From jail to jail, there can be similarities and differences. Each jailhouse has a unique way of housing inmates while following guidelines set by higher authorities. In the Huntington County Jail [HCJ] there are obvious differences when being compared to the Wabash County Jail [WCJ]. One building has a higher bed count than the other. Both buildings have at least one garage area; one has more than the other. However, to be cost efficient, both jails use trustees to do easy jobs or to become an informant. Looking at the numbers, it is apparent that both of the jails are over populated. Each jail can only hold so many people; HCJ can hold 99 and WCJ can hold 72. The HCJ is currently holding 144 inmates. This means they have 45 more inmates than …show more content…
A trustee is the name given to the inmates who are given these privileges. At the HCJ there is a garden the women can work in when the season comes around. Also at the HCJ, inmates, mostly male over female, can do community service projects like painting field lines at the Police Athletic League. Other jobs at HCJ and WCJ are kitchen duty and laundry. Rewardingly, working these jobs can give an inmate good time or a good reference from an officer. An advantage inmates have at the WCJ is called work release. The inmates participating in work release eat and sleep at the jail. They spend all of their free time at the jail and the rest of it at work. When the inmates go to work they wear an ankle bracelet that tracks everywhere they go. Taking that bracelet off is considered escaping from jail, just like if someone was to actually escape the jailhouse. To sum up everything up, he Huntington County Jail can hold more people than the Wabash County Jail. However, they are both over populated. The jails have one or more garage areas that are used for multiple purposes. Both jails also have opportunities for the inmates to work or do community service in a unique way. Going through each jail, similarities and differences can be
State-run jails are currently operated in four states Connecticut, Delaware, Rhode Island, and Vermont. These states have full operations and responsibility for their jails. Alaska also has a state operated jail system (pg.80). State-run jails are more effecientally ran but, most counties are not likely to choose this method. Cooperative (regional) arrangements are widely used. Kentucky, Virginia,
According to the passaage, the difference between a jail and a prision; is that a jail is smaller and only holds who are awaiting a trial, do midemeanors or minor crimes while a prison only hold criminals that have been convisted of felonies and are serving a sentence of one year.
Learning about the county jail was an interesting experience. Amongst all the sight seeking, I realized there was several departments within the jail itself. The different departments are called the booking department, incident reports, and finger printing department.
County jails are not equipped to “manage the influx of more prisoners, and for longer periods of time, as well as provide ‘evidence-based’ rehabilitative programs,” which has serious implications for confinement conditions and for the overall success or failure of Realignment (Owen & Mobley, 2012, p. 47). Even before the Realignment Act, California jails were struggling with “crowding, court-ordered ordered caps on their populations, antiquated facilities and few programs” (Owen & Mobley, 2012, p. 48). Counties are limited in their ability to address these concerns because of county-level budget cuts.
Overcrowding in our state and federal jails today has become a big issue. Back in the 20th century, prison rates in the U.S
The overcrowding prison reflects that the inmate population has grown much faster than the funding for prisons, which is controlled at the state level. In most cases, state funding has not come close to keeping up with the rise in the prison population, leading to decrepit prison infrastructure that is wholly inadequate for housing such large numbers of inmates. Without capacity to house inmates properly, some prisons have resorted to having prisoners sleep in gymnasiums, and many have overcrowded cells to accommodate the extra bodies. This overcrowding has led to deteriorating cleanliness of prisons and declining safety. Today, non-violent prisoners are forced to live in close quarters with violent ones, and the results are predictable.
STEUBEN COUNTY (WENY) - For the second year in a row the Steuben County Jail is taking advantage of its courtyard by turning it into a giant garden. It's part of the county's inmate garden program. "It's therapeutic. It's very relaxing and it's a learning experience and helps you gain knowledge about planting and what you can and can't plant around here in the soils," explains Steuben County Jail inmate, Jeffrey Duell.
First and foremost, the housing in the Wabash County jail consists of multiple bunks while Miami County contains only one bunk and one steel toilet. There is no segregation or privacy among inmates. Although Wabash houses multiple inmates per cell, Miami County adds one more to its total per cell. In their spare time, inmates are allowed to watch television or play cards. If good behavior
I am comparing the Wabash county and Miami county jails. I’m comparing that Wabash is linear and Miami is a pod system, the capacity between the two jails, and the visitation. The capacity at the Wabash county jail is not very much. The visitation isn’t that great either.
The Wabash county Jail and the Miami County Jail are both so different in so many ways. Wabash County Jail was built in 1979; this jail is 36 years old. Being 36 years old has made this jail a little bit out dated. This jail should only hold up to 72 inmates. The visitor center, for the inmate’s family is a boxed in room that is divided by a wall and a window. The Miami Jail was built in 2009. The Miami Jail is only 6 years old. It is updated and has an inmate holding rate of 240. The Visitor center is all done virtually. Each cell block has a virtual screen that has a phone attached to it.
There are always poor conditions in the local jails every day that are talked about, and still nothing will never get done about it. Local jails are usually crowed into small cells. Odors are often strong and sickening food served does not always taste
Upon arriving to Fresno County Jail, I had few expectations of the environment. My initial thought was there was going to be a ton of screaming and disorderly conduct just to scare us. I did not see anyone screaming towards us or anyone trying to fight us. I did see lots of gang sign thrown at us and few remarks to the correctional officers, but it wasn’t bad. The facility was dirty and smelt bad. Our tour guide officer told us that they have mice and other pesticide problem due to inmates taking their food to their bunks and leaving it there for a few days. One thing that amazed me was the underground tunnel because I would have never thought a county jail would have one. The underground tunnel is used to transport inmates to court.
Prisons and jails hold some similar characteristics but are completely different models in which they serve in the criminal justice system. Some of the types of crimes that America faces today are: violent crimes, property, white collar or organized crime, and public order crimes (Worrall, 2008). The criminal justice system sets the regulations and policies of how an offender will be held accountable for their inappropriate actions. The criminal justice system is a process that takes time and money from society. The following information will briefly discuss the main purposes for the jail and prison systems, which will focus on the length of sentencing, funding sources, and private sector ownership. Let’s begin by explaining the length of
Correctional officers do not supervise has heavily in large or medium jails. Offenders can be placed where every there is an available space open. Not having the proper inmate classification can result in a high-risk of litigation. In a medium and large facility, where it becomes overcrowded at times and inmates need a cell to be placed in, the staff would use their best judgment on which cell will be best for the inmate. Inmates are classified by their appearance, history of violence in and outside the jail, how long they are being held in jail,
Another big factor that causes prison to get overcrowded would be all these shootings going on when the cops find the person, they get them for a terrorist act, which is a federal offence, so the federal prisons are the highest in the overcrowding. A really big reasons that the federal prisons is getting overcrowded is anytime someone has a problem with someone they shoot them. There has more shooting in 2016 and 2017 that they are double celling in federal prisons. (Prison overcrowding is a growing concern in the U.S.) People hear about all these shooting and how they do not find the person that is doing the shooting, but when they do it is stretched to the highest term that they can serve. The prisons are so overcrowded that they started holding them folks into county and state jails.