Prison Reports Samples For Students

Purpose Statement

Many people who are released from prison are often put back in within 5 years. This study examines the variables of the type of crimes committed, and how they affect the variable of being but back in prison after being released. The dependent variable, percentage of people put back in prison within 5 years of being released, is determined by independent variable of violent crimes, property crimes, drug crimes and public crimes. The most important independent variable in this relationship is drug crimes because people who commit these crimes often have problems with addiction and have extreme difficulty stopping ...

Introduction

Every criminal justice system in the world is characterized by policy and procedure directives that ensures that all the actions and processes in this system are within the constitutional and legal confines. The policy and procedure are enacted to ensure that the constitutional rights of stakeholders are not infringed upon when these individuals are exposed to a particular criminal justice process. Unfortunately, there arises some situations in the course of disseminating justice where some actions cause massive legal disagreements. An individual who has been subjected to a particular process may claim that the process was unconstitutional or that his rights were ...

Information Needs of Various Components the Criminal Justice System

The most important step in creating law and order in the society is to ensure that a suitable criminal justice system is in place for the accomplishment of justice administration to the public. Criminal cases in the modern day have increased meaning that the judicial system needs to be extra effective and efficient while at the same time ensuring that there is fairness in the process. Every justice system aims at providing a neutral ground for all individual who approaches the bar seeking justice. Various components of the criminal justice system have the collective responsibility of deciding what policy decisions must ...

Setting up an Appointment to Visit the Site

Over the past decade there has been a burgeoning of institutions to take care of the elderly in society. The concept of having an old age home is not new but the manner of creation of these homes as well as the increased responsibilities that have been thrust on them is a reflection of how society is increasingly changing. There are several manners of financial arrangements according to which inmates are taken into these old age care homes. The arrangements vary from self-financing schemes to pension schemes and even social welfare schemes besides donations and sponsorships. Sometimes the degree and level ...

Chronological Age: 50

Referral Source: Attorney
Primary Evaluator: X
Secondary Evaluator: X
Testing dates:
Reason for Referral
LC was referred by attorney X who requested information and comments regarding this client’s competency to stand trial and state of mind at the time of the crime.

Presenting Problem

LC is a 50-year-old African American male with a long history of psychiatric problems. He is from the LA County Jail, August 7 through August 15, 20__ and he experienced difficulties adjusting to prison. While in prison, LC was observed to be “agitated, belligerent, demanding and made verbal threats to a custody officer.” He ...

Based on the Monthly Statistical Report for July 2013 for the Fiscal Year 2013, the Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC) Population Trend Summary which includes the ADOC Jurisdictional Population as of July 2013 is 32,341 (Thomas, Alabama Department of Corrections). The ADOC Custody Population as of July 2013 is 26,618. The ADOC In-house population as of July 2013 is 25,231. On the other hand, the ADOC in-house population trend summary that is composed of close security facilities for the month of July 2013 is 8,152. While the medium security facilities is 12,543 for the ...

Alabama Department of Corrections

The Alabama Department of Corrections (ADOC), which is headed by Commissioner Kim T. Thomas, has a total of fifteen major correctional facilities located in the different places within the State. Along with these major facilities, the ADOC also has thirteen Work Centers and Two Private Facilities. ADOC’s mission is to provide programs that will rehabilitate convicted felons in a humane and secure environment with the help of professionals in managing the facilities and they prepare the offender for their social re-entry (state.al.us).
The Department’s correctional programs are usually engage with offenders who able to work, attend programs for ...

Law and order – have always preserved the world from total chaos. From the dawn of the civilization special rules, which were later developed into laws were created to regulate the relations between different individuals within the state. This is the only way to keep things in the society under the control. Nowadays, it is impossible to imagine the world without jurisdiction, modern criminalistics and forensic science and other essential bodies that control order and justice within the country.
As a result specific correctional institutions were created. There are two main types – jails and prisons. The only difference between them ...

The institution of prisons suffices for the discharge of various criminal functions and purposes. The model on which the prison is applied ought to inform the designs and structure of the institution with the aim of ultimately achieving the overriding objective. This paper shall examine the designs and structures recommended for custodial, rehabilitation and reintegration models.
The custodial model essentially suffices for incarcerating from the prisoners the public. For this reason, the model would be designed in a secure building. To this extent, the prisons should be located in remote areas away from urban centers. In addition, the prison ...

Analysis of the program “Getting Out and Staying Out”

Abstract
The ‘Getting Out and Staying Out’ program has received a lot of attention in the recent past for the role it has played in reviving and rekindling the lives of young males of New York who have served time in prison. This paper sheds more light on the role that the program has played in the by looking at the factors that have facilitated its success, doing a SWOT analysis and providing recommendations that could be implemented to improve the service delivery of the program. The paper also suggests the considerations that prospective studies could use to evaluate the ...

Crimes committed by young have caused a lot of concern among different sectors in the society. Many children who have started committing crimes as early as eighteen years have left many worried what will happen when they become adults. The juveniles being talked about are not those who are dishonest or those who engage in minor social activities which are not acceptable but those who engage in violent crimes. Juveniles are not the only one who engages in criminal activities; adults are also involved in these criminal activities. In adults this may range from breaking traffic rules to wife battering. ...

In deterrence theory it is believed that people weigh the gains and consequences of violating or obeying the law. We have two classifications of deterrence theory: general and specific deterrence theory.
General deterrence prevents general population crime. This is because one is punished as an example to the rest. This is because one has not yet performed the crime; the punishment is to show the horror of what would happen if they committed the crime, thus deterring them from even the thought whereas the pictorial representation of the horror of reccurpesion is very fresh and clear. For example ...

A Summary of General and Specific Deterrence

A Summary of General and Specific Deterrence

Introduction

Deterrence is the omission of legally proscribed acts; hence by this omission one may be abiding by the prescribed law. It is important to distinguish between deterrence and punishment avoidance. While the former has been defined, the later, punishment avoidance happens when there has been commission of a crime but the perpetrator was not punished. This paper shall discuss and give a summary of the distinction between general and specific deterrence.

General deterrence pertains to the effects of legal punishment, of criminals, to the public at large/potential criminals. On the other hand, Specific deterrence ...

Introduction

General and specific deterrence are the two basic categories of deterrence. Broadly, deterrence theory suggests that the actions of humans are rational. What this means is that the action of an individual results from careful consideration of the benefits and costs. As such, an individual only commits a crime if he or she believes that the expected benefits outweigh the likely punishments (Ritchie, 2011). Therefore, the basic premise of the theory is that an increase in the cost of crime leads to a decrease in the number of persons committing crime. It means that any individual will choose to either violate ...

General and specific deterrence
Crimes committed by juveniles raise many concerns because if a child is able to commit a crime at an early age, then it is quite likely for the child to commit even serious crimes in adulthood. Studies have shown that juvenile criminals end up becoming criminals in their later stage in life. This has created the need to deter children and young adults from committing crimes in their adulthood. There are two main methods used to prevent people from committing crimes. They include general or indirect deterrence and specific deterrence. The concept of deterrence is based ...

More than often, variety of programs, facilities, services and organizations remain responsible for the supervision and correctional action undertaken upon individuals within the society who have been convicted of criminal offenses. More significantly, correctional actions and practices, undertaken by individuals and institutions who are premeditated to ensure conformity with the norms and rules of society leads to adoption of either authoritarian, bureaucratic or participative model. Notably, correctional process undertaken ensures adherence to improved quality life through a complicated web of disparate processes that mainly focus on adherence to fair punishment and community protection among the convicts. Considerably, it is essential ...

As I prepare my program, I expect callers to ask questions regarding this subject such as:

1) Should the community correction policy be purposed to watch over an inmate’s behavior?
In case an offender has been taken to prison, watching over the inmate is essential in order to prevent them to engage in fights or uncouth behavior. It’s the role of the correctional officer to prevent the prisoners from escaping from the prison.
2) Who should be responsible in admitting and discharging the inmates in and out of the prison?
When a person is taken into custody, there is a need to have proper records of the person. The correction policy will ...

Juvenile Justice

According to Jennifer Morse, there is a relationship between single parenthood and criminal activities. According to the article, for a child to adopt a good behavior, he/she must grow with bother parents, the mother and the father. If the children grow in a single parent either the mother or the father, there is a probability that the child may end up in prison in his/her future life. This therefore means that single parenthood contributes to increased crimes that cause disturbance to the society. Despite the fact that such children need the support of the other society members as they grow, they are likely to ...

Offender Rehabilitation

The Gladstone Committee Report did not use the word rehabilitation; it instead refers to treatment in relation to how prisoners were treated according to prison conditions at the time. According to the GCR, reformation is impossible to carry out in prison. The Gladstone committee focused on classification of prisoners with the aim of treating people as individuals with the aim of differentiating between offence and offenders. The committee claimed that the offences committed by individuals do not dictate or define the character of an individual. The Gladstone Committee supported the ban of prisoners talking be lifted, introduction of labour ...

Goal and challenges of the justice model

The justice model of sentencing in criminal justice was proposed by one David Fogel as a method of sentencing convicts that would eliminate the disparity created by the unbridled judicial discretion in sentencing. The main goal of the model is to punish crime. It is intended to do away with the rehabilitative aspect of correctional services in that it looks at an adult who has committed the crime as someone who deserves the punishment rather than someone who is ‘sick.’ It reduces the judicial discretion that judges are given by ensuring that the range of years within which a court is ...

Constitutional Standards

Deliberate indifference refers to act that is more than mere negligence but one that is less than a specific intention to harm inmate or inmates. It also refers to an act of reckless behavior without considerations of the consequences of one's actions. For prison officials to be accused of deliberate indifference, they must have prior knowledge towards the security status of an inmate, and they fail to act upon discovering that an inmate’s security is under threat and facing substantial harm. Failing to take steps to overcome this is an act of deliberate indifference. Some inmates may require particular ...

Rape in prisons refers the rape of inmates by other inmates. Recently, rape cases have been on the rise in many American prisons. Rape in prisons has turned out to be a culture, but still the officials in this field have not fully addressed the matter. The act is seriously inhuman, and it should be stopped at all costs. Research shows that rape cases take place about twice per week in Arkansas State penitentiary, in the United States (Casella & Ridgeway, 2010). This is only an overview of the matter. In other prisons, the matter of rape is more severe with ...

Comparing Punishment Theories

The four-day Attica prison uprising was known to be one of the bloodiest in American history. From September 9th to 13, 1971 inmates of Attica correctional facility took control of the prison and made several demands including a change on how prison guards should be treating the inmates. The event resulted to 39 deaths in a 15-minute assault after Nelson Rockefeller has ordered the State police to take over the situation (Kaba, 2011, p.5). This uprising is believed to be caused by the stories of abuse, torture and brutality among inmates by the prison guards. The effects of this incident became ...

There are a number of problems in jails and the biggest problem is that the jails are overcrowded. Another major problem is related to health of prisoners and lack of medical facilities and services in jail. Violence inside the jail is one more problem and there are a number of instances when prisoners get badly injured and in some cases they are also dead. The reasons behind such violence are many but lack of security personnel encourage the prisoners to involve in violent incidents.
A survey report was conducted by bureau of justice that more than one third of prisoners ...

Introduction

Australia’s economically developed status attracts tens of thousands of refugees to the country each year, and this trend poses a range of socio-economic threats to nation. In response to this social problem, the Australian governments under Labor and Liberal parties have been adopting a tough stance towards the refugee arrivals at Australian coasts by boats. Since the increasing number asylum seeking claims has been a sensitive issue in the Australian politics, the political parties always tend to meet the interests of Australian citizens in this regard. This paper will critically evaluate the Australia’s asylum seeker policy, government and community responses ...

In a system where all should by right be judged not by anything other than the acts they’ve committed, the idea that any injustice exists based upon discrimination is abhorrent to the concept of justice. No matter that it should not happen, the many opinions and facts that it does indeed occur have come to light through past generations in order to better shine a light upon the inequities of a system that has for too long leaned in a particular direction. There is no justice for those who are forced not only to pay for their true ...

Counter-Terrorism and Security Powers in the UK

Abstract
This report is based on four submissions as below:
Liberty (Robinson, 2010) submitted an 11-page document which refers to previous government approaches to this subject and expresses a number of serious concerns, most particularly that the current Prevent approach will cause isolation and disillusionment of many UK Muslims.
Amnesty International’s 19-page submission (2010) finds a number of areas of concern regarding human rights erosions and lists several recommendations that the government could adopt to improve / correct the situation.
In his 16-page document that was presented to Parliament in January 2011, Lord Macdonald (2011) referred ...

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Domestic Violence (DV) issue in Britain: An Introduction
Following a long history of domestic violence in Britain, the issue is high on the public agenda that has affected significantly both on economic and personal expense to the British society (Walby, 2004). Throughout the last several years, the women’s rights activists realized several legislation meant to curb the menace of domestic violence in the country.
Moreover, domestic violence in Britain has realized social and political connotations that are usually carried out through patriarchal values. Furthermore, it has caused the ...

Arthur Benaive (2008) like many concerned modern scientists in the American society consistently criticizes attempts by law markers in covering up the real deal of the drug trade claiming to have begun a “war on drugs.’ The author defines this situation “holy war’ comparing it to ones fought in Islamic nations for the purposes of religious freedom or acknowledgement of God. On the other hand, institutions set up to fight ‘war on drugs’ are actually means to building the business since there are benefits to be gained from sustaining it in the name of God classifying it ‘holy.’ From further ...

Individuals with high social status are the associated with white-collar crimes, and this occurs especially in the context of their jobs. The legislature is reluctant in taking actions against these crimes since they least prosecute and investigate these crimes. The legislature seems to neglect the cases as the public gets less concerned with these types of crime. Due to ignorance in prosecution, the U.S congress formulated laws and statutes in the 1980s. The legislature has a challenge when it comes to dealing with corruption, frauds and corruption on the officials (Dorpat, 2007).
The crimes against persons involve murder, rape, ...

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Preventive Methods 10
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Abstract
Before young children are glimpsed as, a continuation of their parents and without their own rights (Haapasalo, 2001). There was couple of regulations to defend young children and double-check their safety. Children who have pledged misdeeds are administered with in mature individual enclosures and penalized in the identical way. Formation of the juvenile court for offenders and re-offenders and there enact regulations to defend young children from misuse, long hours, progeny neglect and the establishment of ...

- What was the legal issue in this case?
The legal issue in this case is based on the ill will acts which could have been evaded by the two parties involved. As an employee as a confinement officer at the Dona Ana County Detention center, Joseph Herrera becomes accused of inapt sexual relationship with female prisoners as well as exchanging sex for favors to prison inmates. Herrera had been hired by the Mesilla Valley Hospital (MVH) following favorable recommendations by Frank Steel and Al Mochen who were senior supervisors in the hospital. Steel had conducted research on the ...

The novel The New Jim Crow by Michelle Alexander and Michelle McCool is another outstanding addition to the already rich literature on racism, specifically that which targets African Americans. From the years of slavery until today, it is safe to say that although there are observable changes regarding the issue, they were only minimal. Proof to this is the number of cases that have been committed against African Americans, with 1,134 deaths involving police officers in 2015. Despite America’s claims that racism doesn’t exist anymore, with the country’s president a black American himself, and Oprah ...

Domestic violence in extreme cases can lead to loss of life. In most cases, women suffer the most from abusive husbands and boyfriends. The film “Provoked” redefines provocation in domestic abuse. In the movie, the judiciary system is called upon to evaluate its judgement on provocation and murder. This paper seeks to critically reflect on the significance of the film “Provoked” as it relates to the treatment of women’s issues and the role of the justice system. It explores how the ultimate goal of seeking prosecution can in the long run deny individuals justice.
At the center of “ ...

Analysis of the News of the World Case

Introduction
The News of the World was one of the big selling newspapers in UK. It was also one of the old newspapers sold in million copies in UK from 1843 to 2011. Owned by the well-reputed media firm News Limited in which Rupert Murdoch, the famous Media tycoon of America, was a managing director, the News of the World was mostly famous for publishing celebrity oriented scandals and populist scoops. Over the years, the newspaper exposed many national as well as local celebrities' sinful sexual acts, drug abuse, and criminal activities by setting up journalists in various disguises ...

Criminal Law

Abstract
This paper will discuss the measures the government will have to take to decrease the level of robbery which will include the criminal policies that has combined both prevention and conservative and deterrence programs. The main problem is the failure to strictly implement the law and weakly defined goals. The technical methods shall also be discussed such as planning, programming and budgeting systems (PPBS), and the cost benefit analysis in order to determine the efficiency of the program. Another consideration to ensure the efficiency of the policy is to address the targeted issue. The best way to ...

Currently, approximately close to 5 million citizens of the United States that represent close to 2 percent of the United States population is denied the right to vote because of felony conviction. Among all democratic nations, the U.S has the most limiting laws in this font amongst all major democracies in the world. Democratic nations such as New Zealand, Denmark Israel, South Africa, Finland among others give right of voting to felons upon completion of the sentence. In my view, denying the vote to ex-offenders is antidemocratic and compromising to the values of freedom and self-determination. Upon completing their ...

The Securities and Futures Ordinance of 1991 was a significant leap in Wall Street regulation. The Ordinance consolidated several laws that were created in the past and helped pave the way towards securing Hong Kong’s financial future. The Ordinance created a universally accepted licensing system in dealing with financial commodities, such as securities and other derivatives (Charltons). The Ordinance also only allows for corporations and individuals representing them to receive that licensing. In addition, the Ordinance provides those currently licensed two years to adjust their platforms to the new regulations provided by the Ordinance. Though it is the ...

Mahathir bin Mohamad is a Malaysian politician, born December 20, 1925, in Alor Setar, the state capital of Kedah, north west. Mahathir was the fourth Malaysian Prime Minister from 1981 to 2003. Mahathir was the youngest of ten children of a professor of Indian origin and a Malay mother. He began a career doctor before entering politics in 1964. Climbing the ladder quickly, he became Prime Minister in July 1981 and quickly gained a reputation as a maverick. Mahathir bin Muhamad was educated in Alor Setar and the King Edward VII Medical College in Singapore. He joined the administration ...

Interview questions

Question1
You and your work partner are driving a dangerous murderer criminal to jail. On the way to the jail, you observe a fatal accident involving two large vehicles. It looks that the damage is critical. What do you do?

Question 2

While off from duty, you go to a nearby shop to buy foodstuff items. People around do not know that you are the police officer. In the process, the cashier engages with you in a discussion and confesses that he recently received counterfeit eighty- dollars in one of his bills today. What action do you take?

Question 3

Everyone in your ...

Fierce Oppression of Youth against Grownups in the National Crime Abuse Study

The research question in this article is a comprehension of youth victimization characterization and explicit comparisons between the adults and youth victimization from secondary data sources. National crime victimization survey was used to rate the comparison of violent youth victimization aged between 12 and 17 and adults. 1994 data analysis showed that teens were substantially prone to be violent crime victims than adults, and they are usually afflicted due to crime-related injury. There were big differences between adults and children present in blacks and whites, males and females and people from different regions. Some of this survey results in ...

Development and Challenges of Football after 1990 World Cup

1.0 Introduction
Football has over the years faced challenges despite its growth in popularity. Szymanski (2002) argues that football has significantly improved the economic standards of the countries who host the world cup and also those with the major leagues. Lee & Taylor (2005) argue that tourism has been on the rise due to football, and this has come to be with the 2202 World Cup hosted by South Korea and Japan. However, the report has dwelt much on the recent history of football that took center stage after the 1990 world cup finals. Some of the main topics that ...

Abstract

This report shows timeline of South Africa and also describes how historical events have shaped the country today. A particular emphasis has been placed on explaining the outcomes of apartheid and racial conflicts on economic conditions.

South Africa preserves one of the earliest and most complete records of human evolution, dating back to 3 million BC.
4th century – Migration of humans, joining indigenous Khoikhoi and San people.
1497 - Vasco da Gama’s crews lands on Natal coast in South Africa.

1652 – Jan van Riebeeck, Dutch East India Company, set up the Cape Colony.

(See Appendix A - Early Migrations)

1795 - British seize the Cape Colony.

1860-1911 – Thousands of traders and laborers arrive from India
1880-81 – European farmers ( ...

Human trafficking has existed since pre-modern times. The European slave trade, which began in the 1400s, is one of the first instances of organized human trafficking and the practice has continued to the present day (“Timeline of Human Trafficking”). A more recent example of the atrocity of human trafficking occurred during World War II when Japan established “comfort stations” for their soldiers. These “comfort stations” were essentially military-controlled brothels where young women (mostly Korean) who had been kidnapped were forced to work as prostitutes for Japanese soldiers (“Timeline of Human Trafficking”). This example perfectly describes the horrendousness of human ...

A specialty court is a term often used to refer to problem-solving courts. These courts have as their main aim the urge to provide assistance to criminal defendants (low-level) who might suffer from mental health, substance or social abuse problem because of becoming repeat offenders. The courts achieve this role through providing intensive supervision and treatment to the victims. The United States of America has a rich network of specialty courts that cover various aspects. In essence, such courts may include Mental Health Treatment Courts, Drug Treatment Courts, Veteran’s Treatment Courts and courts that cater for women that have been ...

The case we are presented with is the Community for Non-Violence vs. Reid,490 U.S. 730 (1989) in which the Community for Non-Violence in its form as an organization dedicated to the elimination of homelessness. With one of its trustees the company was engaged in an oral agreement with Reid who is a sculptor with the agreement based the production of a statue that represents the dramatization of the plight of the homeless. This statue was to be displayed at a Christmas pageant in Washington with Reid working on the statue at his Baltimore studio with several visitors from the Community for ...

Report

Latimer, J., Dowden, C., & Muise, D. (2005). The Effectiveness of Restorative Justice Practices: A Meta-Analysis. The Prison Journal, 85(2), 127-144.

The article aims to provide an empirical synthesis of various existing literature which delve into the question of how effective restorative justice practices are. The article utilizes meta-analytic techniques in the analysis of data retrieved from various studies that compare traditional approaches to criminal justice that are nonrestorative in nature, to restorative justice programs. In particular, the article attempts to highlight the differences in the efficacy levels of the two approaches based on rates of recidivism, restitution compliance, ...

PPP Contracting options

PPP, an acronym for public-private partnership, describes a venture that is financed and operated via a partnership between the government and a company in the private sector. In the contractual agreement, the private entity offers a public service and assumes a significant technical, financial and operational risk. For a contractual agreement between the government and the private entity, the following options are available.

1. Design-Bid-Build: - Firstly, an engineering design firm is contracted to establish guidelines on the required materials, equipment and the potential costs to complete the project. The private sector is then invited to bid on the provided specifications with the winning contractor ...

The movie Chicago came out in 2002. It was one of the greatest opening nights of the year. This film gathered such famous Hollywood stars as Renee Zellweger, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Richard Gere, Queen Latifah and Lucy Liu at one set. Undoubtedly, such strong and popular actor group contributed to the successful promotion of the film. With the total budget of $45 million the movie grossed over $300 million during the time of screening. It received many positive reviews and worldwide acclaim. It collected six Academy Awards (Oscars) including that one, which is considered to be the most important, - the ...

1. The three types of illegal business behavior alleged against Bernie Madoff include fraud, money laundering and theft. The first, fraud, involves coercing investors to decide whether or not to invest by giving them information that does not correspond to the reality of their situation. Madoff did this by This is meant to provide a short term gain for the defrauder, but significant losses for investors – the person committing the fraud gets the investment money while providing no return on that investment back to the investors. This is an unethical business practice, due to the fact that it is an ...