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    Contraband in Prison

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    contraband‚ the most commonplace items seized are drugs‚ tattooing equipment‚ electronics‚ and weapons. Contraband‚ as defined by US Legal‚ refers to property that is illegal to possess or transport. The Arizona Revised Statues define the promoting of prison contraband as a person‚ not otherwise authorized by law‚ who knowingly takes contraband into a correctional facility or the grounds of a correctional facility‚ conveying contraband to any person confined in a correctional facility‚ or by knowingly

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    Prison and Jails

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    Jails and Prisons Tammy Johnson CRJ303: Corrections Professor Jeffrey Cudworth January 7‚ 2013 Jails and Prisons Jails and prisons are both types of sanctions that are used for convicted offenders that have committed crimes‚ but there are many differences in the two. “Jails are locally operated short- term confinement facilities originally built to hold suspects following arrest and pending trail. Today’s jails also serve these purposes: * They receive individuals pending arraignment

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    Nature

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    Nature Nature‚ in the broadest sense‚ is equivalent to the natural world‚ physical world‚ or material world. "Nature" refers to the phenomena of the physical world‚ and also to life in general. It ranges in scale from the subatomic to the cosmic. Nature is an integral part of our lives. But even while we appreciate the blessings she bestows on us‚ we forget that we are plundering her treasures and thereby denying our children the pleasure of enjoying nature in all her abundance and variety in the

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    Prison Sentencing

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    Prison sentences are too soft in New Zealand to the criminals who commit serious crimes and need to be harsher. In New Zealand criminals who commit serious crimes are handed a prison sentence. I strongly oppose the sentencing of criminals currently. I believe justice should be served more harshly. Presently the New Zealand court system is too soft on criminals who commit serious crimes. In 2012‚ there was approximately 376‚000 recorded offences. This resulted in 196‚000 convictions. That’s just

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    Description of Ecosystems

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    As such‚ specific planning and prioritization is needed in order to protect them from the different threats that might undermine their existence‚ but also preserve and enhance the life of species through a variety of measures and activities. Description of ecosystems The Shut-in Mountain is home to a variety of specifies. Among‚ these species we find invertebrates‚ fish‚ birds‚ fen‚ etc. The fen is an aquatic plant species with very little system that floats on ponds‚ marshes and lakes. The Shut-in

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    Self Description

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    meet new inventive people who are willing to step outside the box. I enjoy traveling the southwest to visit my family who lives in the surrounding area. I appreciate going on adventurous hikes‚ in the mountains‚ to observe the masterpiece that mother nature has painted us with her brush. Everyday I teach students who need more assistance and affection than what anyone has ever been able to give them. I strive to be a role model to my sisters all the while being a rock for my mother to rest on. Others

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    The Purpose of Prison

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    The Purpose of Prison Robert Lingo CRJ 303 Bridget Lott March 2nd‚ 2012 The Purpose of Prison Not everyone is model citizens within a society. Individuals cheat people out of money‚ murder‚ rob‚ and rape others within society. When people commit crime against others and not stay within the law they must be punished. This research paper will discuss the purposes for prisons‚ and analyze conditions of prison. There are programs in prison and out of prison to try to reduce an individual from returning

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    Prison Corruption

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    Corruption is a common occurrence in prisons in this country and around the world. The reason for this is because prison environments provide for the combination of individuals with lost rights and individuals with full power‚ plus minimal monitoring. This equation produces inevitable corruption. The antidote to corruption is exposition. Corruption happens under the cloak of darkness. Once light is shed on the wrong-doing‚ a sort of purification process occurs and wrongs are righted. Hence‚ the

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    Contraband in Prison

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    comes to prisons‚ anything that can’t be bought in the commissary or that isn’t given to them when they get to prison is contraband. Contraband is a major issue behind the walls and can be anything from a “homemade” shank by the inmate‚ or drugs or weapons smuggled into the prison from various ways. Not only is different types of contraband in the prison a threat to the inmates lives‚ but also a threat to the officers on duty and other staff members. Some issues with contraband in a prison are: how

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    Description of a sextant

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    Today‚ we‚ group archeology A‚ have recovered an artifact on one of the battlefronts of the First World War. After days of digging we finally have what we think is the complete object with no missing parts. It’s a rather eerie‚ light object that sits in the palm of a hand. It’s a small piece of triangular metal‚ or rather small pieces of metal joined together‚ that looks like a small rusty bronze slice of pizza with a lot of screws and hinges as toppings. Its extra parts consist of a small mirror

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