Opening: 1) “The Prison Industrial Complex” a. Is this a new form of slavery? b. Who benefits? Who loses? c. Important because we wanted to shed light on the continuance of slavery in the US that is done in a manner more palatable to the public. d. Social Justice issue because it is basically legalized slavery. 2) Thesis Statement: a. While there has long been a tradition of using prison labor to defray the costs of incarceration
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human rights of Supermax prisons A supermax prison is short for super maximum security prison. These are for high risk prisoners who are a threat. Our text book states that “they have high concrete walls or double-perimeter razor wire fences, gun towers with armed officers, and strategically placed electronic monitors.” (adler 332) They are very hard to break out of. The book also says that every state has at least one maximum security prison. (Adler 332) Supermax prisons have their prisoners in
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how and why society uses prisons. Prisons are intended to meet a variety of social goals, including incapacitation, deterrence, discipline, punishment or retribution, and rehabilitation or reformation. Some have argued that public prisons are better at all of the above while most support private prisons. The term prison privatization commonly refers to the policy of contracting out the management and operation of prisons and jails to private, for-profit companies. Prison privatization is a controversial
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Problem/solution paper Over the years, prison conditions have improved in many ways, but the present correctional system is still struggling to deal with some of the same problems that has been going on for a while, and that’s prison overcrowding. In the United States, prison crowding has not always been a factor. All across the world there are many correctional institutes that are operating at maximum capacity, and there are also many institutes operating three times over the capacity
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to decrease the overcrowded conditions for most state and federal prisons. These grant programs provided the information and incentives for state governments to expand, build, and adapt closed military bases as extension of the federal penal prison system. This initiative encouraged local and state courts to implement truth-in-sentencing and alternative sentencing concepts to lessen the burden of overcrowded prison systems. The grants divided in half for building prisons to increase the bed space
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Mental illness in prisons has been sort of a pandemic for correctional systems in the United States for over the last 10 years. The number of men and women who come to prison with some form of mental illness continues to grow by the day. Offenders who do not come to prison mentally ill, will most likely release from prison with some type of mental illness at the end of their prison sentence. This paper will discuss how this population of offenders adapts when they come to prison, and how there viewed
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unacceptable to the social norms of society. Because of this need, the development of prisons were constructed to house the individuals, so they can serve their time away from free individuals. Prisons are an intricate part of our history, starting from the late 1700’s up until now our system continues to redefine itself based on the needs of society. I will explore the evolution of punishment, prison system and how prison labor impacts over time. Punishment can be defined as the correctional goal with
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Betty Waltermire Critical Issues in Criminal Justice JUS-250 April 6, 2014 Prisons: Bust or Boom A prison is multifaceted organization to assist in the inmates in a rehabilitative process to where the prisoners can be released back into society. We know this does not work because there are no programs to assist the prisoner in changing their way of life if and when they are released. Secondly
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corrections actually is. The National Institute of Justice defines it as programs that oversee offenders outside of jail or prison, and are administered by agencies or courts with the legal authority to enforce sanctions. It includes probation – correctional supervision within the community rather than jail or prison – and parole – a period of conditional, supervised release from prison. However, other types of community corrections, like electric monitoring programs, day report programs, and halfway
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The Fort Sumter Prison in the Civil War Doing this research paper I have discovered all the awful things that have happened in the prisons during the civil war. I have focused on the Fort Sumter prison near Andersonville, Georgia. Including how awful the conditions where for the prisons, like having no shelter, food, clean water, and not having a large enough space for all the union prisoners. Approximately 674,000 soldiers surrendered or were otherwise captured by both sides over the four year
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