January 18, 2011 One of the tricks of surviving prison time is to learn how to deal with your fellow prison inmates. It is important to get a record for good behavior as this could help in getting a sentence reduced if you are in after being found guilty of a minor crime for which you were recomm...
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Robert Johnson Jul. 23, 2011 The U.S. has a greater percentage of its population locked up than any other country in the world. Despite budget cuts and tax shortfalls housing inmates costs the country almost $600 billion a year. Despite the rising incarceration rates over the last decade, cri...
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Lindsay,Yahoo! Contributor Network Apr 30, 2007 Throughout my college career, all of my preconceived notions about the Criminal Justice System have been shattered. In the beginning, I was astonished to hear that only 10% of crimes are cleared in the United States. I would have liked to believe, ...
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Myth: Habitat takes advantage of prison labor. Truth: Habitat for Humanity works because people from all walks of life give freely of their time and talents to help low-income people. Volunteers are the cornerstone of Habitat for Humanity, and no volunteer’s participation can be mandated by the g...
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Tamar Lewin, New York Times Sunday, April 15, 2001 Eddie Dillard, a prisoner at California's Corcoran State Prison, knew what was in store the instant he heard who his new cellmate was to be: Wayne Robertson, a 230-pound sexual predator. Two years earlier, the men had fought after Dillard...
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By: Elmer Miller - StatisticianWhat happened? Who stole all the prisoners' property? Who's looting the Inmate General Welfare Fund? What Happened to the computers? What happened to the music keyboards? What happened to the big screen TV? What happened to the exercise bicycle? What happened to th...
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Why do we lock up so many people?Six million people are under correctional supervision in the U.S.—more than were in Stalin’s gulags. Photograph by Steve Liss. by Adam Gopnik - January 30, 2012A prison is a trap for catching time. Good reporting appears often about the inner life of the Americ...
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Social Issues in Prison Steven Limbaugh, Yahoo! Contributor Network Jul 30, 2010 Sexual relations between inmates have been an ongoing occurrence long before the terminology prison and correctional facility ever existed. The majority of prisons throughout the United States completely ignore t...
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MAY 31, 2009 Thanks to a little-known policy at the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), the guy sitting next to you on the bus could be a convicted felon. As part of a cost-cutting program, the BOP allows more than 25,000 prisoners each year to ride unescorted and unannounced between federal correc...