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    Ohio county jails and many different state prisons and was amazed at how little if any information was given about these facility’s from everything from the organizational structure, chain of command to the classifications of inmates, to the fact that there is no mention of any problems inside these facility’s which I find comical considering I’ve done county time and have seen and lived firsthand the day to day problems that accurse at the county level and know a few who have gone to prison and have

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    Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper Jail is usually the first place a person is taken after being arrested by police officers. The authority of states to build, operate, and fill jails can be found in the Tenth Amendment, which has been construed to grant to states the power to pass their own laws to preserve the safety, health, and welfare of their communities. Jail is to protect the public and citizens of county by providing a wide range of constructive, professional correctional services for

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    This is an interesting question for me because I accompanied embassy officials who were assigned to hold negotiations and conduct visitations of American in jail/prison when I was in the Marines stationed at several embassies and consulates; I served in Central and South America, Africa, and Eastern Europe. I realize we are evaluating correction systems for this segment of class, but the real answer rests in our diplomatic relationship, intent behind the crime, and what crime was committed in the

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    Jail and Prisons Paper Toshua White CJA/ 234 February 05, 2014 Mr. James Leonard Jail and Prisons Paper In this paper we will discuss some descriptions of jail’s place in corrections and its role throughout history on most of these offenses come with a sentence of a year or less and anyone with over a year sentence is usually sent to a prison facility (Seiter, 2011). On the other hand, prisons have an ample amount of time to work with, rehabilitate, and reform offenders. Prisons do this

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    Jail and Prison CJA 234 Jails and prisons from the outside perspective seem to have the same meaning. Although jails and prisons are a part of the criminal justice system correctional system, the fact is jails and prisons are different. The jail system is a short-term facility where inmates are confined until their trial date. State and Federal prisons are long-term facilities where inmates are confined after being convicted.

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    of the following prompts: * Define, then compare and contrast the prison and the jail systems. Jail is a place of detention, a place where an individual convicted or suspected of a crime is tained. Jail holds people accused under federal, state , county and or city. Jails people awaiting trial, people sentenced for a short duration, typically less than a year. Jails are run by the county sheriffs departments Jails are used for short sentence or trail,

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    Summary This paper explores the benefits provided by educational programs in jails and prisons. Included are the reasons inmates need education in order to successfully reenter society once they are released and use the knowledge and skills they have learned to obtain a job in order to support themselves and their families. Also examined in the paper are the financial benefits of incorporating educational programs instead of cutting them, as well as the effect these programs play on

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    one wants to help. It gives criminals that have changed a second chance. In my opinion people do change. On the other hand, when people get out of jail, they can still be the same and want no help. It all depends sometimes going to jail or prison can change the person for better or for worse. In reality, I do believe that people can go to jail or prison and come out for the better. They can have an eye opener in there and when they get out all they want to do is stay out of trouble and do good. That’s

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    Jails Used In Prison

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    biggest jail built in Victoria in the 19th century and housed men, women and children, according to the Heritage Council Victoria. The property’s most recent incarnation was as a movie set for ''Chopper'' - If you're going to spend the night in prison, it may as well be the one Eric Bana spent some time in. Pentridge closed as a prison in 1997, but now its cells are set to be transformed into a 120-room Adina Apartment hotel. '''RELATED: [https://au.be.yahoo.com/travel/a/25929773/prison-is-the-latest-dining-hotspot-in-the-uk/|Prison

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    Nathan Mariano Estepa September 13, 2015 Stanford Prison Experiment Zimbardo decided to run an experiment where he would turn a basement under the Stanford campus into a mock prison where he would interview several participants where they would randomly get assigned either guard, or prisoner. Zimbardo aimed to see how everyone pertained the roles they were placed in. Interviewing 75 potential participants, Zimbardo only chose 24 male college students which they received payments of $15/day. They

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