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Jails And Prisons

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    Jails and Prisons

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  • Jails and prisons

    Jails and prisons
    Penitentiary Era In the Penitentiary Era, which lasted from 1790 to 1825, prisoners were housed in penitentiaries, where they were supposed to do penance and be rehabilitated into productive citizens (Schmallenger, 2003). The Quakers converted the Philadelphia Walnut Street jail into a penitentiary in 1790, hoping to use religious and human principles to rehabilitate http://www.lotsofessays.com/viewpaper/1704859.html

  • comparison of similarities and diferences between security levels in jails, state prisons and federal prisons

    comparison of similarities and diferences between security levels in jails, state prisons and federal prisons
    http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=jail+pictures&id=F970DCFB744C232CA65DF85079BEA7F352065034&FORM=IQFRBAJails are usually run by sheriffs and/or local governments and are designed to hold individuals awaiting dispostion of their case, waiting for transport to a state prison system following conviction, or serving time after a misdemeanor. State prisons are operated by the state where the person was convicted of a felony. Federal prisons are operated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) and are designed to hold individuals convicted of federal crimes, such as tax evasion or bank robbery.

  • Explanation of factors influencing growth in jails, state and federal prisons

    Explanation of factors influencing growth in jails, state and federal prisons
    http://www.bing.com/images/search?q=jail+pictures&id=F970DCFB744C232CA65DF85079BEA7F352065034&FORM=IQFRBASeveral factors affect prison and jail populations, which now total about 2.13 million men and women.7 First is the nation’s drug problem. [ Data show that the number of persons admitted to state prisons for drug offenses has for several years exceeded the number entering for violent or property crimes. Other commonly cited factors include truth-in-sentencing laws, violence on television

  • summary of the history of state and federal prisons

    summary of the history of state and federal prisons
    State and Federal Prison Systems
    Prison is a term describing the facilities used to incarcerate convicted individuals and penitentiary describes the type of building. The debate to inaugurate penitentiaries instead of prisons began in the eighteenth century in England with the idea to replace corporal punishment with imprisonment with the prospects of reforming the mind and body.
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