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    Living away from your country can be a really interesting and unforgettable experience‚ but at the same time it has very important influence on one’s life. The purpose of this essay is to discuss what is to live in another country and being called an immigrant. The main idea of being an immigrant‚ and also a very common one‚ is that once you start a regular life away from home‚ you miss everything. This fact doesn’t mean that you are unhappy but that you are aware of being on your own. Missing your

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    The American Correctional Association (ACA) is the largest correctional association in the world and represents all organizations of corrections within the criminal justice system. “The ACA is comprised of 78 chapters and affiliated organizational members‚ including federal‚ state‚ and military correctional facilities and prisons‚ county jails and detention centers‚ community corrections and halfway houses‚ and probation/parole agencies. The organization leads the cause of corrections and correctional

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    On any given day there are more than seven million Americans under the supervision of the correctional system which includes approximately 1.5 million offenders who are imprisoned in state and federal institutions‚ 2.4 million inmates incarcerated in jail‚ 4.2 million on probation and over 828‚000 on parole according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics. These statistics are staggering considering according to the U.S. Census the United States population is 307‚006‚550(U.S. Census 2010). So‚ that

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    History of Correctional Policies The history of correctional polices began in the 1800s and it is still and important part of today’s justice system. There were many sanctions applicable for individuals who committed crimes but prison is one of the most common ones. During the 16th and 17th centuries most punishments were public for embarrassment purposes to stop the criminal behavior. One example of public punishment is the “pillory”‚ which was a wooden device with holes in it to put the head and

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    Roles of Correctional Officers Correctional officers play a vital role in the prison system. They are the first line of defense in prisons. They are ultimately responsible for the safety‚ security‚ and supervision of inmates that are under their care. They must enforce all the rules and policies that the prison officials emplace in order to maintain good order and discipline. Without correctional officers‚ prisons would not run and complete ciaos would occur. Correctional officers

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    The American System

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    growing America. The canals and roads set forth by Henry Clay’s American System where vastly improved and expanded by elongating and smoothing out the passage ways. The railroad system spider webbed out from more cities connecting people all across the continent. As the improvements spread‚ new immigrants flooded in from the old world looking for jobs. They looked to build and support their families in the steadily increasing American industrialism. They looked right away to the powerful transportation

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    How does our correctional system punish offenders? Convicted felons can be punished in many different ways‚ but one thing is sure it would not be cruel and unusual. Before we look at how we punish offenders we must first understand why we are punishing them. The general purpose behind punishment is to inflict upon criminals some kind of suffering for the crime that they have committed or to protect society from those considered too dangerous to live amongst us. Punishment‚ a necessary evil‚ is sometimes

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    One country‚ two systems "One country‚ two systems" is an idea originally proposed by Deng Xiaoping‚ then Paramount Leader of the People ’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ for the reunification of China during the early 1980s. He suggested that there would be only one China‚ but areas such as Hong Kong‚ Macau and Taiwan could have their own capitalist economic and political systems‚ while the rest of China uses the "socialist" system. However‚ Deng rejected the proposed use of such a system for territories

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    Female Correctional Officers Jordan Beth Stevenson Introduction to Corrections October 25‚ 2012 Saeler Abstract This research paper consists of brief history of how female correctional officers came to be in the system and the court cases that hindered and helped their process. It also consists of the stereotypes and struggles the officers are faced with in this line of work; such as weaknesses and home life association. Sexual harassment and discrimination is a problematic topic

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    the prison to be a co-correctional institution with 100 women and 700 men. Summarize the primary issues in starting a co-correctional institution‚ including facility problems‚ social problems and staff/management problems. Don’t try to solve the problems – simply point out and describe the issues that must be considered if this change is to go forward. The recommendations for co-gender institutions may seem extreme to the unitiated‚ but leaving the effect of a system that allows at least nonsexual

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