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Boot Camps


            Thesis: Boot camp is a short institutional sentence designed to improve offenders self esteem and discipline. Since their inception, boot camps have been used as an alternative sanction to reduce prison populations. They are also designed to reduce recidivism and rising prison costs.
             In boot camps, offenders are subjected to military style training for a period of six months or more. The daily routine is very demanding and includes running, drills, marches, and manual labor. The hopeful outcome will be an offender who has learned a valuable lesson in self-discipline and a respect for authority.
             I. Introduction.
             A. Origins of boot camps.
             B. Purpose of boot camps.
             C. Goals of boot camps.
             I. Juvenile boot camps.
             A. Florida's model.
             B. North Carolina's model.
             III. Women's boot camp.
             A. Overview .
             B. New York's model.
             I. Male boot camp.
             A. Louisiana's model.
             B. New York's model.
             V. Conclusion.
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             Boot camp is a short institutional sentence designed to improve offender's self esteem and discipline. Since there inception, boot camps have been used as an alternative sanction to reduce prison populations (Wells, 142). They are also designed to reduce recidivism and rising prison operating costs.
             In their original form, correctional boot camps are in prison programs that imitate the structure and military style discipline of basic training (Wells, 142). They emphasize vigorous physical activity, drill exercises, manual labor, and other activities that greatly reduce an inmates free time (Wells, 142). Like military drill instructors, correctional officers use intense verbal tactics designed to shock and break an individual's resistance to change (Wells, 142). Today, boot camps also add more promising components such as drug treatment programs and post release supervision.
             In many states, boot camps are restricted to non-violent first time offenders (Parent). This idea comes from earlier shock probation laws in which inexperienced offenders were sent to prison for 90 days.


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