I am 48 years old and I have another 17 years of working time before I can retire with social security. In two years, I will have a retirement from my current employer. Nevertheless, I work in the Correctional field and enjoy my job. I graduate in 2017 and I am going to continue working because it accomplishes many things for me. First of all, it keeps my procedural expertise active and up to date. Second, it permits me to train new officers and appreciate the companionship of my coworkers. Finally
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People at some point will pass throught the correctional institutuion or know someone that has. More than millions are incarcerated in federal prison, state prisons and county jail. Many people are rearrested while on parole or probation. On top of all this, correctional facilities have many problems like undereducated inmate, prison overcrowding, rehabilitation, too cushy prison conditions, and the need for longer sentences. Undereducated The fact is that , if parolees are released with the skills
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Hypothesize Future Correctional Problems Future correctional problems that will need to be addressed include rising health care issues including HIV positive inmates and conjugal visits. An example of a current problem that keeps growing worse in prisons is the issue of health care and medical problems in prison. The get tough attitude has led to many longer sentences for offenders in prison. This means that there is a larger aging population in prison. This in turn leads to more prisoners who
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American Correctional System Issues The American correctional system is thought to be the most advances correctional system today. Our correctional also has its issues just like anything in this world. Now a day, the greatest issue with the correctional system in our country amongst other countries I would have to say would be that there is not enough room to hold all of our criminals. Over population of inmates in prisons is an issue that is hard to control as you cannot control people from not
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Correctional officers use force in order to help them maintain order as well as keep people safe within the correctional facility. One such level of force that is used is deadly force, which is actually not uncommon. One thing to be noted however, this type of force can not be used unjustifiably. The only time that deadly force is permissible within the correctional facility is in order to prevent any felony from being committed, as well as to prevent any severe bodily harm happening to any correctional
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Correctional Subspecialties Roles and Responsibilities Psychologists generally work in the private sector with patients who are in need of psychological evaluations, treatments or interventions when necessary (Bartol & Bartol, 2012). A psychologist who works primarily in the correctional system may hold the title of forensic psychologist or correctional psychologist. The correctional psychologist responsibilities are more in line with the needs of the institution and the individuals incarcerated
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Criminal Justice Trends Demetria Wakefield CJA/394 May 13, 2014 Earl Garrett Criminal Justice Trends The criminal justice system is changing every year to protect and serve society better than the years before. The United States government, the state police, and local police look at the past to make changes for the future in fighting crime. The responsibilities of the state and local police are to fight crime by enforcing the law, apprehended offenders, prevent crime, and preserve the peace
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INTRODUCTION With all of the money taxpayers spend on correctional facilities around the country, one would think the inmates would be living in a five-star palace. Since prisons are blocked off from the public with high security and complete isolation, the gruesome conditions are left solely for the inmates to face, particularly women. Unsanitary, unbearable circumstances in women’s correctional facilities today remain something that unfortunately the public is unaware of. Whether for something
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Distribution of Condoms in Correctional Facilities AIDS and HIV are known as the deadliest diseases of human history. The AIDS and HIV epidemic is worldwide, but many cases are accounted for in the United States. African Americans have the highest rate of new HIV infections. African Americans and Latinos account for approximately two-thirds of the United States federal and state prison population. Studies show that people incarcerated are more infected with AIDS and HIV than the general population
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majority of their time in prison is allowed to undergo a process in which they can successfully re-enter society as a person and therefore reduces recidivism. This is unlike the punishment-centered process that convicted individuals go through in the correctional model that is found in most jails today (Stohr, Walsh, &Hemmens, 2008; Whitehead, Jones, &Branswell, 2008). The latter has individuals undergo a procedure that tries to decrease the chance of them repeating whatever behavior lead to their conviction
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