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    Private Prisons

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    The use of private prisons are worth more than 70 billion dollars. The idea of private prisons came across in the United States in the early 1980’s. Although many people want to ban private prisons the United States should keep private prisons because of money‚ treatment‚ and economy. To begin‚ the use of private prisons save the state money‚ Private prisons allow the state to save money‚ Public prison endorse money from the state‚ on the other hand private institutions do not. “Ira P. Robbins

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    administrators. Norman-Major (2011) argues that the primary reasons public administrators are challenged by equity‚ is due to the lack of a clear definition‚ the lack of clear measures‚ and a lower emphasis placed on equity

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    Disparities occurs during the sentencing process as well as the arrests that is made by the police officers. Law enforcements focus more in particular communities‚ legislatives policies and decision making are usually focus on in different stages of the system. There are many people who works in the criminal justice system and are fully aware of the problem of racial disparities and they would like to counter that big problem. The growing number of our mass incarceration is promoting changes at

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    Privatization of Prisons

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    threat to 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 federal‚ state‚ and local governments. In still other instances‚ private companies

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    Prisons and Jails

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    Prisons and Jails Jordyn Elby CJA/204 University of Phoenix Abstract The criminal justice system in itself is wide and covers many aspects. The most important part of those aspects is the jails and prisons around the nation. These are the places that are going to separate those who offend away from the community and keep our community overall pretty safe. Even though there is a funnel system within the criminal justice system‚ it should be noted that jails and prisons

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    Voice of Minority Groups

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    many things that stand out in America as we have all come to know it today. Among those that are in the majority there are no worries‚ and things are typically thought to be very equal and just. Everything is relative‚ and compared to the past everything is equal and just‚ but there is a lot of ground that can still be made. There are numerous examples throughout our history of people stating grievances in the cases of women’s rights‚ African American rights‚ GLBT issues‚ and even the unstated privileges

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    care systems. “The lack of tools to measure the effect of clinical services on US population health is rooted in the historical development of the American clinical health care system‚ which evolved to respond to the acute care needs of the individual: relief of pain and suffering through diagnosis‚ therapeutic intervention‚ and reassurance” ( Kottke‚ 2010) The United States is striving to improve health disparities and health care

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    Population Health

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    Reformation for the Health of the Population Population health is an ever progressing branch of medicine that is fundamentally concerned with improving the health of a population as opposed to the sole health of the individual. Advances in technology continue to improve the average life expectancy‚ yet the American healthcare system is failing to evolve. Insurance companies routinely collect huge profits‚ yet a significant portion of the American population remains subject to poor health care. Reconstructions

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    Due Date

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    exam week‚ but the “do it” part does not occur until the night before the due date. On nights before each due date‚ the confident and carefree Heather that once said “don’t worry” can be seen struggling to keep her eyes open at 4:00 am in the morning while shoving a textbook of information into her head. As much as I detest it‚ I am the “pro” in procrastinate‚ and the laziness in me embraces the motto “if tomorrow is not the due date‚ today is not the do-date.” Procrastination‚ the act of delaying an

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    Jails and Prisons

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    Jails and Prisons CJS/200 Earlier forms of prisons were inhumane and focused on punishing prisoners for a crime no matter how small the crime was. Schmalleger (2011) stated “In an important historical development‚ around the year 1800‚ imprisonment as punishment replaced the notion of imprisonment for punishment.” (pg 485). This notion best describes the vast evolution of the various programs such as probation and parole that are now available to help criminals

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