History of Corrections

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This paper provides a brief time-line of the history of the development of the current prison system. It begins with the methods used by the Quakers in the early settlement days and how these methods were adapted with the growth of the population. It discusses how the system was finally centralized and turned into a government body and how it developed into the organization it is today.

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"The Department of Corrections is an agency that is responsible for the supervisions and management of convicted felons. This Department allows the protection of the community by maintaining secure facilities that keep offenders under firm supervision. It is this Department that maintains the safety of our society.

The history of the Department of Corrections in the United States dates back as far as the mid-1600's. At the time, the general punishments for crime were brutal and bloody, often ending in death. The Quakers sought to end the bloodshed by creating a new punishment. Thus, they began to substitute imprisonment for the violence (Clear & Cole, 2003)."

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