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Community corrections is an important function of the criminal justice system as it offers both non-custodial alternatives and post-incarceration programs such as parole to help reintegrate offenders back into the community. The concept of parole offers great debate among society as to whether it is a beneficial program to utilise. The idea that it could create unnecessary risk to citizens is often counteracted by the belief that the program could provide greater influence on offenders’…

Supermax Prisons an Appropriate Way to Punish Hardened Criminals? Career criminals, who are in and out of prison almost the entirety of their lives, know the roundabouts of the prison and legal systems. Those who work within the Department of Corrections understand the importance and purpose of the security measures that are throughout the prison system. Those who work closely with offenders are put at risk of injury or even death if the proper security measures are not in place. Offenders, who…

was written in February of 2006 in Corrections Today and to also educate the reader on the complex problem of sexual assault in prisons nationwide. Some of the findings are examining how it has progressed, the National Study it went under, the Research Solicitations such as Prevention, Risk Assessment, and Medical-Psychological Impact, Protecting Human Research Subjects, and Looking to the Future. Some other things to look into inside…

I’ve been planning a career in the Criminal Justice system for as long I can remember. I completed a bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice with a minor in the English Language with plans of completing a Juris Doctor. I work on my writing, speech while learning the ins and outs of the criminal justice system. I began to work and volunteer with different court services and reentry organizations. While working I began to see the same client’s and families’ month after month causing me to notice a…

though there are new prisoners continuing to enter through the system (article What can we do about prison overcrowding). The prison population as whole has rapidly increased to forty-one percent since 2000, even though the rate of correctional officers within the prison has only…

of the prison budge, private prisons often cut costs in labor (Blakely & Bumphus, 2004). Private prisons employee 15% fewer guards per prison than public prisoners (Anderson, 2009). As a result, violence among inmates and assaults on correctional officers is more frequent in private prisons. In 2001, a study found private prisons have 65% more inmate-on-inmate assaults and 49% more inmate-on-staff-assaults (Anderson, 2009). With a large turnover of staff, the security of prison operations…

The judicial system was buckling down on different drug offenses such as crack-cocaine, marijuana and opium. In 1985 marijuana was marked as the nation’s “number one problem” when it came to drug abuse. More people started using excessive amounts of marijuana since there was a decriminalization law. Eventually, it reached a high of sixty-four percent; programs and treatments were brought upon such as D.A.R.E (Drug Abuse Resistance Education) and G.R.E.A.T (Gang Resistance Education and Training)…

explore the contribution of the programs as an integral part of criminal justice policy implementation. Literature The multidimensional and complex issues surrounding prisoner reentry has become the most problematic dilemma facing the field of corrections. A radical change in the number of prisoners reentering society has occurred over the past decade. As a result, modification of probation and parole practices have triggered a more unstable…

Education programs in prisons help to reduce recidivism rates. These education programs can be used to help inmates with reentry, all across the country. Unfortunately, these programs, and subsequently the human rights of inmates, are in jeopardy. Due to financial and political reasons, some education programs are cut and enrollment in programs is dropping. Instead of funding and rehabilitating prisoners, money is directed at building more prisons. Additionally, legislation to support inmate…

In community corrections the probation officer is taught that the only difference between us and an offender being on probation is being caught. This general statement is meant to keep the officer level headed as a deterrence of letting power of authority create an inflated ego. In many cases, citizens commit crimes that if they were caught it could possibly land them on probation. However, many of those citizens are not the typical offender on probation. Probation is an alternative sentence…