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    Over population in the prison system costs billions‚ and that affect us all! Tjy Helms Composition 1 ENG1001 BH Week 5 Professor Henry 05/6/2011 I say why should we the people pay to house‚ feed‚ and provide medical care for people who have never had a history of violent behavior? The issue becomes compounded when we cram thousands of people into a space designed for hundreds. Look at the number of people who are doing hard time‚ for non-violent crimes. These are the people who are costing

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    Ethnic minorities in high positions of leadership are becoming the highest growing and highest earning individuals in business. Their growth is attributed to their success in running and operating their businesses with solid leadership. These ethnic minorities often rank higher in many leadership measures over non-minorities. In the play Othello‚ Othello succeeds as a general thanks to his contacts and performance in his position. He makes himself a great example when he leads his crew through a

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    of Wisconsin La-Crosse La-Crosse‚ Wisconsin April 16 - 18‚ 2009 Prison Culture‚ Education‚ and Recidivism Rates Caleb L. Fry and Lauren T. Rios Department of Anthropology Lake Tahoe Community College One College Drive South Lake Tahoe‚ California 96150 USA Faculty Advisor: Daryl G. Frazetti Abstract Given the number of inmates in the prison system and the high level of recidivism‚ it is important to seek out possible solutions to this growing problem. By implementing more educationally and vocationally

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    Prison Overcrowding: Using Proposals from Nevada and California to Recommend an Alternative Answer” By: Casey Apao For: Dr. Sarri CSN Fall 2010 Dedication: “I‚ the undersigned‚ Casey Apao hereby certify that without the assistance of Henry Apao this Critical Thinking Scientific Paper wouldn’t be done.” Signed ‚ Casey Apao Disclaimer: “I‚ Casey Apao hereby certify that this Critical Thinking Scientific Paper is the result of my sole intellectual

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    com RUSSIA’S RETAIL MARKET: TRENDS AND OPPORTUNITIES Summary of contents Russia’s economic outlook Russia’s retail sector Case studies Opportunities Russia’s economic outlook Since 1999 Russia has experienced outstanding growth rates‚ constantly improving macroeconomic conditions‚ and a growing involvement in the global economy. These achievements‚ together with high world oil prices‚ political and economic stability‚ and skyrocketing foreign direct investment have all contributed to the growth

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    Citozi Composition II Unfair America: Mentally Ill Inmates Individuals suffering from mental illnesses tend to fall victim to the criminal justice system due to their uncontrollable actions that result from their mental illness symptoms. Within the United States two to three hundred thousand people in prison suffer from mental illnesses such as schizophrenia‚ severe depression‚ and bipolar disorder. Sadly‚ the majority of prisons are deficient in providing the appropriate resources to treat

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    The situation I opted to observe consist of two inmates fighting over the top bunk of a prison cell in a state Penitentiary. When the inmates entered the cell they both made comedic and derogatory comments towards one another‚ one inmate verbalized “you know I’m always top gun right” in replication to the opposing inmate who verbalized “no way could I survive being down that low”. I was cognizant that I had observed my first sign of a potential conflict over spatial matters. I understand that they

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    Could Death Row Inmates be a Viable Source for Donated Organs? Angela Rogers Ottawa University INTRODUCTION There is a high demand for organs and a shortage of donors in the US. We need to find a way to bridge the gap. Most Americans are wary of donating organs so why not allow convicted felons to do some good with the organs that they have? Death row inmates could be a viable source of transplantable organs. To discourage exploitation of death row inmates there should be provisions made and guidelines

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    Introduction/Thesis Disproportionate minority contact reveals biased numbers of African American juveniles taken into custody. African American teens are thirty percent more likely to come into contact with law officials than their white peers. Studies have shown that African American youth have higher incarceration rates‚ only making up about sixteen percent of the youth population. Many analysts have posed that the juvenile justice system may process minorities and white offenders in different ways;

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    Vulnerable populations Despite efforts and goals in the United States to reduce or eliminate disparities in healthcare by 2010‚ significant disparities‚ including risk factors‚ access to healthcare‚ morbidity‚ and mortality‚ continues in vulnerable populations. For example‚ studies find that Americans living in poverty are much more likely to be in fair or poor health and have disabling conditions‚ and are less likely to have used many types of healthcare. I believe that more effort

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