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    In 1963‚ Martin Luther King Jr. wrote a letter to the eight Alabama clergymen under the confines of a jail cell in a Birmingham‚ Alabama prison. The letter stated his thoughts and opinions on the racial tension between the white and the black communities of Alabama. Martin Luther King’s letter was written as a rebuttal to the letter he received from the Alabama clergymen that stated the demonstrations‚ protests‚ and acts of civil disobedience of the Negro community were unlawful and should be put

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    Corruption In Prisons

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    personal favors and benefits. In the United States prisons‚ corruption cases rages from those involving criminal investigating departments giving faulty forensic evidence which favor the prosecutor‚ jailing of poor in favor of the rich‚ illegal jailing of kids in adult collection facilities‚ bribing of law makers in order for them to come up with new crimes and many more. Prisons in United States At the beginning‚ putting criminals into prisons was aimed at improving or changing behaviors of these

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    INTRO: This research report will look at managerialism and its impact on prison policy from the 1980’s. By doing this‚ it will explore prison development and the cause of prison riots in 1990’s and the government’s response‚ leading to our prisons today. Then it will proceed in looking at NOMS role in Prison and Probation services in England and Wales. Managerialism is a set of beliefs and practices‚ according to Pollitt (1993)‚ better management can solve various problems that exist in public sectors

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    Mental Health Treatment in Prison Luke Myers Argosy University What are the services provided by mental health courts? Mental health courts are criminal courts set up to deal with people who have mental health issues or learning disabilities who have committed crimes. Instead of putting these people in jail‚ mental health courts (MHC’s) look to enroll them in community treatment to deal with their mental health problems so that they will not commit crimes again. “MHC’s have been created

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    1. Do you think that kids from an urban working-class environment would have broken down emotionally in the same way as did the middle-class prisoners? Why? What do you suppose the outcome would have been if women were used a prisoners and guards instead of men? Explain. Personally‚ I do not think that urban kids would behave in the same manner as the middle-class kids in the experiment. I believe the urban kids would handle the stress of these situations with less stress than that of their counter

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    experiences and claim that they were a necessary part of their lives in order for them make sense of life. Antigone‚ from Sophocles’ Antigone‚ and Martin Luther King Jr and his “Letter From a Birmingham Jail”‚ engage in civil disobedience where both fight the laws of the land in order to follow a higher good with no regret. However‚ both do such in specific ways that ultimately differ from one another: Dr. King believes civil disobedience is a necessary moral obligation to defy unjust laws while Antigone

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    Dear Mother and Father‚ I am writing to tell you how I feel about the fight that we had over my betrothal to Count Paris. I felt that I have always been I very obedient and loving daughter to both of you‚ although the Nurse has treated me more like a daughter then either of you have. I respected you so much that when you asked me if I liked Paris I didn’t say no because I did not want to contradict you‚ but instead said that I would try to like Paris. I even went as far as to say that I

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    Should Leslie Van Houten be released from prison based on her good behavior after serving over 47 years in prison? I think that in order for me to come up with a decision‚ I will need to fully understand everything about her. The first thing that I am going to research is the era that she lived in and what was happening in America at the time of her crime‚ such as political‚ social and racial movements. The next thing that I will look at is Leslie Van Houten’s background and what would influence

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    The Purpose of Prison

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    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 to

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    Dear Father‚ The situation in Ithaca is not one that I am proud of. I wish as prince of this beautiful country I could do something about it‚ but I am still a boy and cannot accomplish the great things that you have. Suitors have invaded our palace. Mother and I have tried our hardest to show hospitality but it is starting to become quite difficult. They continue to eat our food and drink our wine. They all want Mother as there wife. I do not believe it is because those vile creatures love

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