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    this endless circle of crime and struggle there is hope. That hope is them getting an education in prison in which they have been in and out of many times. Many would ask why they would want my tax money to go toward teaching criminals‚ or why they need an education so badly‚ and even why should I help. Whether you believe it or not a large amount of our tax payer money goes into running our prisons. According to Emily Deruy‚ a Stanford graduate “tax payers spend up to $70 billion each year to house

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    The prison camps of the American Civil War were terrible due to the falling apart of prisoner exchange programs‚ the decline of paroles available for officers‚ and poor war strategies by both sides. Camps were scattered across the country in both the North and the South. The best known of the Union camps were; Fortress Monroe‚ Virginia; Ohio State Penitentiary‚ Ohio and point Lookout‚ Maryland. The better known of the Confederate camps were; Danville‚ Virginia; Libby Prison‚ Richmond‚ Virginia and

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment What happens when good equal people are put in evil situations? In the article “The Stanford Prison Experiment” by Philip Zimbardo‚ participants in the experiment demonstrate characteristics that signify the Lucifer theory. The Lucifer theory is based from biblical prophecies Isaiah 14:12‚ that describes the most beautiful angel known as Lucifer. Lucifer was described as Gods favorite angel which whom he greatly loved. The bible then goes into detail on how Lucifer

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    Prison Budgets

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    The recession and budget challenges that are currently happening have played a large role in the incarceration rates in that the prison administration and governments that help to fund them are trying to find different ways to reduce the amount of money it costs them to hold an inmate in a correctional facility‚ but still deal with the high amount of incarcerated individuals that have longer sentences with the current stance that is being taken on crime by politicians. According to Seiter (2011)

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    arrested and have to serve several years in prison they can lose time and what technology has changed over the years (halscott). Losing rights as a felon is terrible‚ not only does it ruin how people see you due to the fact that you had been arrested of somethings that was bad enough to be a felony but it also takes away several rights that can have a huge impact on someone’s life. Voting rights are protected by the constitution and they are taken away from people. Many men and women who have been

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    The Prison Litigation Reform Act (“PLRA”) generally requires a prisoner Plaintiff to exhaust administrative remedies before filing suit in federal court. Title 42 U.S.C. § 1997e(a) provides that “[n]o action shall be brought with respect to prison conditions under § 1983 of this title‚ or any other Federal law by a prisoner confined in any jail‚ prison‚ or other correctional facility until such administrative remedies as are available are exhausted.” See also Moore v. Bennette‚ 517 F.3d 717‚ 725

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    thirds of them are women." More than 60 percent of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate. Two thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by the fourth grade will end up in jail or on welfare. These are all true statements. Illiteracy and crime are closely related. The Department of Justice states‚ "The link between academic failure and delinquency‚ violence‚ and crime is welded to reading failure." Over 70% of inmates in America’s prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level. By educating

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    Ivan Denisovich essay In his 17th century pem‚ "To Althea from Prison"‚ Richard Lovelace tells us that "stone walls do not a prison make‚ nor iron bars a cage." Thus Lovelace introduces and makes the reader familiar with the paradoxical nature of freedom. This paradox is raised again when comparing two legitimate visions of the modern world: Aldous Huxley’s Brave New World and Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich. One day in the life of Ivan Denisovich vividly describes

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    I’m on break. The Trench living conditions are not as good as I expected. Actually‚ it’s nothing like I expected. First of all there is an awful smell from all the bodies and second‚ I’m standing in a waste basket and water. I’ve learned to get used to the smell‚ but from standing in the waste basket twenty four hours a day it is giving me a small case of trench foot. Good thing it’s not too serious like other men. In fact‚ compared to the other men I’m doing way better than any of them. Every day I

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    strategic roads and industrial enterprises in remote regions” (The Gulag). Discussion/Explanation: This evidence provides examples of what structures the prisoners were involved in. Why: It’s worth knowing that these prisons built enormous

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