Prisoner in United States

Prisoner Definition

One person held in confinement against his will. See more definition of Prisoner in the Dictionaries.

Post – Prisoner Patterns

Two-thirds of all the inmates California releases on parole go back to prison within three years, according to a report from the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR).

Because California is the only state that has both determinate sentencing and mandatory parole, its recidivism rate has long been among the highest in the country. The study, which tracked about 108,000 state prison inmates released in 2005 and 2006, is California’s first attempt to do a deep-dive analysis on the characteristics of recidivists. “This gives us clues about what parts of the population are most likely to return to prison, and it helps us in making informed decisions about where we need to concentrate our efforts and on whom,” says Terry Thornton, a CDCR spokeswoman.

Men age 18 or 19 are the most likely to reoffend, and the rates go up the more often a parolee has been to prison. The recidivism rate of first-time offenders, for example, is 51 percent, compared with parolees who have been to prison three times, who wind up back in lockup 70 percent of the time.

But the primary reason that ex-offenders recidivate isn’t for committing a new crime–47 percent of felons are locked back up for violating the terms of their parole, which could happen if they are caught around guns and knives, disobey any law, fail to report a change of address, or leave the county or state without permission from their parole officer.

Prisoner in Foreign Legal Encyclopedias

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Prisoners’ Rights Litigation

This section examines the Prisoners’ Rights Litigation subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal litigation, are also addressed.

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See Also

• Prisoner Of War
• Solitary Confinement
  Geneva Convention (III) (6.6)
  Prison Overcrowding Challenges (6.4)
  By God And My Country (5.9)
  Geneva Convention (III) (5.4)
  Assistance Of Counsel (5.1)
  Escape (5)
  Habeas Corpus Ad Respondendum (5)
  Instructions for the Government of Armies of the United States in the Field (4.9)
  Negligent Escape (4.7)
  Due Care / Standard of Care (4.7)
  Priso (4.5)
  Incommunicacion (4.5)
  Discharge (4.4)

Infectious Diseases and Prisoners in relation to Crime and Race

Infectious Diseases and Prisoners is included in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime (1), beginning with: Prisoners experience some of the same health-related conditions as the general population. However, the prevalence and incidence of certain infectious diseases are markedly higher among institutionalized offender populations. With the U.S. prison population now surpassing 2.2 million, the control and management of infectious disease has become a dominant concern for groups both inside prisons and in the community. This concern is driven by the fact that an overwhelming number of those incarcerated are from minority groups. Additionally, the National Commission on Correctional Health Care has identified communicable diseases and chronic diseases as priorities for correctional health care. Communicable diseases are diseases that can be transferred from one individual to another via direct or indirect contact. The communicable diseases of greatest concern for correctional populations are HIV/ AIDS, hepatitis B, hepatitis C, and tuberculosis. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the agent that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS).

Prisoners’ Rights Litigation

This section examines the Prisoners’ Rights Litigation subject in its related phase of trial. In some cases, other key elements related to trials, such as personal injury, business, and criminal litigation, are also addressed.

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Notes and References

1. Entry about Infectious Diseases and Prisoners in the Encyclopedia of Race and Crime

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Prisoner’s Dilemma in the International Business Landscape

Definition of Prisoner’s Dilemma in the context of U.S. international business and public trade policy: Situations where rational behavior at the micro level leads to irrational collective outcomes.