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    Reforming The Prison System For my research paper‚ I am going to look at the prison system and what could be done to improve it. The prison system affects the lives of millions whether it is by housing them for a crime they committed‚ employing them‚ located near their home or school‚ or through the relationship of a family member. The prison system also affects people through competing for government funds. The prison system nationwide on average is responsible for spending $52 billion through

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    Prior to the nineteenth century‚ most of the population subsisted on plain fare‚ produced and grown locally. Dogs were generally left to fend for themselves. A lucky few were provided with a share of the family’s daily rations—whatever that happened to be. For instance‚ in Ireland‚ many dogs subsisted entirely on potatoes. The precise nutritional requirements of man’s best friend could hard- ly be described as an overriding concern to dog owners. If they considered the matter at all‚ most people

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    The Interstate Commerce Act was passed in 1887‚ beginning a shift towards federal rather than the state regulation of big business. After the Interstate Commerce Act‚ the Sherman Antitrust Act was passed. It was the first measure passed by the U.S. Congress with the intention of controlling business and prohibiting trusts. The Sherman Act was the basis for the antitrust policies and laws created by the Progressive Party. During the Progressive Era‚ Congress created the Bureau of Corporations

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    Nineteenth Century Hygiene and the Wash Basin Stand The households of the nineteenth century were the domestic domain of the woman‚ and how she would adorned her home‚ along with what necessities she sought to include within it‚ were a focus of her initial household planning. Along with items chosen for décor‚ to make the home life pleasurable‚ she would also chose items of necessity; those that were for domestic needs like stoves‚ tables‚ chairs‚ beds and one intended for hygiene‚ the wash basin

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    the 19th century Britain was transformed by the industrial revolution. In 1801‚ at the time of the first census‚ only about 20% of the population lived in towns. By 1851 the figure had risen to over 50%. By 1881 about two thirds of the population lived in towns. Furthermore in 1801 the majority of the population still worked in agriculture or related industries. Most goods were made by hand and very many craftsmen worked on their own with perhaps a labourer and an apprentice. By the late 19th century

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    To reform prisons we need to make the prison system more fair. The prison system is biased. There is bias towards prisoners who have disabilities. People who have disabilities shouldn’t be treated unfairly just because they’re not perfect to do something. Southern Poverty Law Center. Alabama Violates the Rights of Prisoners with Disabilities. “Prisoners with disabilities also have reported that they are excluded from work release programs due solely to their disabilities. One prisoner was sent to

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    According to the research by the Lois Drawmer in her essay “Sex‚ Death‚ and Ecstasy: The Art of Transgression”‚ most of the framework that remains today was depicted in the nineteenth century‚ when most of fundamental masterpieces of this genre were produced. The dirt‚ the negativeness and the dehumanization surrounding the living time of the people in that period was strongly reflected and influenced the literature in a way. So did the ideology of the female representation‚ consisting in an ominous

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    At the end of the Nineteenth Century‚ the American population was growing rapidly. Industrialization was growing and this meant all of the major cities were populating also. After some of the government grants given to the railroad companies‚ 200‚000 miles worth of tracks laid across the country‚ to help settle the west by the year 1900. “From 1877 to 1890‚ both the amount of goods and the number of passengers traveling the rails tripled” (U.S. History chapter18). Agriculture was the first big

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    As observed in the cities of London and Paris during the early nineteenth century‚ the development of the two modern cities sparked revolutionary changes upon prominent social issues. Dilemmas such as rapid growth‚ housing problems‚ poverty‚ crime‚ class tensions‚ infrastructure‚ and political instability were all factors that changed through the urbanization of the two capitals. In the time of the nineteenth century‚ sexuality in the city surface over gender division systems‚ which reflect the

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    The huge increase in obesity in over the past sixty years made the World Health Organization to declare it a global epidemic in all over the world (ACKD‚ 2006). In twenty-first century the statistics on obesity and overweight are harrowing with close of half a billion from world peoples. Prevalence about ten percent to forty percent in the most of European countries in over the past ten years. The highly excess has been in the United

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