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    The Texas Population

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    Texas: Population Projections and Implications” and “The Explosive Growth of the Latino Population May Hurt the U.S. in the Long Run‚” I plan to point out several statistics in the growing population of Texas and provide possible solutions to them. The most visually stunning statistic to me was the implication that Texas’ future population would contain nearly sixty percent Hispanics. The outcome could be viewed in a couple of different areas‚ with the first being found in the Texas population by age

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    Education in prison

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    thirds of them are women." More than 60 percent of all prison inmates are functionally illiterate. Two thirds of students who cannot read proficiently by the fourth grade will end up in jail or on welfare. These are all true statements. Illiteracy and crime are closely related. The Department of Justice states‚ "The link between academic failure and delinquency‚ violence‚ and crime is welded to reading failure." Over 70% of inmates in America’s prisons cannot read above a fourth grade level. By educating

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    Rehabilitation in Prison

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    Rehabilitation in Prison By Christopher Hall CJA 23 November 11‚ 2011 Instructor: William Dudley Prison rehabilitation

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    Prison Guideline

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    Get Person Out of Prison For Entertainment Purposes Only You will need the following: 1. A Birth Certificate –and Social security Number For Each Pearson You Want Out 2. The Docket(s) for each person (Court Case # - If Appealed – Appellate Court Case # And Docket - Inmate # for each person) 3. Prison Name and Address (not PO Box) where person(s) are currently incarcerated 4. Warden’s Address (PO Box Acceptable) 5. Person who will serve as Power of Attorney for the person(s) incarcerated

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    Prison Reform

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    Prison Reform Catherine Johns Axia College of University of Phoenix Most people who enter prison are lost. They have no direction in their life. They cannot find structure‚ so they turn to crime. They need help but they do not know where to turn. Think of how our world might be if there were better programs focused on reforming out prisoners while they are serving their time. The prison recidivism rate would decrease. Crime rates would lessen over time. Prisoners will have the opportunity

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    The Population Problem

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    The Population Problem Two hundred years ago‚ Thomas Malthus‚ in An Essay on the Principle of Population‚ reached the conclusion that the number of people in the world will increase exponentially‚ while the ability to feed these people will only increase arithmetically (21). Current evidence shows that this theory may not be far from the truth. For example‚ between 1950 and 1984‚ the total amount of grain produced more than doubled‚ much more than the increase in population in those 34 years.

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    SHIRLEY M.McBAY Improving Education for Minorities We have a long way to go‚ but the successes of hundreds of projects nationwide show that hope is very much alive. By the year 2015 or so‚ minorities will make up one-third of our population and a higher proportion of our work force. From this group can come a major share of the skilled technicians‚ scientists‚ engineers‚ and doctors‚ as well as teachers‚ generals‚ policymakers‚ financiers‚ and a host of other professionals that America needs to

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    Wealth Disparity Crisis

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    One of the many crisis within wealth disparity in America; is our broken‚ and expensive child care system. Child Care in America is a major crisis right now because it is broken‚ also‚ extremely expensive. We as American’s need to come together‚ and figure out a plan that works in fixing our child care system costs. Nobody ever would say how affordable their daycare is no parents hear that from other parents. Our young children should be in a safe‚ yet educational school at an early age‚ and affordable

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    The Attica Prison Riot of 1971 alarmed and outraged society. The public outrage brought about long overdue prison reforms including changes to public policy and administration. The riot began on September 9‚ 1971 and ended on September 13‚ 1971 when state police stormed the prison and opened fire. The re-taking of the prison left ten employees and twenty-nine inmates dead. During the riot itself one employee and three inmates were killed. The exact causes or incidents that led to the uprising are

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    An inmate loses many rights and privileges as an inmate‚ but the constitutional protections afforded by the Fifth and Eighth Amendments’ rights of due process and equal protection are not forfeited (Carlton & Garrett‚ 2008). Without access to the court system an inmate would be left no options to contest any sanction or punishment while incarcerated. The rights of inmates have been expanded by court decisions over the last 75 years‚ but without access to the court system‚ inmates would have to

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