Criminal Justice Incarceration Prisonis an institution designed to securely house people who have been convicted of crimes. These such people are known as prisoners or inmates and are kept in an ongoing custody for a certain amount of time. The type of crime decides the length of the sentence. For some such crimes (i.e. murder) individuals may be sentenced to a lifetime imprisonment. In order for an individual to be incarcerated, they have to …showed first 75 words of 1946 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1946 total…more prisons need to be built to accomodate all the criminals. Just as the rate of criminals increases, the prison environments get a little bit better from the organizations that protest malignant mistreatings. Works Cited 1. Magazine article Stukin, Stacie. "Violated" Vibe Monthly January 2004: 100-104. 2. Book Kosof, Anna. Prison Life: The Crisis Today. New York: Franklin Watts, A Division of Grolier Publishing, 1995. 3. Online source "Prison," Microsoft Encarta Online Encyclopedia 2003. Available. http://encarta.msn.com. copyrighted 1997-2003.