Prison and Police Force

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Prison and Police Force

• By
• Scott Hagensen
• Alan Noble
• Mike Petrovich
• Alex Sefetku

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Eastern State Penitentiary

• Opens 1829
• Cutting Edge Technology
• Used Auburn System

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Civil War Prisons 1861-1865

• Andersonville, Elmira , Camp Chase Prison
• North held a total of 220,000 Confederates
• South held a total of 126,000 Federals
• More than 58,000 men died combined in Civil War
  Prison camps

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Leavenworth Federal Penitentiary

• Military prison from 1875-1903
• Becomes First Federal Penitentiary in 1906
• 1930 First executed prisoner

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Life in Prison

• National Prison associations started by
  Rutherford B. Hayes in 1870

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Women and Children in Prison

• 1873 first separate woman's prison opens in
  Indiana.
• New York House of Refugee 1825, first institute
  for children.

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Spoils Era 1800s

• American Police required to adapt to large scale
  change.
• 1835 race riots involving Irish and Native
  Americans
• Volunteer/night watch system

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Texas Rangers

• Founded 1845
• First state police organization
• Became the stuff of legend
• Era of federal policy agencies

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Allan Pinkerton1819-1884

• Appointed as the first detective in Chicago in
  1849.
• Founded the Pinkerton National Detective Agency
• Pioneered New Police Methods

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Pendleton Civil Service Act1883

• End Corruption
• Not enforced until 1900
• Only applied to Federal jobs!!!

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International Association of Chiefs of Police

• First President Richard Sylvester
• Promoted Professionalism
• Began to form working relationships between
  different branches of law enforcement.

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Progressive Era1900-1920

• Increased Professionalism
• Decrease Corruption
• Standardized law enforcement procedures
• New Technologies

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Pennsylvania Constabulary

• Founded in 1905
• The first modern state police force (Now
  Pennsylvania State Police).
• Full time employed officers paid by the states
  taxes.

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August Vollmer1876-1955

• Chief of Berkley, CA police 1909-1932.
• First Academic Degree program for law
  enforcement.
• The Berkley police were the first to use forensic
  science and automobiles.
• Developed the code of ethics that is common
  practice today

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Police Unions

• In 1915 the police officers began to unionize.
• The Fraternal Order of Police
• Pros
• Cons