Their most common duties are to supervise offenders placed on supervision, and to investigate offender's personal and criminal history for the Court prior to sentencing. Probation officers
The applicant is then awarded a graduation certificate at the end of the term if he or she passes the written exam and practical exercises of firing a handgun. Upon receipt of this graduation certificate, the applicant must then go to his or her local county sheriff’s department and apply for a concealed carry permit. Some states may vary slightly, but most all states require a criminal background check, character references, psychological evaluations, and finger printing along with the training certificate. There is usually a four to eight week waiting period while this application is being
Rick Holland American Corrections Phase 4 IP Professor Dawn Howell 12/15/14 “Objective jail classification (OJC) is a process of assessing every jail inmate's custody and program needs and is considered one of the most important management tools available to jail administrators and criminal justice system planners. An effective system of inmate classification will reduce escapes and escape attempts, suicides and suicide attempts, and inmate assaults.” (NICIN, 2006) Upon being convicted of a crime worthy of a prison sentence the convicted criminal are referred to a reception area for classification. This classification determines what facility and what level of confinement he or she will receive. In the State of California,” upon arrival to a prison Reception Center, the inmate must go through the reception and classification process. This could take up to 120 days.
Minimum requirements include that an individual be a U.S. citizen, have a valid driver’s license, one year experience involving public contact, a high school diploma or GED, no serious misdemeanors or any felonies after 18, and be at least 21 at the time of graduation from the Police Academy. These requirements and rules are set by the government for police organizations to follow (Grant & Terry, 2008). The first requirement after all minimum requirements are met is to complete an application or written examination. Other requirements and eligibility standards are similar among some agencies but not every agency is the same at the local, state, or federal level. Most federal law enforcement agencies require that an applicant have an undergraduate degree.
Every ethical theory has its own unique way on looking into issues. Utilitarian stands out the most to me because it stands for the belief that moral rules should be choices made by a society to promote the happiness of its members. Through the utilitarian view the argument could be made that these prisoners are being treated to good and not good enough. If this theory was utilized within the jail system many issues would be solved and go along with the right and not wrong. I was a Correction Officer for a few years in the city jail called Rikers Island.
Corrections History and Institutions Cherese Murphy CJA/234 June 14, 2012 Samantha Scales Corrections History and Institutions Since 1790 jails have played a major role in the correctional system (Richard P. Seiter (2011)). Jails in the United States are correctional facilities that hold people before and after adjudication. However, jails are sometimes confused with lockups; lockup only holds offenders for a short period of time, which is normally 48 hours or less. Jail facilities provide: services to rehabilitate offenders, security, food, and health care. Although there are various ways of describing jail facilities, such as: correctional center, detention facility, house of correction, and prison they all have common roles (Richard P. Seiter (2011)).
Jails are a confinement facility administered by an agency of local government, typically a law enforcement agency, which holds people detained pending adjudication or committed after adjudication, usually those sentenced to a year or less. Usually, a county sheriff’s department runs the local jail. In most states, there is at least one jail in every county. In some bigger counties, they may have more than one jail to house the inmates. Criminal offenders who are sentenced to jail usually carry a sentence of less than one year.
The nature of a crime determines the level of a prison, if a person committed a more violent crime; it is likely that he would be sent to a more secured level of a prison. A review is made of all the material collected about the prisoner, including the presentence report. A classification committee, which includes a custody staff member, makes the final decision at what level (there are five classifications levels - I through V) to house the prisoner based on recommendations made by a processor who has evaluated all the reports and test results. (Michigan.gov, 2014) In order to explain the classification levels for inmates, one must understand the levels of security. All prisons erected in the United States have some level of security where inmates can be housed.
Prison Life and Strategies to Reduce Recidivism Student’s name: Institution: Prison Life and Strategies to Reduce Recidivism Introduction All societies in the world acknowledge the fundamental role that prisons and jails play in ensuring that law breakers receive the punishment they deserve. At the same time, prisons offer the offenders an opportunity to reform and become better people in the society. In the United States, an estimated two million inmates are housed in jails and prisons of the country. Statistics indicate that a large percentage of these prisoners is comprised of people who have been imprisoned in the past, as well as, those who have not been inmates in the past. The issue of prison conditions and the impacts they have on the future lives of inmates has attracted significant interest in the American society.
Community Corrections Barb Vorachek University of Phoenix (Axia) CJS/230 Theresa Degard 12/11/11 Community Corrections The goals of community corrections are to contribute to public safety, and reduce future criminal conduct (Martin, 2006). Community corrections are a big part of the criminal justice system. Community corrections are a form of punishment that an offender can receive to serve time in the community, instead of serving it in jail. There are many forms of community corrections it does not only involve probation and parole. Other forms include community service and house arrest (Foster, 2006).