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Weight Lifting In Prison Term Paper

¶ … weightlifting program in correctional institutes. It has 4 sources in APA format. When a person is serving term in a correctional institution he ceases to exist for the society and he cannot carry out activities which otherwise would have been considered to be normal. However, the reality is that the American correctional system provides almost all aspects of life as much as possible to its inmates and recreation is one of them. Recreation in the form of sporting activities, in-house cable TV, arrangement for competitive events, championships etc. are some attempts.

Among the sporting activities, weightlifting in the recent years have become quite popular for the reason being that recreation correctional officials believe in the value of sports for the inmates while the inmates considers it to be satisfactory activity to channel their frustrations (Telander 1988). Apart from that, the National Correctional Recreation Association (NCRA) which upholds and promotes this activity because they believe that weightlifting maintains professional standards in...

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The physical strengths bottled up within the inmates are often channeled through brawls or other such violent occurrence, thus weightlifting is an ideal anticipatory program. It not only supports emotional, psychological and physiological needs but also the inmates' social needs. Research by Sandra L. Little in 1995 indicated that recreation programs in correctional settings are imperative for reducing the rate of violence among inmates or with correctional officials. Controlled group activities such as basketball, gym weights, watching television all help in constructive incarceration. Setting standards through sporting events…

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Author not available (2003). Fit in Prison? Pumping Iron on The Mainline. 24 Fitness available at http://www.24hourfitness.com/html/fitness/articles/prison/

StrengthTec Official Website: www.strengthtec.com

Telander, R. (1988). Sports behind the walls. Sports Illustrated, October Issue.

Little S (1995). Recreational programs in correctional settings. Parks and Recreation.
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