Corrections and Treatment There are many community-based treatment efforts that the courts can implement into a juveniles punishment rather than to incarcerate. A few of these community-based treatments are: House arrest, residential programs, and balanced probation. House arrest is conducted through an electronic GPS monitoring system that uses an ankle bracelet to send signals directly to the police department. Individuals offered this form of punishment are forced to remain within a specified
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interviewed indicated the leaders had not effectively communicated to the nursing staff Nightingales reporting policy. (The Joint Commission: LD.04.01.05, 2012) This shows that commutation is an improvement item this hospital has to add to their correction plan. Nightingale Community Hospital needs to fix their poor communication among staff members hospital-wide. The introduction of a monitoring system to improve communication and emphasize team members roles in reporting critical values will increase
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16h, 2015 Abstract I am writing this research paper as it affects me on a personal level. I chose this topic so I could learn more about the subject and use the information to better assist me in my dealings with the Maine Department of Corrections and with my day to day mental health issues. I was recently released from Maine State Prison on March 20th, 2015 after serving a two year sentence. Recently, I went to a psychiatrist for an evaluation and the doctor diagnosed me with Attention Deficit
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NEWS AND trenDS AROUND supervision, and accurately and objectively identified higher risk juveniles who most need and can most benefit from rehabilitative treatment. Monthly statistics tell the story. In April 2007, the department was managing a caseload of 400 juveniles with a staff of 10 supervising field officers and an outpatient treatment budget of $120,000. Today, the total caseload is down to about 280, as the department has done a better job keeping very low risk youth out of the system altogether
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Rasmussen Medical Center Policy: Health Record Documentation Requirements Approval Date: xx/xx/xxxx Policy Group: Medical Staff Bylaws ------------------------------------------------- All medical staff and health care providers shall: History & Physical 1. A complete history and physical examination shall, in all cases be done no more than 7 days before or 24 hours after the admission of a patient. Physical examinations may be used from the previous hospitalization if the examination
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and some offenders keep repeating the crimes; jail’s place in corrections and throughout history is an important one. There is a long history of state, and federal prisons with a series of similarities and differences between security levels in the jails, state prisons, and federal prisons. The corrections system has improved over the years to try to benefit not only the community, but the offenders as well. Punishment and corrections for crimes has been around for centuries; in Colonial America
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very important when it comes to reduced reoffending. Principles of effective intervention is what psychologists developed and became organizing concepts of community corrections. The “what works” movement in corrections include four principles of the intervention which are risk principle, criminogenic need principle, treatment principle, and fidelity principle. The following paragraphs will discuss the importance and conclusioin of effective intervention. The first general principle is
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of the systems concept of corrections? There are many different ways to look at corrections as systems, to begin studies show that the systems are not very effective and this makes it hard for corrections to have a justified case when asking for money for, prisons, criminal justice policies and new ideas. Although over seven million Americans are now in the corrections system, it is still a misinterpreted field because prior to 1990 no Americans were exposed to corrections. Another disadvantage seen
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Looking at JimmieJo’s current diagnosis of bipolar disorder, it is highly unlikely that he can receive the appropriate treatment required to maintain the violent outbursts associated with the disorder. Much like sending him to prison, jail would only increase the likelihood that he would become a threat to himself and others. With the jails inability to provide adequate treatment and medication, JimmieJo will be released after the maximum one year sentence to return to the streets and his old way
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Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is a problem largely attributed to the increase of drug convictions. Decades of tough-on-crime laws coupled with minimal financing for treatment programs have left prisons overcrowded and under funded. With the advent of crack cocaine and the response of a scared nation President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs in 1982 (Clear, Cole, & Reisig, 2009). In 1987 congress implemented mandatory minimum sentencing effectively increasing the time served
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