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    leaders when it comes to providing an education. Our system had deteriorated so much that students continue to fall behind in schools every year and fail miserably in their academics. In the United States‚ the major problems in public education are the lack of funding‚ an outdated school system‚ and failure to improve and properly discipline our teaching staff. Due to insufficient funds‚ our public education

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    . In the United States‚ the criminal justice system is an important tool used to provide justice for all. The criminal justice system creates a median for protecting societies innocent civilians and punishing the guilty who committed heinous acts. To follow understand our justice system‚ we need to look at laws created throughout history that became influential to our modern law as we know it today. For our laws have been adapted from historical societies‚ whose thoughts and ideas were way before

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    Ihawig Prison

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    Video #4: Ihawig Prison and Penal Farm Challenge: Political Prisoners in the American Hegemony Response: In 1898‚ the Philippines got its independence from the Spanish hegemony. After 6 months of being a free country‚ the Philippines was once again ruled by the Americans. During the American occupation‚ some Filipinos were captured and held as prisoners. Some prisoners couldn’t be accommodated at the Bilibid Prison in Manila so they were thrown in a specific area of Puerto Princesa

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    various discussions about our public school system in our country today. Stopping us from becoming the most prominent education system are the barriers for ensuring that children receive a high quality education. But we can improve this by finding great leaders in the Education department from the US‚ state‚ and local government and also start children earlier with their education‚ also cutting down the dropout rate. Lastly‚ we need the US Gov’t‚ State‚ local‚ school administration‚ teachers‚ parents

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    Rehabilitation In Prison

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    Research Question: Should mentally ill convicted offenders be incarcerated in jails and prisons or institutionalized in mental health treatment facilities? Incarceration of the mentally ill is a social problem because studies have shown that a significantly high percentage of individuals incarcerated in the United States have been diagnosed with a mental illness. A Stanford Law school study has shown that prisons and jails have become the new mental health care facilities. In their study‚ they

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    poverty. In 2009‚ 43.6 million people — 14.6 percent of the population — were living in poverty in the U.S.‚ up from 13.2 percent of the population in 2008. (Pascale‚ 2010) The United States currently has the highest number of people in poverty it has ever had since

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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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    The Mall as Prison

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    Kimberly Campbell English 1013 Comp 1 October 4‚ 2010 “The Mall as Prison” Author David Guterson‚ journalist and novelist‚ spent a week in The Mall of America on assignment for Harpers Magazine. His essay‚ “The Mall as Prison”‚ tells his views on the Mall as a psychological effect on today’s society. He uses witty and sarcastic comments to get his point across. Is American culture being corrupted by what Americans consider a retail structure that is vital to the survival of our needs? He gives

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    the Australian Legal System with the legal system of the country of origin therefore the comparison is with the Pakistani Legal System. The structure of the Common Wealth Government‚ Australia briefed in the constitution is divided into three branches‚ the legislature (Senate “upper house” and House of Representatives “lower house”)‚ executive (the administrative arm of Government) and judiciary (the legal arm of the Government). While in Pakistan the Parliament and Federal Government also consists

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    Angola Prison

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    Angola Prison The state penitentiary in Angola Louisiana is the largest and on of the oldest maximum security prison in the United States. A little over 5000 men live within its walls and three quarters of them are black. Eighty five percent of the inmates at Angola will die inside the prison due to being executed or serving a full life sentence. The prison is 18‚000 acres and has its own farm which prisoners work on. Angola’s name is derived from a country in Africa named Angola. The prison

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