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    Prison overcrowding

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    California Prison Overcrowding December 16th‚ 2013 Prison Overcrowding in California Alarming issues that causes society to stir up continue to expand every day. Some of these issuesinclude the educational system‚ existing healthcare laws‚ unemployment and economic matters‚and the water crisis… all of which are major problems in California. One major problem‚ however‚ is often ignored. Over the past two to three decades‚ California’s prison population has grown by 750 percent (“California’s

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    Gangs in Prison

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    Gangs in Prison The Aryan Brotherhood The Aryan Brotherhood originates in the CDC (California Department of Corrections) and BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons). The Aryan Brotherhood was founded in San Quentin‚ California in the 1960s. The founders were members of other gangs from the 1950s called‚ “Bluebirds”‚ “Diamond Tooth Gang”‚ and the “Nazi Gang”. Barry Mills and Tyler Davis are now the leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood. Their basic beliefs and mission is they believe in the betterment

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    Jails and Prison

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    and prisons: it allowed sanitary and secure structure to be built‚ allowed for systematic inspections to be made on the detainees‚ allowed for the abolition of fees charged to the inmates and created a reformatory regime‚ and it also detailed that inmates were to be fed proper diet. Our jail systems are a short time confinement. Where the inmates are awaiting trial‚ and sentencing. It is often run by sheriffs or local government officials. As to where our prisons are operated by federal governments

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    Incarceration In Prisons

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    dramatically increased in the United States than in anywhere else in the world. In fact‚ according to “Incarceration nation‚” America has about 707‚000 incarcerated people compared to Russia‚ who has about 474‚000 people. Not only has this caused a problem inside the prison walls‚ it has also increased economic situations for stakeholders.The recent increase in incarceration rates has had negative effects on the United States economy by causing an increase in expenditure on prisons that could be better used

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    First Federal

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    Unit 7: Case 9 "First Federal Bank of Bakersfield" George Quiñones Jr. Kaplan University MT355: Marketing Research Professor: Dr. Lisa Gallagher Questions 1. Compare the advantages and disadvantages of using telephone interviews rather than personal interviews or mail questionnaires to collect the needed data. 2. The short deadline moved a church to forgo personal interviews and mail questionnaires‚ but there were other options besides telephone interviews. Could you make a case

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    Unemployment In Prisons

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    The United States of America locks up more people‚ per capita‚ than any other nation. But grappling with why requires us consider the many types of correctional facilities and the reasons that 2.3 million people there (Wagner). When someone get convicted of a felony they immediately lose many of their rights. One of the biggest things that they lose is the right to vote and that can decide a lot of someones life. Many people in places such as Florida don’t know that you can regain your rights to

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    Diversity in Prison

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    Diversity in Prison The late twentieth century is seeing a rise in racial conflict in the United States as well as on the universal stage in a broad-spectrum (Phillips & Bowling‚ 2002). Statistics indicate that racial/ethnic minorities‚ particularly black males‚ face a disproportionately high risk of incarceration in the United States. This determination is made by assessing the negative impact that incarceration can have on individuals‚ their communities‚ and the integration of minorities into

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    Prison Violence

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    Jail and Prison Systems Jail and Prison Systems Introduction goes here. Prison Violence Many experts believe the reasoning the United States incarceration rate is so high reflects the "get tough" laws in the 1990s that resulted in strict sentencing for criminals. Prisons contain nonviolent inmates who may be drug addicts and repeat offenders. The “get tough” laws passed when federal and state money was available for the construction of more prisons and was also used to hire added correction

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    Corruption In Prisons

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    get 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

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    Privatization of Prisons

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    justice everywhere” Martin Luther King (Famous Black Quoations Janet Cheatham Bell. Prison Privatization is a broadly defined term for the privatization of prisons and prison-related services. In some cases‚ this may include transferring control of existing public sector prisons to private companies. However‚ more commonly private companies are contracted to design‚ build‚ and operate new prisons and jails by federalstate‚ and local governments. In still other instances‚ private companies may be contracted

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