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    committed a crime should not have the option to gain a free education while incarcerated, because they gave up their rights when they committed the crime. People also believe if a person goes to prison that person is there for punishment and not rehabilitation. To quote “Some argue that privileges offered in county prisons are too abundant and defeat the purpose of serving one’s actual sentence, while members of the opposite belief say that these offerings are needed to keep the inmates sane.” -…

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    post-prison treatment programs (National Association of Drug Court Professionals). Although prison is not the ideal place to recover from drug addiction, rehabilitation facilities may be. This raises the controversy on whether drug addicts should go to jail or rehabilitation centers. In most states addicts are not given the option to attend a rehabilitation facility rather than prison, but if they were, they would be out of prison, which would solve many problems America’s justice and legal…

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    increased by over 400%. (vlog) California is at the forefront of this problem, as they have recently exceeded their maximum prison capacity. Their system was designed to hold 83,219 inmates, but has greatly exceeded this number with their population peaking at more than 144,000 (MacDonald, 2013). So what caused this influx of criminals sentenced to jail? Many argue that harsh policies like California’s “Three Strikes and You’re Out” are to…

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    Golden Gulag Analysis

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    affected by any form of social racism and in particular those individuals who continue to fight for human rights. Golden Gulag: Prisons, Surplus, Crisis, and Opposition in Globalizing California, promises to analyze the underlying causes that have perpetuated the exponential growth of state run prisons in California from a socioeconomic framework. Lastly, parenthetical citations are used throughout different sections of the reading to provide additional information and credit…

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    The first step is at the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. So, if one is convicted of a sex offense that person is sent to prison, which is the case of Respondent Hansen. Yet, when one is near the end of their prison term, the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation looks at Respondent Hansen’s rap sheet, what he is there for and then sends the case to the Board of Parole Hearings…

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    keep the addicts away from drugs but many people agree that it does not. “The prison wall is not a boundary anymore,” says Terry Thornton, a spokeswoman for California’s Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (Mitchell, 1). Thornton speaks on the fact that, there are roughly 1,000 drug incidents reported annually in California prisons and even more in other states. If jail time is supposed to keep drug addicts away from drugs then why are there so many “drug incidents” in prison. This is…

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    Parole Hearing Essay

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    Module 3 Assignment 1 Discussion Michael Jones 6/12/2016 9:48:36 PM The State Of California Parole Procedures: The Board of Parole Hearings (BPH) conducts parole consideration hearings, parole rescission hearings and parole progress hearings for adult inmates and parolees under the jurisdiction of the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. The duties of the BPH also include, but are not limited to, mentally disordered offender and sexually violent predator screenings and hearings,…

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    Decriminalization On Drugs

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    camp rehab. Like intensive probation, boot camp rehab encompasses a strict daily regimen over several months that enforces structure, responsibility, and respect for authority. Boot camp rehab is more affordable than many traditional forms of rehabilitation. However, boot camp rehab does not address the underlying issues that influence the…

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    killing of someone that has been convicted of a capital crime. In California, the following are considered Capital Crimes; “first-degree murder with special circumstances; sabotage; train wrecking causing death; treason; perjury causing execution of an innocent person; fatal assault by a prisoner serving a life sentence.” Public executions have been a long lasting tradition in our history. The first documented execution in California was in April 1878, when four Native Americans were shot for…

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    of my leadership experience is portrayed during my tenure as the Chief of the Office of Resource Planning and Reduction (RPRS). As the Chief of RPRS, I was responsible for overseeing and implementing various layoff plans for the Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Preceding my appointment to…

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