Probation and Punishment Criminal Justice 06/09/2014 Professor Karina Probation and Punishment Probation is an option provided by the court as a form of supervised punishment for criminal offenders that do not pose a major threat to society. After reviewing the file of Kris, Robert Donovan, a Jurisville probation officer, has suggested intensive probation. Probation officers review the file of a criminal defendant and make recommendations to the court. Intensive probation refers to
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This PowerPoint Presentation is well-developed, and carefully synthesized an abundance of information. Personally, I found this PowerPoint to be an easy read with great slide themes and color backgrounds. This PowerPoint presentation was extremely informative, as it covered a variety of job qualifications upon gaining employment with the FBI. For example, the desired age for applicants is between 23 to 37 years of age; the FBI Academy is located in Quantico, Virginia; the minimum job requirement
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Nov 2015 Correctional Essay To Whom It May Concern: As warden of the Western Michigan Correction Center, I’m here to issue a statement about policies involving the effort to put an end to inmate weight lifting. After reviewing the following pros and cons, I have met with the board of Kalamazoo, and heard the people’s voice. With the over-populated prison system in todays age, I have decided to relief the tax payers from any more stress, us here at the Western Michigan Correctional Center will
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When looking at the rights of offenders and the history of the United States we see that the basis of our constitution is individual rights for our citizens. Offenders in our correctional systems have lost a large number of their rights given to them in the constitution such as rights to be secure in their persons, effects, and the right to privacy, but the courts have ensured that some of their rights are still intact as offenders such as the right to be free of cruel and unusual punishment, right
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and resources to health care in Maryland State Correctional Institutions has become a major focus for management. There is a huge lack of services and resources especially in the pretrial division of Maryland State Correctional Institutions. The concern is not just inmate or patient satisfaction but a concern for the safety and health of those responsible for detaining these inmates. This paper will examine the need in Maryland State Correctional Institutions for a change in inmate access to
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punishment and community protection. These goals not only define the purpose of corrections but also serve as the criteria by which we evaluate correctional work. "Corrections can be viewed as a series of processes: sentencing, classification, supervision, programming, and revocation" (Clear, Cole, & Reisig, pg. 9). While criminals are being processed, the correctional agencies have to deal with the pressure of public opinion, fiscal constraints, and the law. This may lead to actions not seen best suited
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these reform programs are designed for short-term prisoners and focuses on a 9-month plan. The individual is then released with the high rate of returning to prison within the next 3 years. How can we correct how mental illness is treated in the correctional
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Corrections Accreditation and Privatization Corrections Accreditation and Privatization Correctional facilities, today, operate on standards that would be unheard of in the past. The jails and prison of the past lacked a certain sense of humanity and an ability to show society that the prison was a place of reformation rather than condemnation. The standards for which correctional facilities follow come from the Commission on Accreditation in Corrects (CAC). The CAC developed the standards
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Agencies are banded by law to provide each client with a safe and healthy environment. All information should be available about the agencies. In this paper I will talk about the role and quality health care provide in prisons National Commission on Correctional Health Care mission is to improve the inferiority of health care. NCCHS has offered health services since the early 1970’s.Other organization came together so that NCCHS could be independent to provide services that was needed at the facilities
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