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| correctional institutions |
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| institutions that carefully classify inmates into treatment programs that address their needs & perceived deficiencies; they are also intended to be places where inmates can earn "good time" & eventual parole |
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| originally constructed in 1773 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, it held pretrial detainees & minor offenders, failing to separate by gender, age, or offense, & used the fee system, which penalized the poor & led to the near starvation of some |
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| founded in 1876 in New York as a model prison in response to calls for the reform of prisons from an earlier era, it aimed to encompass all of the rehabilitation focus & graduated reward system that reformers were agitating for |
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| a graduated reward system for prisons, in which if one behaves, it is possible to earn "marks" that in turn entitle one to privileges |
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| systems devised to use inmates' labor by the prison to farmers or other contracts |
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| built in Illinois as a panopticon in 1925 in reaction to the deplorable conditions of the old Joliet, Illinois prison build in 1860 |
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| rehabilitation model that assumes criminals are sick & need treatment |
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| fortress stone or concrete prisons, usually maximum security, whose attributes include "isolation, routine, & monotony"; strict security & rule enforcement, at least formally, & a regimented schedule are other hallmarks of such facilities |
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| informal rules that inmates live by vis-à-vis the institution & staff |
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| 3 rules of the convict code |
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1. do not inform
2. do not openly interact or cooperate with the guards or the administration
3. do your own time |
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| large prisons, of any security level, where inmates' lives & movement are severely restricted & rule-bound; there is no pretense of rehabilitation; punishment, incapacitation, & deterrence are the only justifications |
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