JAIL AND PRISONS COMPARISON

Jail and Prisons Comparison

Derrick Stogner

CJS/255

December 14, 2015

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Jail and Prisons Comparison

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“No one truly knows a nation until one has been insides its jails. A nation should not be

judged by how it treats its highest citizens but its lowest ones.”

-Nelson Mandela

In the following paper I will discuss with you some of the similarities of jails and prison our

great nation has to offer. I will discuss a little about the brief history of our jails and prisons and

the role they play within our criminal justice field. I will go into other details well and by the end

there should be a better understanding of the difference and similarities of our jails and prisons.

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A description of jail’s place in corrections and its role throughout history

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Jail’s place in corrections has slightly changed since the introduction in England.
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However, at its roots it has remained the same, it is a place to hold those who are awaiting trial or
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are initially arrested for a supposed crime. Jail is place at the county level to hold those awaiting
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to go to state or federal prisons, those being transferred from one jail to the next, those that have
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been found guilty of a crime and have a sentence usually of a year or less, and those who have
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violated parole or probation. Which at its roots like stated previously was what it was mainly
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used for. Jail is a place, a tool used to make those who break the law pay back society by taking

their freedom away, stripping them of their everyday rights and forcing them into a place that
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normally will make a person not want to break the law again. A way of publicly shaming them as
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you will but behind bars and concert unlike the old days in the time square.
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A summary of the history of state and federal prisons

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“The first jails were created in England. The first gaol, as jails were then called, was

ordered built by King Henry II in 1166.” (University of Phoenix, na) The early jails in the first

colonies followed much the similar route as those in England, except for in the colonies they

would usually hold up to thirty people in one large room till they went to trail. Those found guilty

would usually be fined and those too poor to pay would work off their debt. By the end of the

nineteenth century most states had erected jails to hold and house people awaiting trails or doing

sentences less then or up to a year. State prisons hold offenders who don’t violet late federal law

but are sentenced to more than a year. Federal prisons are usually reserved for those who violet

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federal law. County jails can also hold people awaiting to be transferred to either a state or

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federal prisons.

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A comparison of the similarities and differences between security levels in jails, state prisons, and
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federal prisons
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The similarities in security levels between the different jails and prison across the nation
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are pretty clear once you look at. At first most new prisoners are held in a holding area till they
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are reviewed for crime and history. This is to see where the individual fits best at within the jail or
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prison. After that the prisoner is assigned to either a low risk level wing, medium level, or high
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risk. High risk usually involves 24hr supervision, constant lock down and individual quarters.

The low risk is usually given more freedom in that they are confined in a cell with an another
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person and are in general population. This is normal from the county level to the federal level
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within the corrections field. All corrections also have lock down procedures in place for out of
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control inmates, they all securities levels when it comes time to let the inmates out for rec time, as

well as chow time. All prisons and jails also utilize daily inspections and roll calls to account for

all inmates.

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An explanation of factors influencing population increases in jails, state prisons, and federal

prisons

When it comes to factors for the influence in population increases it could be related and

argued for days. They are the economy and loss of jobs resulting in those less fortunate forced to

steal, the increase in gang population and activity, there is the increase and stricken of the laws

causing more people to be incrassated, there is the outcry from the minorities that they are being

wrongfully accused and sentenced to jail because of their color, and finally but not lastly there has

been a population boom in the last 50 years like never before. There are more people than ever

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on the planet causing there to be a greater need for housing of those who break the law. The hold

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jails and prison that use to be enough are no longer capable of doing the job.

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With all the factors that could result in someone going to jail or prison all could easily be
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stopped or avoided if those who choose to break the law just instead decided to follow the law.
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References

University of Phoenix. (na). Corrections: An Introduction. Retrieved from University of Phoenix,

CJS/255 website.

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