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    Andersonville Prison

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    crimes committed during the Civil War at Andersonville Prison‚ however that does not justify his acts or make him an American hero. Ever take a midnight train to Georgia? No‚ well ever drive through Georgia? When driving through Georgia on State Road 49‚ there is a little town called Andersonville that is very easy to miss. To many it is just another town. Yet this town has its own trail. The

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    Overcrowded Prisons

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    Prof. Taylor Engl. 101 23 Oct. 2011 Economy Issues? Overcrowded Prisons Prisons throughout the U.S have been overcrowded with inmates who cause a problem for the system itself and the general population. This causes a problem for the reason that it is expensive when prisons are overcrowded and minor crimes like possession of small amounts of marijuana by offenders gets them sent to jail instead of going to rehab. That means the system has to provide alternative jail cells for inmates to stay

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    Reform Movements

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    During the Second Great Awakening‚ a mass revival of American society took place. Reformers of every kind emerged to ameliorate women’s rights‚ education and religious righteousness. At the forefront of the movement were the temperance reformers who fought for a change in alcoholism‚ and abolitionist who strived for the downfall of slavery. Temperance reformers were mostly women and religious leaders. Lyman Beecher‚ a well known preacher and temperance leader during this time‚ talked about how

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    Prison Privatization

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    Prison Privatization Privatizing prisons may be one way for the prison population to get back under control. Prisons are overcrowded and need extra money to house inmates or to build a new prison. The issue of a serious need for space needs to be addressed. “As a national average‚ it costs roughly $20‚000 per year to keep an inmate in prison. There are approximately 650‚000 inmates in state and local prisons‚ double the number five years ago. This costs taxpayers an estimated $18 billion each

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    Counselling In Prisons

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    Elizabeth Zoccole Are Counseling Program Available in Prisons of Various Security Levels? Introduction and Abstract With respect to the topic of drug and alcohol awareness programs being available in state‚ federal or local prisons‚ the five articles that are stated below contain relevant and statistical information. Per the Bureau of Justice Statistics‚ 3 out 4 State and 4 out 5 Federal prisoners may be categorized as alcohol or drug involved offenders. If such programs are put in place

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    Violence In Prisons

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    1. Dean Spade‚ The Laws Will Never Make us Safe. “Some people who are identifying prisons and boarders as some of the most significant forms of violence that need to be opposed and resisted by queer and Trans politics‚ are calling for an end to all prisons.” The article is addressing issues of violence among individuals who become easy victims of hate crimes with in the criminal justice system. Much like how Queer and trans individuals are working towards trying to dismantle the racial identity

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    Prison Riots

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    Management positions in prisons are known to be very demanding. Correctional facilities are difficult to operate and are forced to deal with overcrowding which leads to an outnumbered staff and a continuous flow of violent and dangerous inmates. An issue that management faces is the occurrence of riots. According to dictionary.com‚ a riot is a disturbance of the public peace by three or more persons acting together in a disrupting and tumultuous manner in carrying out their private purposes.

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    land reforms

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    LAND REFORMS IN PAKISTAN LAND REFORMS IN PAKISTAN Land reforms means to break up large estates in small size for distribution to the farmers with or without payments. Land reform in the past was mainly carried primarily for equity and social justice. Now it is mainly carried out for increasing agricultural productivity as well as the income of the farmers. The main land reforms introduced in Pakistan since 1947 are as follows;- (1) Land Reform Proposals of Agrarian Committee 1948 The all Pakistan

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    Rehabiltaion in prisons

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    KB ) 4 7 reviews Downloaded 1262 times Keywordscriminals‚ prisoners‚hypothesis‚ meld‚warehouses 0Like0 Overcrowding in America’s Prisons: Can Repeat Offenders Be Rehabilitated Thesis Statement and Hypothesis: Prisons in America are overcrowded‚ understaffed and I believe put very little emphasis on rehabilitation. Introduction: The American prison system was set up to rehabilitate prisoners so they can meld back into society as productive citizens. Instead‚ factors as high crime rate

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    Catholic Reform

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    Catholics Fire Back Morgan Bradshaw March 12‚ 2013 English IV 7th Hour Through the years there have been many religious reforms. Some reforms had more consequences than others‚ but the Catholic Reformation was one of the biggest. The Catholic-Counter Reformation was a fighting force that did not start with a huge bang‚ even though the reform started slow‚ it eventually began to gain heed; the Reformation was a fire back at the Protestants. The Catholic-Counter Reformation was

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