are four main ethnic minority groups in the United States: African Americans The distribution of African Americans in the US was traditionally concentrated in the southern states. However‚ for a number of years in the latter part of the 20th century‚ large African American populations have developed in northern cities such as Chicago and New York. The capital‚ Washington DC‚ also has a particularly large African American community. In recent years many African Americans have returned to the southern
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a. Should Native Americans be able to perform their ceremonies in prison? Yes. Although physically restricted behind penal bars‚ Native Americans‚ as well as inmates of diverse devotions‚ may express their religious liberties without obstruction. I believe that all prisoners have the right to observe their traditional religious practices while incarcerated‚ including the right to perform ceremonies that are common amid unconventional ideologies‚ such as the ritual performed by Yellow Thunder. “Because
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L. Meece‚ and Matthew J. Irvin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill April‚ 2010 Running Head: Rural-Nonrural Differences in Educational Attainment Revisited Word count: 7‚890 *This paper was presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association‚ May 3‚ 2010‚ Denver‚ CO. The analyses of the National Education Longitudinal Study of 1988-2000 national database were supported by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education’s Institute
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further added to the complexities occurring within United States prison system. The number of mentally ill inmates has continued to increase significantly as public psychiatric hospitals have continued to close. In addition to overcrowding‚ budget constraints and allegations of mistreatment among inmates with psychiatric disorders correctional facilities have been given the task of providing treatment to the large percentage of inmates with serious mental illnesses. A recent study found that over
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A health disparity is defined by the Surgeon General as “a difference in health outcomes across subgroups of the population . . . that are often linked to social‚ economic‚ or environmental disadvantages”(n.d.). Healthy People has been trying to decrease the amount of health disparities since Healthy People 2000. They started with want to reduce the amount of disparities. Then for Healthy People 2010 the want to eliminate health disparities. Now for Health People 2020 the goal is to “to achieve
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both females and male prisoners are pretty common across the board. Prisons all have three things in common: they are overcrowded‚ underfunded‚ and unfocused. Both woman and male prisons are overcrowded due to the growing crime rate in America. Therefore‚ many prisons have different practices and levels. There are three particular types which are maximums‚ mediums‚ and minimums. Maximum prisons are the most secured prisons‚ they have both exterior and interior security. One of the biggest pains of imprisonment
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Abstract This paper will discuss prison overcrowding and what type of numbers have come about over the years when it comes to inmates being imprisoned. It will discuss the cost of a prisoner annually as well as the decision to add verses build when it comes to new facilities. The overcrowding in one particular prison will be touched on as well as whose responsibility it is for upkeep. It will discuss how funding plays a role in overcrowding as well as the “three strikes” rule in California and
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Costs of Corrections in the United States Did you know that 23 states prison systems are operating at over 100% capacity? "The increases in drug imprisonment‚ the decrease in releases from prison‚ and the re-incarceration for technical parole violations are leading to significant overcrowding and contribute to the growing costs of prisons. Prisons are stretched beyond capacity‚ creating dangerous and unconstitutional conditions which often result in costly lawsuits. In 2006‚ 40 out of
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Treatment of Inmates Michael Rini SOC 120 Jacqueline Brooks August 26th‚ 2013 America ’s Treatment of Inmates Here in America there are over 2.2 million Americans incarcerated in over 4‚575 prisons. In almost every prison there are inmates that are claiming that they are mistreated by the staff. When we think of prisons we see rows and rows of cells with bars and lots of concrete. People have a misconception of what prison is like by what they see on television and in the movies. This is not
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Remember those in prison as if were their fellow prisoners‚ and those who are mistreated as if you yourselves were suffering. The prison is unfair. They are really racist to people of colored more to african americans. They are a lot benefits from the u.s. Prison system to people who work there. The u.s. Prison system is unfair‚ and two of the most important aspects to understand about it are Drug sentencing Disparities and The war on drugs. One important aspect of the U.S. prison system is Drug sentencing
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