Did you know that marijuana is the most frequently used drug in the United States? According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse, sixty-nine million Americans over the age of twelve have tried marijuana at least once. The average age for trying marijuana is fourteen years old. Mariju...

My Own Prison My prison is a medium security prison. This prison that I chose to build only holds a maximum of three hundred inmates. My prison is located in Worcestor, Massachutes. I picked this area because that is were I was born. This is a men's prison only. The charges f...

Prison Gangs With as much gang violence that occurs within the community today you can pretty much assume that the same can be applied outside of the community. It is thought that by taking these violent gang members off the streets the violence will lessen. This may be true in bettering the ...

The field of prisons corrections is a challenging one. Our society continually changes its mind about what it wants prisons to do: we want them to punish wrong-doers, but we also want to help the prisoners return to society ready to be productive citizens. But today's prisons also face importa...