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¶ … Correction System in the United States
The objective of this brief study is to examine the correctional system in the United States. This system was historically a state-owned and government-operated institution however, in recent years the prison system in the United States has become privatized and this has created a new paradigm in terms of housing prisoners under the present judicial system's orders.
If It Is Broken
The prison system received a wake-up call in the Spring of 2011 due to a ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that the California prison system was required to reduce the inmates in its overcrowded prison system by 30,000 individuals. The court ruled that the California state's system was "incompatible with the concept of human dignity." (Thomas and Beckel, 2011) The United States is reported to have roughly 2 million individuals incarcerated in local, state, and federal jails or prisons, which equals "the equivalent of New Mexico's entire population and more...
Prison System is a Failure
The work of Mikkelsen (2007) entitled "U.S. Prison System a Costly and Harmful Failure" reports that the prison system population has risen "eight-fold since 1970, with little impact on crime but at great cost to taxpayers and society." Noted in Mikkelsen's report is a case involving a woman who is doing a two-year sentence for throwing a cup of coffee. The present population in the U.S. prison system is stated at 2.2 million, which is "nearly one-fourth of the world's total." (Mikkelsen, 2007) Mikkelson states that recommended are "shorter sentences and parole terms, alternative punishments, more help for released inmates and decriminalizing recreational drugs." (2007) These steps would reportedly "cut the prison population in half, save $20 billion a year and ease social inequality without endangering the public." (Mikkelsen, 2007)
III. Private Prisons
Private prisons were outlawed…
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Mikkelsen, Randall (2007) U.S. Prison System: Costly and Harmful Failure. Reuters News. 19 Nov 2007. Retrieved from: http://www.reuters.com/article/2007/11/19/us-usa-prisons-idUSN1841666120071119
Private Prisons are Back (2012 ) Corrections. Retrieved from: http://www.correctionsproject.com/corrections/pris_priv.htm
Thomas, Cal and Beckel, Bob (2011) Jailbroken: 5 Ways to Fix the U.S.A.'s Prisons. 13 Jul 2011. Retrieved from: http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/forum/2011-07-13-prison-jail-system-america_n.htm
This was not a compilation of current rules and regulations, but rather adjustments to the current laws. It contains over 6,500 words of detailed fine-tuning (Florida Bar, 2004). While these changes may well have been necessary and important, it also highlights the complicated rules and procedures those dealing with juveniles must follow. Meanwhile, individual municipalities and states, such as St. Louis and Texas, grapple with the practicalities of making
The fundamentals of exchange theory are illustrated at Appendix a. This approach to analyzing the current situation in North Korea will help add to the existing body of knowledge by developing fresh insights into the possible motivating factors that have characterized North Korea's negotiations with the West in general and the United States in particular in the past and will help address the hypothesis to be tested which is
United States has the highest rate of confinement of prisoners per 100,000 population than any other Western country. Analyze this phenomena and discuss actions that you feel are necessary to combat this problem. The United States currently has the highest incarceration rate of any nation worldwide. For example, greater than 60% of nations have incarceration rates below 150 per 100,000 people (Walmsley, 2003). The United States makes up just about
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1. Name the three (3) separate government components that make-up the U.S. Criminal justice system and explain their function and how they work together? The three separate government components that make-up the U.S. Criminal justice system comprise of courts, law enforcement, and corrections. Imperatively, these components are dependent on one another and one would not necessarily be beneficial devoid of the others. First of all, the courts are reliant on the
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