Minority Police Brutality in Major Cities of the United States Since the first state-sponsored police forces in the U.S. racial discrimination in police forces has been a characteristic of the American landscape. Racial profiling and police brutality have their roots in enforcement of slave codes‚ black codes‚ and Jim Crow Segregation laws. We Charge Genocide‚ a petition submitted to the UN by the Civil Rights Congress in 1951‚ documented thousands of incidents of police violence against African
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justice system. Prisons are not adequately equipped to care for mentally ill inmates‚ which can lead to an escalation of an inmate’s illness. Mentally ill inmates are a major problem in prisons because they require plenty of special needs. Most of the prisons do not encounter the medication needed for these offenders‚ so it is better for them to be taken care of at a mental hospital where they will be treated correctly. Incarcerating mentally ill offenders cause major problems in prisons. Taxpayer costs
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Life in Prison Willie Lee Clark University of Phoenix Institutional and Community Corrections CJA383 Sherri Webster April 25‚ 2011 Life in Prison Prison life in most society is not considered a life worth mentioning. When a person decides to break the law and take up a life of crime‚ he or she should be aware of certain circumstances that lie ahead. When individuals break the law in our society‚ the pathway to a life in jail or prison is almost certain. Life simple freedom that most
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comes to prisons‚ anything that can’t be bought in the commissary or that isn’t given to them when they get to prison is contraband. Contraband is a major issue behind the walls and can be anything from a “homemade” shank by the inmate‚ or drugs or weapons smuggled into the prison from various ways. Not only is different types of contraband in the prison a threat to the inmates lives‚ but also a threat to the officers on duty and other staff members. Some issues with contraband in a prison are: how
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murder is known to be non-existent. Minority Report‚ one of Steven Spielberg ’s most popular films shows the viewers a near perfect utopian state where all crime has been eliminated. There is an evident observation in the movie that depicts the way people behave and act. No doubt there is a large change in society compared to the society we have today. The change in society‚ culture‚ and norms were all impacted due to the heightened change in technology. Minority Report‚ revolves around John Anderton
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many ideas and assumptions surrounding how the “model minority”‚ or the Chinese in America came to be. Coined in 1966 by sociologist William Peterson‚ the term "model minority" was first articulated in an article entitled "Success Story: Japanese American Style" in the New York Times (Peterson‚ 1966). The immigration of the Chinese to America and how they became the model minority in an age of discrimination while surpassing African Americans is worth learning. I feel it’s important to review the
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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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For decades now‚ prison overcrowding has become a problem all over the United States. Because of this overcrowding‚ many individuals are let out of prison before their sentence is complete which poses a threat to the community and society as a whole. However‚ while that is valid‚ the real threat is directly to those who are released before they are fully prepared to become functioning members of society once again and who will ultimately end up back in prison because of this. There are many universal
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When companies profit from crime‚ there is an incentive to imprison more inmates for longer sentenceseven when the violent crime rate is on the decline. The prison system‚ courts‚ police‚ and corporations have a vested interest in keeping crime at a certain level. This is because prisons have become a form of economic development and a profit making opportunity. Some companies exploit prison labor‚ others build prisons. There are many businesses that benefit directly from prisoners. These businesses
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The United States Penitentiary (USP)‚ Leavenworth‚ was the largest maximum security federal prison in the United States from 1903 until 2005. It became a medium security prison in 2005. It is located in Leavenworth‚ Kansas. It is an all-male‚ medium-security facility committed to carrying out the judgments of the Federal Courts. Leavenworth is one of three first generation United States Penitentiaries built in the early 1900s. The other two were Atlanta and McNeil Island(although McNeil dates
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