poverty. Women who are admitted into prison facilities are disadvantaged from the very beginning; prisons are calculated and planned for our male counterparts because in history men have made up the proportion of our high prison populace. It is hard to meet the needs of
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community orders, fines and discharges. The first one I am going to talk about is custodial sentences. Within custodial sentences there are four different types of sentence; mandatory life sentence, discretionary life sentence, custody and suspended prison sentence. A mandatory life sentence is given when being convicted for serial killers for example and there is a minimum term stated. A discretionary life sentence is given when being convicted for murder and the term given can be up to life imprisonment
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RELEASE FROM PRISON Name: Institution: Course: Submission Date: Abstract This paper offers a detailed explanation of the terms mandatory and supervised release from prison. It further outlines the institutional goals these terms meet by releasing prisoners early to serve the last portion of their sentences within the general population. Mandatory Release Mandatory release entails releasing prisoners from their institutions after serving
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redress of grievance. The first amendment provide equality freedom for all the citizens of the United States, but In the history of prisons of this nation the inmates claims an innumerate irruptions of the first amendment such as; the freedom of speech and expression like the visits of friends and loved ones, those visits are a form of expression. However, the prison visits are not a complete right because it has a lot of limitations. Other example of expression is correspondence but not all the mails
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of penitentiaries The history and purpose of penitentiaries started during the year of 1700’s, I have learned and read that the first prison was created to house criminals or anyone who committed an act of crime. During this era, criminals while in jail were expected to read the bible and to concentrate on the crimes they committed. Penitentiary which means (a prison for people convicted of serious crimes), began to be use to help to describe the facilities used to hold the prisoners serving sentences
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Benefits of Reducing Prison Overcrowding Laura Macella AIU Online Abstract This paper is going to discuss the benefits of why reducing the overcrowding of prisons with help the inmates, employees, as well as the citizens of the state. It will show that crime within the prison walls will go down, the stress of the inmates and employees will reduce, as well as showing that we can save taxpayers millions of dollars a year. Lastly, this paper will look at programs that the inmates can be sentenced
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Summary of critiqued article: “Are All Gangs Equal Security Risks? An Investigation of Gang types and Prison Misconduct” - Ruddel, R., Gottschall, S. (May 5, 2011) To date, there has been very little scholar investigation towards the different types of gangs in Canadian penitentiaries, and their unique contributions to prison misconduct. Gangs in the correctional system are one the biggest problems facing correctional staff and administrators. Does every gang pose the same threat towards the
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JAIL AND PRISON Every year the number of prisoners increase and their sentences are longer. The expenses continue to be high maintaining prisons, work farms and other secure facilities. Budgets now are tighter than ever and expectations continue to get higher. Private prisons opened after the civil war encountered legal problems for leasing convicts to replace slave labor, and civil right issues for cutting corners on food and living conditions but by the 1980’s, every state had private contracts
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