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jail and you could visualize the way I felt going from being released after 1 to 3 days and now being sentenced to 30 days in jail. So after being sentenced and spending hours in the courthouse I was sent to downtown Los Angeles which is considered county jail. As I first arrived it was similar to all the other experiences we were checked by officers which included eradicating our clothing for the purpose of making sure nothing was brought into the jail. After some other normal procedures which…

Harrisonburg-Rockingham County, a county within the state of Virginia, had a population of 130, 649 in 2010, a 9% increase from 2009. (Census, 2010). Although not a causal relationship, an increase in population is by far the single best predictor of violent and property crime counts (Chamil & Cochran, 2004). As a result, it can be inferred that a continuing increase in population will, if not already, result in an abundance of pressure for Harrisonburg-Rockingham County court services and…

mistreated or not received the service you deserve? This is how some students in Caldwell County feel. The students believe they are not receiving as high of an education as they deserve. Due to budget cuts and focusses being shifted to statistics instead of the education of the child, students are not receiving proper education. The education of students is in a decline for the United States and Caldwell County. According to Lyndsay Layton in “11 Facts About Education in America,” the United…

During my Spring Semester I intern with Judge Francyzk in the Erie County Court in Buffalo, New York. This internship helped me shape my knowledge in the criminal justice system. In this internship I observed cases and trials and also reviewed legal documentations. Moreover, this internship was helpful because it opened new opportunities for my future in the long run. Throughout this internship I also got to determine what areas I am more interested and would like to pursue in the criminal…

The Jefferson County School District is in the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. Originally Jefferson County was a part of Berkeley County, Virginia before the two divided in 1801 (Jefferson County Historical Society, 2006). The district received its name in honor of the United States President-elect Thomas Jefferson. Although Jefferson did not win the Presidential election he served as the first Secretary of State under George Washington’s Administration (“Jefferson,” 2006). However, before…

since our media have published a chilling inside story of the life in the Sonoma County jail (Main Adult Detention Facility) that remained unsolved by experts for years. The most important subject publicized from this magnificent source, was that this immoral county jail has lacked the quality of serious attention for prisoners with mental health disabilities. There are mental health resources in the Sonoma County jail. These programs are available for ordinary inmates in certain modules, but…

Epilogue Despite a worldwide manhunt, the Cook County DA was never able to bring Jack Purdy to justice. Maggie Bottomly was eventually reelected and served another four years as Cook County Sheriff. Her dreams of going to Washington never materialized after Richard Sawyer pulled his financial support. As for Deputy Sheriff Remington, he never served day one as Cook County Sheriff, having been defeated by ex-Sheriff Stan Baca four-years later in a runoff election. To this day, Bottomly has no…

Granville County Schools According to the National Center of Education Statistics , as of the 2012-2013 school year there were 8710 students,20 schools, 531 full time teachers, and the student teacher ratio is 16.38 within the rural Granville County School System. (As cited in Common Core of Data Public school district data for the 2012-2013) The entire system consists of four high schools, four middle schools, nine elementary schools, Granville Online (Virtual Classroom), and two charter…

Case Summary & Background Patrick Marlowe, who is a former correctional officer of Wilson County in Lebanon, Tennessee, was sentenced to life imprisonment on charges relating to violations of the civil rights of inmates at the Wilson County Jail. Mr. Marlowe was the supervisory corrections officer on the evening shift of the Wilson County Jail from 2001 to early 2003 (Burke, 2006). He and several former correctional officers were convicted at trial of conspiring to violate the rights of inmates…

Reflection Two Things I Didn’t Know The first thing I learned about the social work practice while at Mille Lacs County is that not all situations will play out how you want them to. Of course I knew that in a general sense; however, there were many situations that I was a part of and/or heard about at the county where things didn’t go down how they were expected to, wanted to, or maybe even should have. This job can be unpredictable with clients as well as with judges and that is something that…