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    Jail In Australia

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    Is Jail in Australia an effective way of punishing crimes? Jail is a necessary part of our legal system and represents many of our core values as a society, which is why it is crucial to understanding it and its effectiveness. In Australia, one in 6 of (WA) Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders living have been to jail (24), the recidivism rate is approximately 55% (18, 1, 2, 7) and has a prison population rate of 169 per 100,000. But what does this all mean and how does it relate to the effectiveness

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    in the county jail and people who came from the penitentiary. Two years ago I worked at Saint Louis County Circuit Court, which is connected to the Justice Center. In Saint Louis, Missouri, we call our local county jail the Justice Center. I did a lot of research for this speech that I present to you. Today I will be speaking on imprisonment. When you do the crime you have to do the time. Throughout my speech I will be informing you on the difference between life in jail versus prison, the punishments

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    Prison Subculture Essay

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    Prison can be considered a society because it has its own language, its own rules, its economy and norms. Inside the jails we have prison subcultures; is also known as the convict code. It is composed of languages, norms, values, status and roles that is unique of them. Inmates have an internal code or a rulebook. In this rulebook they describe the prison as a jungle where the strongest survive and they use this code to avoid problems among them especially when new inmates arrive. (JRank, 2017) This

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    Get Into Jail Free Card “The U.S. spends about $80 billion each year on incarcerations... There are currently about 2.2 million Americans in prison, accounting for roughly 25 percent of all prisoners worldwide”(Wolfgang). This statistic is dangerously high. This statistic is good in a way, showing the world the US is good at catching criminals. On the contrast, it shows the world that the prison population in the US is arresting criminals for crimes that wouldn't be prosecuted in other parts of the

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    release can save states a great amount of money. Prisoners leave the prison system through parole or by completing their sentences. In my opinion I think prison inmates should be released early from prison because of good behavior. The Texas prison system houses 155,000 inmates, making it the largest prison system in the United States. There are 3 different types of jail systems. They are county jails, state jails, and state prisons. Depending on the nature of the crime and whether or not it is a first

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    who commit crimes, crimes so bad that the only option left is to send these people away to prison. However, we cannot send every person to prison. Instead, felons should be imprisoned for committing serious, violent, and persistent crimes. According to the NAACP, currently 1 in every 37 adults in the United States (2.7%) are in jail or in correctional supervision. According to the Federal Bureau of Prisons, majority of the people incarcerated are aged from 20 to the age of 39. 9.9% of prisoners are

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    Legal Persuasive Speech

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    Picture this: You have just trespassed a private property. You are now sentenced to 3 months in jail. If given the choice would you A) Chose to spend 3 months in jail and be a convicted criminal with a criminal record that would prevent you from receiving jobs, buying houses, etc. or B) Be flogged as punishment. Yes flogged, as in beating someone usually with a whip as a form of punishment, which would only last for a few minutes but would also allow you to be continue to be a law abiding citizen

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    reconviction or return to jail within a three-year period following the criminal 's release. Approximately 6 in 10 released inmates are rearrested or reincarcerated within three years of release from prison (The Bureau of Planning, Research and Statistics, 2013). Many criminals go to jail after doing time because they find it hard to fit back in with the normal life due to returning to high risk places and finding a job. In order to eliminate high recidivism with the jail system, it is necessary to

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    Essay On Incarceration

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    that it is illegal for the mentally ill to be put in jail. Instead, they should be placed in a treatment with high security so they are still isolated from society, but they are also in a place that is equipped for people with mental disorders to live. Many people do not understand the seriousness of having a mental disorder. Society does not deal with mental illnesses correctly. People do not see anything wrong with putting these sick people in jail. If more time and effort went into the prevention

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    Joe Giudice In Prisons

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    Joe Giudice has only been in prison for a few days and reports are already coming out that he is in trouble. He recently surrendered himself for a 41 month sentence. Radar Online shared that a prisoner is speaking out and saying that Joe showed up to jail intoxicated, but Joe's lawyer doesn't know anything about it if this is true. Giudice went to jail on March 23. A source is revealing that Joe Giudice arrived to Fort Dix Correctional Institution "drunk and belligerent." Joe has admitted in the

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