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    greed hurting other human lives can be commonly known as the prison complex. This idea establishes that inmate work for a fraction of the average wage of a civilian. In fact, since America must house the inmates they build one prison per week (Franklin). One of the reasons contributing to the construction of the prisons were the drastically increasing amount of criminals. Many people became incarcerated in jail for minor offenses. The Prison Industrial Complex pushed companies’ profits, thus then leading

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    the Georgia State Prison at Reidsville. Georgia State Prison at Reidsville is the fundamental greatest security office in the condition of Georgia. Found on Georgia Highway 147 in unincorporated Tattnall County, outside of Reidsville, It is a piece of the Georgia Department of Corrections. The current fantastic structural planning incorporated a strip by Julian Harris titled Rehabilitation portraying exchanges and occupations. Many redesigns were made. The mission of the prison was to “Ensure public

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    Executive summary The evolution of a civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons. The prison population is expected to have an over-representation of the members of the most marginalized groups of the society characterized by poor health and chronic untreated conditions. In India more than 400000 individuals are lodged in prisons [22]. Prisoners come from a section of the society which is socially diverse coupled with being economically disadvantaged, which represents

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    concentrated on educating prisoners so they could be released from prison earlier (Peak, 2016). With each of these changes, Michigan decreased the recidivism rates. Each of these states discussed made changes to increase the funds that went towards bettering the offenders, rather than keeping them incarcerated. There are several ways to effectively handle the reduction in corrections budgets by finding new ways to reduce the prison population. Austin describes reducing the sentences of incarcerated

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    woman is arrested and has to spend time in jail, that puts the care of her children into the hands of someone else for that period of time. Also though, the role of a female corrections officer can be very demanding in regards to not only their time but their emotional state as well. This can eventually put a strain on the officers family if precautions aren’t

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    under the age of 17 should go to juvenile hall (or youth detention center) for their punishment than directly to adult prison. Though very similar, there is a subtle difference between the juvenile hall and the adult prison, but the use of the YDC is decreasing because states are increasing the use of sending the delinquent child directly to an adult prison. Both the YDC and prison are used to hold those that committed a crime, but there is a reason children and adults are separated. According to Radek

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    solitary confinement cell at the CIW. “She was there for her own protection, not because she did something”. According to the advocacy group California Coalition for Women Prisoners, CIW has had seven deaths since the start of 2014. In comparison, the prison had five deaths in 2013 and one in 2012. (Mass incarceration ) Shadae Schmidt, better known as DaeDae to her friends, was another of these seven deaths. On March 24, 2014, Schmidt was found dead in her cell. In February 2014, while in the Security

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    gradual but important evolution of prison guards into professional criminal officers has offered a great reflection of the shift of ideas about criminal justice in the modern society (Maghan,2013). The premise that the society has the duty of rehabilitating the prisoners has led to the creation of new duties , more training and increased professionalism for the correctional officers that are charged with the management and maintenance of security in prisons and other facilities of criminal justice

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    is usually found and sold in inner cities. National survey statistics showed that Caucasians and African Americans are equal when it comes to the distribution and sale of drugs, yet 63 percent of drug offenders in jails and prisons are black (Browne 5). Institutions, such as prisons, are supposed to be used to rehabilitate and remobilize people. Once a person has committed a crime he or she is seen as a deviant, someone who goes against the norms and laws of society. Deviants go through degradation

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    It’s no surprise that the correctional system in the United States could use a bit of a makeover. First off, the major increase of incarcerating inmates has now caused the issue of overcrowding prisons all over the United States, some reaching as high as 98% capacity. Secondly, there are too few rehabilitate and educational programs to help current and former criminals from returning to the system, therefore the number of people who are incarcerated each year far surpasses the number of inmates who

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