Soc 310 Cook County Jail Reflection Paper Autumn 2009 Our visit to Cook County Jail was very stimulating to say the least. The community that the jail system is located in is primarily filled with Mexican Americans and seems to be very poor. I think that the jail is located there with no consideration of lowering property level due to the fact that it is already a poor neighborhood. I think that it further harms this community because the youth are exposed to jail system unnecessarily. I
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them up while they’re on the verge of coming out of prison and migrating back to society. In these two Essex County and Cook County offer education and try to find jobs so the offender does not have to reoffend seeing that there’s a high recidivism rate they try to cut that down by offering opportunities to give each person a new life.
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Demographic Report Solano County First Draft Judith Bodolla Tata SOCI 370 - Population and Migration Professor Marianne Paiva 12/2/13 Introduction Solano County was formed in 1850 but had been in existence for at least 2000 years and was once home to the Patwin Indians (About Solano). It is also one of the original 27 counties in California. Today‚ Solano is culturally diverse county‚ well situated between San Francisco and Sacramento and provides easy access between the two largest cities in
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Most people said that the county jail was a horrible and bad place to be. I can agree and relate to the saying. My experience with the county jail was not so pleasant. I did not have many difficulties with other inmates‚ but I can say I had a couple of disagreements with some. The county jail is not a place for smart individuals like me. I must admit it was once upon time that I wanted to just give in on my faith‚ but I stayed strong all the way through. But the county jail shows must people what
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like in the U.S. (Lanier‚ 2008). Many assume that there would be a longer waiting period in a country that has universal healthcare‚ but this isn’t the case in Germany. America has the most costly healthcare system in the world‚ yet underperforms compared to many other countries including Germany (Davis‚ 2007). Some of the areas that the U.S. ranks last on are access‚ safety‚ and efficiency. Germany spends less on healthcare‚ yet performs higher in these areas. Davis‚ K. (2007‚ may 15). Mirror
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National debt ceiling 101: Is a crisis looming? The Christian Science Monitor‚ Mark Trumbull‚ March 8‚ 2011‚ CSMonitor.com In this article‚ Mark Trumbull‚ a staff writer for The Christian Science Monitor‚ points out several different areas that the USA‘s National Debt crisis effects. Trumbull asks nine different questions about the debt crisis and then answer’s them as best as possible. His effort is to bring the words of this huge political battle from a high scope to the reading level of the
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Writing Assignment Topic: Discuss how does the U. S. National Debt crisis affects the daily consumer. An ongoing American issue that affects every American today is the U. S. National Debt crisis. Although many of us hear about it every day on the news‚ many truly don’t know the ramifications of the very critical ongoing issue. The U.S. National debt affects consumers every day‚ in just about every imaginable way but probably most notably in Americans facing higher taxes‚ higher interest rates
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could build a sandwich but not a birdhouse. Or a beer-can lamp. Which is exactly what I would be doing in shop class‚ which all boys had to take in ninth grade at my junior high school. Girls took home economics. Boys took shop. Girls learned to cook lasagna and bake chocolate cake. I would be learning to use a lathe. I preferred lasagna. So I did the sensible thing: I signed up for home economics. The school counselor called me into her office to tell me that boys weren’t allowed to take home
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double in size‚ the population has become qualitatively different from what it was in 1950. As noted by the Population Reference Bureau‚ “The U.S. is getting bigger‚ older‚ and more diverse.” The objective of this report is to highlight some of the demographic changes that have already occurred since 1950 and to illustrate how these and future trends will reshape the nation in the decades to come through 2050. The Census Bureau projects that the U.S. population will continue to grow‚ to almost 440 million
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In being one of the most famous attorneys of the twentieth century‚ Clarence Darrow clearly expresses his feelings about prison in his Address to the Prisoners in the Cook County Jail. In the speech‚ he says that he does not believethat people are in jail because the deserve to be. Clearly stating his reason for having such a negative aspect towards jail‚ he feels people are put in jail because of the circumstances beyond their control. The world today is starving. The hunger for money has now
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