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The American Prison System, 2004.
An analysis of the failure of the American prison system.
974 words (approx. 3.9 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 34.95
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This paper presents an brief overview of the American prison system. The paper explores the prison system and discusses the pros and cons of the system. The paper presents the argument that the prison system is not an effective one. The paper contends that while America is one of the most advanced nations in the world and its prison system is the largest, the system is not successful. The paper explains that this is evident in the high rate of recidivism, in the failure of the system to prepare the inmates for the return to society. The paper claims that if America is truly interested in rehabilitating its criminals, the system needs to be evaluated and revamped.
Outline
Introduction
Argument for the Prisons
Argument against Prison
Conclusion
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"America is well known for having the largest prison system in the world. The criminal justice system continues to send convicted offenders to the big house, and those who have been released continue to return. Whether or not the prison system is effective has been a topic of hot debate for many years. As prisons are constructed and politicians use crime as a political platform, victims demand harsher sentences while advocates for change allege it won't change things. Prisons in America receive a lot of attention because there are so many inmates within the walls and wire, but the bottom line is the system needs to be changed if it is to become an effective rehabilitation and deterrence tool. "
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Portrayal of the Prison System, 2002.
A study of the portrayal of the criminal justice system in American film.
2,000 words (approx. 8.0 pages), 4 sources, $ 63.95
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This paper discusses the key issues which are addressed in four films: ?Cool Hand Luke?, ?Brubaker", ?Midnight Express?, and ?The Shawshank Redemption?, and questions if they provide their audience with realistic and objective views of prisons and prison life. It describes that the films are full of socially created stereotypes, which conform to the general publics? view of prisoners, prisons and prison staff.
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"Unlike many areas of crime and the criminal justice system, the public remains relatively ignorant of the workings and conditions that exist within prisons and other correctional facilities. This, therefore, places a greater importance on the influence that can be exerted by the media?s representation of the prison system and the manner in which they portray the experiences of inmates. Unfortunately, a large percentage of the population will, at some point during their lifetime, become either a victim of crime or find themselves involved with the legal system, whether this is as a witness, a defendant, or a juror."
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Privatization: Good or Bad for Our Prison System?, 2004.
Examines the advantages and disadvantages of privatized prison systems.
1,345 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 45.95
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This paper looks at the arguments that favor privatized prison systems and those that oppose it. In support of privatized prison systems, the paper cites the various ways privatization helps eliminate financial waste. Criticisms cited by the paper are the fear that treatment and rehabilitation efforts are overlooked in favor of profit goals, the problem of fraudulent billing by the private companies running the prisons, improper treatment of prisoners, and abuse of incarcerated juveniles.
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"Currently in the United States, the individual states have two choices for running their prisons. They can either do it all themselves, staffing the prisons with guards and other personnel who are state employees, or they can hire a private company to run some or all of their prisons. When they hire a private company to manage prisons, this is called ?privatization.?"
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History of the American Prison System, 2004.
An overview of the history of the American prison system.
1,874 words (approx. 7.5 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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The primary purpose of this report is to present a succinct and chronological rendering of the American prison system from its beginning, also considering its present-day status and its future. Along the way, the report reflects upon the more crucial issues surrounding the American prison system with respect to philosophy, need, and future direction.
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"From dungeons of medieval times to honor farms of the twentieth century those who are jailed and those who are the jailors have been at opposite sides when facility standards are concerned (Morris and Rothman, 1997). Those who set policy are oftentimes influenced by public opinion and government regulation. For the incarcerated the support most often comes by way of special interest groups and family. Although differences might well occur local, state, and federal government agencies have attempted to put into action a standards action program that covers the security, cost, and staffing of each jail facility."
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Prison System Overhaul, 2004.
A look at the U.S. prison system, its problems, and effectiveness.
2,308 words (approx. 9.2 pages), 9 sources, MLA, $ 71.95
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This paper examines many of the problems faced by the U.S. prison system, including a burgeoning population, an inability to meet the needs of prisoners with serious psychiatric problems, the high costs of running prisons, and the general lack of impact that incarceration has on crime reduction.
Most People Credit Increased Incarceration with Reduced Crime
Overcrowding
New Home for the Mentally Ill
Prisons are Expensive
Prisoners Can't Be Protected from Other Prisoners
Ineffective in Reducing Crime
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"The United States prison population has skyrocketed in recent years. In 1978 our country had only 500,000 prisoners, but by 2001 the number was close to 2 million (Marciniak, 2002). In 2001 the U. S. Department of Justice reported that many people believe that the reason violent crime declined in the United States during the 1990?s was because of tougher sentencing laws that keep convicted criminals in jail and off the streets for longer periods of time (Marciniak, 2002). In fact, the United States has the highest percentage of imprisoned population in the world. While we make up only 5% of the world?s people, our prisons hold 25% of all the world?s prisoners (Marciniak, 2002). The cost to run all our prisons and jails is estimated to be $40 billion, making it the single most expensive human services program the country has (Marciniak, 2002)."
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Overcrowding in the Prison System, 2006.
A discussion regarding the problem of overcrowding in the US prison system.
1,367 words (approx. 5.5 pages), 5 sources, MLA, $ 45.95
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This paper takes a look at the US prison system and the dire issue of overcrowding. According to the paper, as a result of this overcrowding, there are increased incidents of violence, a rampant spread of disease in and out of the prison, poorer security in place than if appropriate inmate levels were maintained, higher rates of recidivism and unhygienic living conditions for inmates.
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Introduction
Factors in Prison Overcrowding
Challenges as a Result of Prison Overcrowding
Long-Term Solutions to Prison Overcrowding
Conclusion
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"The second option that governments utilize to correct prison overcrowding is reform, including the introduction of alternatives to imprisonment. These alternatives strive to use different methods for authorizing offenders that do not pose a safety risk to the community. When considering that the majority of prisoners, in prisons around the globe, have committed non-violent offences, it becomes clear that these alternatives could be great benefit. Overcrowding in today's prison systems could be drastically reduced if even a percentage of these non-violent offenders were sentenced to an alternative other than imprisonment. These alternatives include a variety of programs including: community service, restorative justice, drug treatment programs, and probation ("Addressing Prison")."
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The Prison Educational System, 2005.
A discussion on the prison education system, and how this is the most effective way to change lives.
1,125 words (approx. 4.5 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper focuses on the prison education system. The paper examines parents that are incarcerated, and the hopelessness that they feel in attempting to care for their children, and how this can lead to crime. The paper explores the elements of prison education that can serve as rehabilitation to these individuals, and the affects of incarceration on the children of inmates. The paper draws conclusions based on the research, and provides an insight for prison education that is not often considered within society.
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"More than 30% of single mothers are living at or below the poverty level in the United States. 60% of all households in which the single mother is Hispanic, and 45% of all households in which the single mother is African American are poor. 25% of those in poverty do not have a high school diploma. 13 million children each day suffer from the deprivations that poverty brings ("Poverty", 2005). What if just one of those children belonged to you? What if you cold not qualify for welfare because you had a minimum wage job, but the job barely paid the rent, and there was no spousal support, and no family to lend you a hand? What if then the children cried for food? What would you do?"
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Juvenile Prison System, 2005.
A literature review on the rate of recidivism among African-American youths in the U.S.A.'s juvenile prison system.
5,420 words (approx. 21.7 pages), 10 sources, APA, $ 133.95
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This report examines the juvenile justice system in relation to recidivism rates in African-American juvenile offenders. The juvenile justice system is placed in societal context through use of labeling theory, control theory, and the presence of racial profiling. The link to the program-based juvenile correctional, educational, and/or residential treatment program is provided through an association with the continuity of labeling-based role behavior within the juvenile justice system. Issues of recidivism are compared between different sorts of programs, with an emphasis on the residential treatment program. The formation of an environment that simultaneously blocks the presence of criminality-associated factors and values the inhabitant who is incarcerated, strictly on terms of their being a criminal among other criminals, is assessed in its contribution to higher rates of recidivism following incarceration. The report primarily exists as a literature review rather than an actual longitudinal or other experimental methodology presentation, and operates on the central hypothesis that African-American juvenile delinquents tend to increase rather than decrease levels of criminal behavior after being incarcerated in the juvenile justice system. The effects of discrimination in terms of unequal treatment within the juvenile justice system of differing races is also addressed, as are program realities.
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"These individuals may put themselves into a situation in which these relationships with supervision are seen as negative and/or absent. The role of the juvenile justice system in replacing these supervisory relationships is therefore crucial for an understanding of recidivism patterns following incarceration. The provision of a positive supervisory structure is what is wanted, while the provision of a negative supervisory structure is seen to detrimentally affect the juvenile within the justice system and lead to a higher likelihood of the original negative-supervision attitude's being reinforced. "The onset of puberty, the increased presence of alcohol, drugs, and weapons in a young person's environment, and growing economic pressures all increase the risk of being a perpetrator or a victim of violence" (Posner, 1998). The reduction of these presences in the juvenile justice system is too often reinforced within a sort of labeling situation that still places a high premium on the criminal's role of association with these presences."
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Prison Systems in the United States, 2002.
An analysis of current methods of punishment and rehabilitation in American prisons.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 4 sources, $ 44.95
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This paper will discuss the nature of 'lasting' punishment for the prison systems that exist in America. We can see by psychological training, drug abuse rehabilitation and from other methods of reform that there are ways that the prison system can use to remake a man after being locked up. By understanding these forms of rehabilitation, perhaps a better human being can come out of the prison system than has been seen from other forms of disciplinary measures.
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Prison Health Systems, 2002.
Uses a fictional case study of an inmate in the Maryland prison to show the state's penal health-care system.
1,150 words (approx. 4.6 pages), 3 sources, $ 44.95
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Inmates in penal systems live in a world quite separated from that of the free public. Their access to services is, in many ways, quite simplified in that there is often only one provider of a particular type or range of services (i.e. one doctor for the prison) and, as no insurance policy covers expenses of health care for inmates, all costs for treatment come out of the governmental till (our only real form of socialized medicine). But, that till is limited and does not extend itself to heroic measures to preserve the lives of inmates. Some systems, however, do employ a variety of new and innovative techniques to bring a greater level of quality health-care to prisons while reducing costs. In this paper, a simulated inmate of the Maryland prison system will be created who will be the subject of a medical history, treatment plan and recovery prognosis. This simulation will take into consideration known elements of the health-care system and practices known to be in place within the Maryland penal system. The contraction, diagnosis, treatment, discharge planning and prisoner's view on his condition (high blood pressure) will be included. It is the purpose then, to paint an accurate picture of the Maryland penal system's health-care apparatus through a fictional patient.
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Ethics in Prison Systems, 2002.
Compares the ethical relativism in prison conditions in England and Pakistan.
2,400 words (approx. 9.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 89.95
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In comparing and contrasting the origins and the actualities of the prison systems of both England and Pakistan, it can be seen that the prison systems in both countries are subject to exploration via ethical relativism. In doing so, this paper critiques the notion that the ethical standards - essentially little more than blanket statements or assumptions - put forth by developed nations must be upheld throughout the world.
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The U.S. Prison System, 2005.
A look at whether the penal system in America is possibly the cause of the continued cycle of crime and delinquent behavior in the U.S.
6,914 words (approx. 27.7 pages), 200 sources, APA, $ 156.95
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This paper describes prison conditions in the U.S. penal system and suggests that these very conditions, instead of alleviating and reducing the crime rate in America, actually perpetuate the problem. The paper explains why it is that prison conditions foster crime and points to the types of crimes committed while inmates are behind bars as proof of how the prison system is part of the crime problem.
From the Paper
"The modern prison system exists for the intended purpose of preventing criminals from continuing to perform evil or destructive acts. The penal system is meant to bring justice by reducing crime, and ideally ending it all together. Those criminals who are a menace to society are to be removed from the population and put into an environment where they cannot continue to do any harm. Then, because the criminals have been removed from society, prison also prevents new crimes from taking place because of two wonderful side effects. For one, because the criminals have been removed from society, these negative influences have been taken out of the lives of impressionable youths and feeble minded adults who might have otherwise been swayed to join in the wrongdoing ways of the previously free-roaming criminal. Secondly, an example will have been made of this criminal that crime does not pay, and the fear of punishment should be sufficient to prevent others from walking the dark path of the criminal. In the ideal prison system, punishment would be reserved for those who had earned it, and all decisions would be based on the overall best interests of all innocent parties. Ideally, prison would be a way to show criminals the error of their ways while protecting the rights of all parties involved."
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State Prisons Vs. Private Prisons, 2005.
This paper compares and contrasts the state prison and the private prison systems.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages), 4 sources, $ 62.95
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This paper is a brief comparison/contrast of state versus private prisons. As should become apparent, there are many problems afflicting the state prison system in the United States of America. That being said, the writer notes there are no guarantees that a private system will be the panacea some have felt it could and can be. In any event, the writer concludes that a conflation of the two might the best answer for America's woes.
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Recidivism and the Texas Criminal Justice System, 2002.
This paper examines whether the Texas prison education system reduces recidivism in Texas state prisons.
4,012 words (approx. 16.0 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 108.95
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The focus of this study is on the Texas state prisons and the education system in the State prisons. Before analyzing the effects of the Texas education system on recidivism in Texas, the paper provides a general overview of the Texas criminal justice system and the general theories of rehabilitation. Furthermore, there is a discussion of the theory of education as a way of reducing recidivism. The paper investigates whether the Texas prison education system works in reducing recidivism. The case study of the Project RIO that is initiated by the State government which illustrates the fact that education system has to be combined with other strategies in order for the rate of recidivism to decline.
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"Although studies in the ?70s have shown that correctional higher education is significant in reducing recidivism rates, the public outcry against crime and opportunities given to inmates has resulted in a reversal of the educational approach towards inmates in the ?90s. In the early ?90s, elected representatives started to forbid federal tuition assistance to inmates. In the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, there was a provision that denied all prisoners access to federal Pell Grants. Essentially, the provision was included to deter prisoners from viewing prisons as relaxing places that offered educational opportunities (The Center on Crime, Communities & Culture, 1997)."
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