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    Contraband in Prison

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    contraband‚ the most commonplace items seized are drugs‚ tattooing equipment‚ electronics‚ and weapons. Contraband‚ as defined by US Legal‚ refers to property that is illegal to possess or transport. The Arizona Revised Statues define the promoting of prison contraband as a person‚ not otherwise authorized by law‚ who knowingly takes contraband into a correctional facility or the grounds of a correctional facility‚ conveying contraband to any person confined in a correctional facility‚ or by knowingly

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    points The author in this article talks about the betting history in the United States. According to the Wolohan‚ gambling on sport events is prohibited in every state‚ except four states while casino games and lottery are legal in every state‚ except Hawaii and Utah. The legal betting brings a lot of the money to the budget and can be collected as a tax revenue. Unfortunately‚ since the betting on sports is not yet legalized in every state a lot of betting occurs illegally and due to this reason

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    Critical Essay One Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln‚ the sixteenth president‚ was one of the most decorated commander-in-chiefs in American History‚ due to his never-ending push to mend our broken nation and move to the beginning. Nevertheless‚ many African Americans were forced to come to America to be sold into slavery in 1619. While the treatment of slaves was very unfair and‚ in many cases‚ inhumane‚ and was plagued with a lifetime

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    2013 ABSTRACT A significant amount of people are being incarcerated in the United States than any other nation in the world. According to the Pew Center‚ it was reported that there were an astounding one in every 100 adults behind bars in 2008‚ and many belief it is because the criminal justice system has incarcered their way out for so long‚ that federal and state prisons and county jails are being bombarded with crisis levels of overcrowding (Alcohol Monitoring Systems‚ Inc

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    Prison Overcrowding Terence Ingram Professor Karina Arzumanova‚ Esq. January 27‚ 2013 Strayer University Prison Overcrowding Criminal Activity is on the rise. With prison populations growing at an all-time rate‚ the federal prison system has not been able to keep up. As a result‚ this is a serious problem which puts inmates and guards in danger and holds back efforts to rehabilitate convicts. ( McLaughlin‚ 2012) Violence will be on the rise as more inmates are squeezed into small living

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    Federal Trade Commission

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    The Federal Trade Commission is an independent agency of the U.S. government that was established in 1915 and charged with keeping American business competition free and fair. The FTC has no jurisdiction over banks and common carriers‚ which are under the supervision of other governmental agencies. It has five members‚ not more than three of whom may be members of the same political party‚ appointed by the President‚ with the consent of the Senate‚ for seven-year terms. The act was part of the program

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    Illness In Prisons

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    to the mentally ill in prison populations. Large portions of inmates suffer with a mental disease or disorder and this makes treatment challenging for administration and mental health personnel. The information in this research includes the common elements‚ improvements‚ and core benefits provided in the program‚ that exists in mental health courts‚ today. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (2016)‚ the United States has the largest prison population in the world

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    Federal Express

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    INTRODUCTION Federal Express‚ is a packaging and mail delivery company that had evolved 20 years ago. The company’s strongest feature is its Human Resources department that had seeked to follow and concentrate on its mission statement throughout its growing years: "The Personnel Division is dedicated to maintaining a global environment consistent with P-S-P‚ quality standards‚ local culture‚ and relevant laws and regulations in which employees are motivated to high levels of achievement of corporate

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    Violence In Prisons

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    1. Dean Spade‚ The Laws Will Never Make us Safe. “Some people who are identifying prisons and boarders as some of the most significant forms of violence that need to be opposed and resisted by queer and Trans politics‚ are calling for an end to all prisons.” The article is addressing issues of violence among individuals who become easy victims of hate crimes with in the criminal justice system. Much like how Queer and trans individuals are working towards trying to dismantle the racial identity

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    United States Government There are several types of governments throughout the world. Some have been successful‚ while others have not. Many of these governments are governed by a dictator‚ royal monarch‚ or the wealthiest of the country‚ with absolutely no or little say from the people of the country. The United States has a government that balances its power amongst three different branches‚ thus having a form of government that is for the people; the U.S. government is made up of the legislative

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