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Community corrections can be defined as a set of interrelated programs designed to prevent future criminal activity, by providing opportunities that allow ex-offenders to re-integrate themselves back into society, without compromising public order or safety. Facilities such as Halfway houses, Day Reporting Centers and Halfback houses focus on various forms of counseling to address the needs of ex-offenders. Daily programming include, but are not limited to, educational /vocational training, drug/ alcohol treatment, anger management and conflict resolution. In addition, community corrections also serve as a remedy to prison overcrowding. For instance, after completing a portion of their prison sentence, parolees are often mandated by the State Parole Board to attend these programs as alternatives to incarceration. The concept of community corrections is one of rational thinking. In a broad sense, first, the major factors often associated with criminal behavior are identified.(i.e. education, drug addiction, employment) Second, community based programs are then structured with key components that target such factors. Third, offenders on either probation/parole, are placed in these facilities, some with specific instructions from the court/parole board, which indicate the type and amount of treatment they should receive. Ultimately, the desired outcome of community corrections is to ensure, that upon completing the program, ex-offenders will be less likely to continue any criminal behavior, thus aiding in crime reduction. |
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Children desire and need to bond with their father. This includes youth, school aged children and even infants! Children who have a relationship with their father are more apt to develop completely and become confident responsible adults. The Family Connections Center in NH prisons is devoted to helping children of incarcerated men get connected and stay connected with their dad. Give us a call in Berlin at 752-0397 or in Concord at 271-8855 or have dad send a request slip to FCC requesting a meeting! |
George Martorano is now in a MEDIUM security federal prison, serving his twenty-fouth year of a life sentence. He was just recently moved from the Max. USP, were he had spent most of his sentence. The Bureau of Prisons can verify that George is the longest serving non-violent first-time offender in the history of the United States. After being caught with a truck of marijuana, George was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. This was in 1982, when the War on Drugs had strong momentum. Other people who had committed similar crimes received a maximum of twenty years. Manuel Noriega, contrasted with George, is one of the most infamous drug traffickers of all time, yet only received a forty year sentence–with the possibility of parole. |
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The Jailhouse Journal is published by The POW network. A magazine for the incarcerated nation. |
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This site exposes the Texas prison system for what it really is and addresses matters and issues from an inside perspective and telling those who read things about the Texas prison system that you would only know if you were a part of this system. |
AR based prisoner organization. Provides all kinds of resource information,parole and post prison info and resources, pen pal connections and page, Bible and Bible study sources, internet searches, clothes closet project for released prisoners, dictionaries provided free to AR prisoners, a statewide visitation carpool database program,aftercare consultation and administrative intervention. |
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Interstate Commission for Adult Offender Supervision - This is the Administrators page where you can get information related to your specific State. |
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A member of Congress declares that better data are needed to show the savings taxpayers could gain if people with mental illness were treated instead of incarcerated. Federal support is needed to reverse the increasing "criminalization" of mental illness and drug addiction, according to APA and federal health officials. |
Associate Content Producer writing about prison issues and inmates. |
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The Prison Insider is the website for articles by inmates, ex-felons and outsiders. TPI addresses the need for resources and creative writing. |
In the hills east of Sacramento, California, Folsom State Prison stands beside a man-made lake, surrounded by granite walls built by inmate laborers. The gun towers have peaked roofs and Gothic stonework that give the prison the appearance of a medieval fortress, ominous and forbidding. For more than a century Folsom and San Quentin were the end of the line in California's penal system; they were |
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