WHY SHOULD WE LET COMPANIES PRIVATIZE PRISONS IN AMERICA? The prison industrial complex is an ever growing topic of discussion in the United States as the use of private prisons is becoming more prevalent for housing inmates. This is because as Richard Harbison states, “Private operators can design, build and operate a prison cheaper than the government, be it state or the federal government.” (Cohn) However this idea of saving money is a point of debate, because the United States currently has more inmates than any other country in the world, "perhaps half a million more than China" (Schlosser), we are constantly in need to continue to house more an more inmates and ways to pay for them. Over the last half century the rate of incarcerated individuals has gone from 110 per 100,000 people to a rate of 445 per 100,000 to even 1,100 per 100,000 among adult men (Schlosser). This large increase in the rate of incarceration is the biggest dertermining factor for the rise of private prisons in the US and because the United States has setup a system in which we are putting people in prison at a much faster rate than anywhere else in the world private prisons have become more and more acceptable.
The number of prisoners released each year has increased over the years, but their growth rates are declining (Lynch & Sabol, 2001). A huge issue is keeping these offenders out of prison. Rearrests are most common in the first six months after release (Petersilia, 2001) which puts pressure on corrections to figure out ways to make the transition easier and keep them from being sent back to prison. Attention to small details at the moment of release are crucial. Examples are, the time of day prisoners are released, whether they have proper identification, if there are already arrangements made for housing, treatment, jobs, and family reunification.
House arrest is a program that requires that the convicted offender is made to spend a certain amount of time per week in his or her own home wearing an electronic monitoring device that is wore around the ankle. House arrest is usually offered to less serious offenders, and is used to help in the effort to free up jail space, tax dollars and other law enforcement resources. How it works is the electronic device is linked by telephone lines to a central computer which sends a continuous signal. If the offender goes outside of the permitted perimeter, the device will have a disrupted signal and will show what the date and time is of when the signal disappeared and reappeared. If the signal is not detected during a time that the offender is required to be home the authorities are notified and a warrant may
Most of my study time is planned for when Lois has gone to bed. Evaluation; Having Saturday off work or studying is really important to me and I need to recharge my batteries sometimes. I have lots of family and relaxing time but this can also be a time friends or family come over to us. As this is a normal office week this cannot always happen so sometimes it can be tough. Analysis; I have 22 months to go on this course and I am prepared to do whatever it takes to get the best out of me.
Corrections, Bay State Correctional Center, Baldwin State prison and etc. are all examples of state prisons. State prison's population has increased to 739 per 100,000 people. That is the highest incarceration rates in the world. The U.S. Correctional professionals can solve this problem by focusing ,not only the structure of the confinement to hold this outrageous number of incarcerated prisoners, but to also turn their focus on reducing the population by changing one's character with
This confinement to home through the federal courts have three different levels of restrictions with one being home detention, curfews, and incarcerated at home. With the curfew the offender must be inside of the home at a certain time, the home detention would require the offender to be at home at all times unless otherwise he / she is preapproved or scheduled to be away. The home incarceration would require a 24-hour a day lock down in the home except for medical reasons, court appearances and other appointments required or approved by the courts (Schmalleger, 2012). When one take a look at the positive effects of the home monitor, it eases the overcrowding of the jails, cuts cost in the government budget, improves the rehabilitation program and less cost for the prison / administration (Electronic Monitoring in the Criminal Justice System, n.d.). Research suggest that the cost for home confinement is approximately 1,130 per year for probation and 2,190 for parole.
Deep Meadow Correctional Center is a state prison in Virginia; the average daily population is 840 prisoners ("Virginia.gov", 1997). According to Boyd and Jenny (2002) “Newly released data from the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics shows that growth in the state prison population is continuing to slow – for the U.S. as a whole, state prison populations grew by only 0.4 percent between June 30, 2000 and June 30, 2001”. So despite the fact that prison population is growing at a slow rate, prisons are still over-crowded. U.S corrections professionals can solve the problem of exponential growth in state prison systems by refocusing on rehabilitation of some criminals. Programs could be offered to help an inmate began changing their lives and I do not necessarily mean and educational degree program.
Student athletes need to manage their time productively by not being able to waste the limited time they have and to plan ahead with daily schedules that organize their time as necessary to fulfill each of their responsibilities. These responsibilities include classes, study time individually and/or with a tutor, practice, individual practice and games. “On an average day for a student athlete is spent with 1 hour of lifting weights and/or individual practice and about 2 hours of mandatory practice. Without including any games and travel time, these practice times can easily add up to 15-20 hours a week. Along with these practices each day, an average student takes 4-5 classes during a semester, which add up to 10-15 hours of class time per week.” There are just as many hours spent practicing as there are spent in class.
The people that are selected and one of the best and only about thirty to forty of them are lucky enough (only people that are going to be released in a year or less qualify for the program). The trainers of PIECP that work with the inmates were in prison at one point in their lives and were accepted into the program. PIECP gives inmates a second chance at life and gives them a lot more employment opportunities then an average person would get when released from prison. This program is extremely effective, 82% of PIECP participants were arrest free after the first year of release (Moses and Smith)
Daily activities for the Primary program (about 42 days) include completing assigned chores,participating in individual and group counseling, attending lectures on addiction and recovery and Twelve Step meetings and practicing sober living and socialization skills. As clients advance from Primary to Secondary (30 to 60 days) and Extended (up to one year) residential treatment, the program offers budgeting/banking, cooking/shopping and time management skills. Clients in the Second and Extended phases are required to obtain employment within the first 30 days of admission to these