State Prisons Good Or Bad

For new inmate, the bus ride to prison, the processing at the prison reception center, and the belittling shouts from the inmates are all part of the early stage of what is known as prisonization (Clear, Cole, Petrosino, Reisig, 2015). It is the process whereby newly institutionalized individual are introduced to and come to accept prison lifestyles and criminal values; the learning of convict values, attitudes, roles, and even language (prison argot) (Schamelleger, 2001). The new inmates gradually learn the set of rules of conduct that reflect the

According to Krisberg and Taylor-Nicholson, state budget cuts, lowering prison over-crowding, and improving corrections are the underlying reasons for the policy shift. Although “county custody costs (county jail) may be somewhat lower than state prison costs, shifting the custody and supervision costs of selected offender groups to the county will only cut spending in state prisons,” and may fail to lower the overall costs of corrections in California (Owen & Mobley, 2012, p. 47). Whereas the state prison system seems to be progressing toward its population-reduction goal, “this measure is shortsighted and somewhat deceiving” because a “corresponding rise in county jail populations will continue California’s

The new prisoner is then admitted into their “pod”. Rather than keep ALL the inmates together in one large group, they are broken down into smaller groups. Each group lives in their own pod. Each pod had a central living space and outside fresh air lounge. The individual cells surround the living area and there are three additional floors that overlook the central living space that you reach by inside stairs. Each level contains approximately 10 individual cells. Some information was not available to us (the public) as it is confidential. Information such as how many Officers work in a pod per shift. The inmates are served their meals in the central living space and it the Correctional Officers job to count everything they take. Items such as jam containers, plastic knives and forks are made into weapons by the ingenious inmates. After they are given their meals and have had time to go to the gym, they are then put back into their cell for the night.

Believe it or not, every prison has a set schedule that has to be followed by inmates. A wake up time, a time their allowed to make phone calls, breakfast and lunch time, furthermore a time where they have attend school and work. Young prisoners have to do at least fifteen hours of education a week. A prisoner that’s older is given an opportunity to study as well. It’s required that inmates are working in prison because this helps reduce the cost of the prison system. The type of jobs inmates have varies from state to state. Every state is different depending on the location of the prison.

Many people in America have no idea that there are different types of prison systems. The two different types of prisons include state-ran and private. State-ran prisons are prisons owned and operated by the local, state, or federal government; however, private prisons are prisons in which individuals are incarcerated by a third-party organization that is under contract with a government agency. Private prisons are funded by the government and have the unique ability to do whatever they want. The controversy between state-ran prisons versus private prisons started in 1852, when the first U.S. private prison was introduced. Escapes, riots, and in-prison crimes happen substantially more in private prisons than in public prison. Private prisons

According to Siegel & Bartollas, corrections is defined as the institutions and methods that society uses to correct, control, and change the behavior of convicted offenders (2014). Although society feels that the best way to take care of offenders is through confinement there are many issues that come in hand while being incarcerated. Depending on how you look at the issues whether they are psychological or physical, the top issues pertaining to issues of jail confinement include Mental Health, Jail Crowding, Violence and Suicides. [ADD ONE MORE SENTENCE AND TRANSITION]

Inmates are expected to cooperate with the staff, follow daily operations and conduct themselves in an orderly manner. Reports of their conduct while they are incarcerated at their facility will be forwarded to any institution that they are to be transferred to. For disciplinary action inmates that are written up for a rule violation will be notified in writing of the charges brought against them. There’s a list of major rule violations which are scaled from highest to lowest on a severity rank. For example, yelling at other inmates that would be considered low, and sexual abuse would be at the highest end. Possible sanctions may result in any combination of the following, depending on the severity of the violation: lock up for a period of

"The Indiana Department of Correction (IDOC) had $562.2 million in prison expenditures in 2010. However, the state also had more than $7.2 million in prison-related costs outside the department’s budget. The total cost of Indiana’s prisons—to incarcerate an average daily population of 38,417—was therefore $569.5 million, of which 1.3 percent were costs outside the corrections budget.

     A prison is an institution for confining and punishing people who have been convicted of committing a crime. A prison is supposed to punish criminals by restricting their freedom of where they can go, what they can do, and with whom they may associate. In America, 1.1 million

In the United States, Imprisonment is one of the main forms of punishment for offenders who commit a felony offense. The United States has the highest number of offenders incarcerated in prion than any other country in the world. Both the federal and state prisons both have the same mission and that is to protect society by confining offenders in a controlled environment that are safe human, secure, cost efficient, and provide rehabilitation to offenders in self-improvement and educational opportunities and helping them become better law-abiding citizens. Prisons are operated at the Federal and State level and are operated at various different levels of security based on the offender’s crimes which can range from minimum security prisons to supermax facilities (De Maille, 2015)

Are prisons effective total institutions or do they more commonly fail in their goal of resocialization? Please compare and contrast how a conflict, a functionalist or an interactionist theorist would answer this question. Finally offer your opinion

Prison is somewhere where no one wants to go. It is full of people who can be dangerous or just people who made a larger mistake than what is acceptable by law. Prisons already are not a fun place to be living with a bunch of people with little to no privacy but imagine a prison jam packed full with inmates. That makes for a less clean environment, more controversy among inmates, and a less comfortable stay. Between 2004 and 2013, Utah’s state prison population grew by 18 percent. Which is six times faster than the national average. Without changes, the state projected that an additional 2,700 people would end up in state prison over the next 20 years, increasing incarceration costs by $500 million. So Utah enacted a long list of reforms aimed at curbing the number of people in state prison without harming public safety. The state downgraded first- and second-time drug possessions from felonies to misdemeanors, and also reduced 241 misdemeanors to citations that wouldn’t be subject to arrests or jail time.

Prisons are made to keep prisoners locked inside and away from the outside world. Prisoners get cut away from the society, they do not know what goes in the outside world. It is a drawback when it comes to voting. They do not know who is running on the election, they do not know what each candidate is bringing to the table, and they do not know what is being offered.

Jails have no such facilities as compared to prisons. The convicts have access to food and water, bathing facilities, there are also socialization places which are restricted and the security is not as tight as that of prisoners, (WiseGeek, 2003).

A prison, jail or correctional facility is a place in which individuals are physically confined or detained and usually deprived of a range of personal freedom. These institutions are an integral part of the criminal