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Prison
About: Prison is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 25120 publications have been published within this topic receiving 470474 citations. The topic is also known as: jail & gaol.
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01 Jan 1989TL;DR: From its inception in the 1820s, the American prison was meant to be more than a sturdy cage of high, thick, stone walls in which the wayward could be restrained as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: From its inception in the 1820s, the American prison was meant to be more than a sturdy cage of high, thick, stone walls in which the wayward could be restrained. The prison’s founders called their invention a “penitentiary,” a label that embodied their optimism that this carefully planned social institution had the power to reform even the most wicked spirit (Rothman, 1971).
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TL;DR: In this article, female prisoners participating in a specialized children's visitation program were interviewed to gain their perceptions of their relationships with their children, and how the program had affected this bond.
Abstract: The impact of parental incarceration on minor children has been well documented. Children with at least one parent in prison are at greater risk to suffer from anxiety, depression, sleeplessness, anger, and attention deficiencies. In comparison to the research on children, less emphasis has been placed on how mothers are affected when they are incarcerated away from their children. The current research focus is how children's visitation programs and parenting classes can improve the relationships between incarcerated women and their children. Female prisoners participating in a specialized children's visitation program were interviewed to gain their perceptions of their relationships with their children and how the program had affected this bond. A comparison group of women not in the program were also questioned about their relationships with their children. The authors suggest that incarcerated mothers respond positively to institutional efforts to keep them in touch with their children.
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TL;DR: This article used longitudinal administrative data from all criminal justice and human service agencies in New South Wales, Australia, to create life-course pathways for 2,731 persons who had served time in prison and whose mental health and cognitive disability diagnoses were available.
Abstract: Persons with cognitive disabilities such as intellectual disability, borderline intellectual disability, and acquired brain injury are overrepresented in Australian criminal justice systems both as victims and as offenders. Data obtained in Australia and internationally indicate that up to 12% of the prison population has an intelligence quotient (IQ) of less than 70, with up to 30% having an IQ of between 70 and 80, indicating substantially higher representation of intellectual disability and borderline intellectual disability than in the general population. Indigenous Australian adults in prison are significantly more likely to have intellectual disability than their non-Indigenous counterparts. Points of intervention throughout individuals' trajectories into and through the criminal justice and human service system are investigated, allowing new ways of understanding how persons with intellectual and other cognitive disabilities are vulnerable to the harms of control-and-punishment systems. Using an innovative data-linking and data-merging method, the authors compiled longitudinal administrative data from all criminal justice and human service agencies in New South Wales, Australia, to create life-course pathways for 2,731 persons who had served time in prison in New South Wales and whose mental health and cognitive disability diagnoses were available. Mapping service agency responses and institutional trajectories of these persons from an early age reveal a picture of early police contact and enmeshment in juvenile and adult corrections with high frequency, but often of low duration. Poor recognition of cognitive disability coupled with the presence of mental disorders and substance use disorders is associated with multiple and compounding social disadvantage and vulnerability to harm. This group is subject to multiple, simultaneous, and continuing human service agency interventions, which have only limited impact on their offending and (re) incarceration. Provision of appropriate support before, during, and after imprisonment is likely to reduce these individuals' vulnerability to harm and improve their experiences of community integration. Language: en
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TL;DR: A summary of a 1S-year effort to determine the effects of prison crowding and their relationship to the broader realm of crowding phenomena and theories can be found in this paper.
Abstract: This volume is a summary of a 1S-year effort to determine the effects of prison crowding and their relationship to the broader realm of crowding phenomena and theories. Although the writing of this volume was for the most part a solitary effort, the data and ideas it is based on were mostly the result of a collaborative effort with Verne Cox and Garvin McCain. Their schedules limited their ability to contribute to this volume, but they provided much constructive feedback and assistance. Cox also wrote a preliminary draft of Chapter 3, and both McCain and Cox made major contributions to Chapter S and assisted with several other chapters. I am greatly indebted to these two fine scholars for their efforts and support over the course of our joint research endeavors. In recognition of this fact, the pronoun "we" is used throughout this volume. This research would not have been possible without the cooperation and support of thousands of inmates and hundreds of prison officials. The un conditional support throughout the project from Director Norman Carlson and former regional research director Jerome Mabli, both of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, is also greatly appreciated. Thanks are due to the National Institute of Justice for financial support during various phases of this project. The support of John Spevacek of the Institute was indispens able. Funds were also provided by the Hogg Foundation, U. S. Department of Justice-Civil Rights Division, and the University of Texas at Arlington."
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