Jared Rodriguez Gloria D. St Vrain Rouse English 090-015 3/1/12 Effects of Overcrowded Prisons Imagine being trapped in a small room‚ with four other people who are all criminals‚ that’s what comes to mind when people think of overcrowded prisons. It probably reeks of odder and sweet from being in the cell all day. It’s so overcrowded because so many crimes are being committed that there is not enough room for all of the people. It effects of over crowdedness may be tax payers money‚ the behavior
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The biggest problem in America is overcrowded prisons. But how do we fix that? For several prisons have been lacking space for prisoners. America needs to build more prisons because of conditions‚ population‚ and fair treatment. America needs to build more prisons because of conditions. A facility outside of San Diego was large‚ open‚ and very well lit; the only problem was that inmates were everywhere and crammed with double bunks. Pete Gallagher who lived in building 13 watched the conditions
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Elephant culling is not bad‚ but it is actually good for Africa. Adult African elephants eat an enormous 130kg of food a day‚ and they eat anything. They trample crops grown by humans and eat them. This is devastating to an already starving African population. This is only one of the reasons to cull them. I personally feel that elephant culling is not even a choice for Africa‚ but a necessity. It is a necessity for Africa because if the elephant population gets too big‚ Africa’s biodiversity will
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leaving people who don’t have money behind‚ which ultimately leads to creating criminals. She explains the dangers of overcrowded prisons‚ who are the people more likely to be imprisoned‚ and the role of a market society within
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In today’s society‚ it seems as more and more people are going without the mental treatment they need. The lack of sufficient mental health care‚ such as overcrowded mental institutions and appalling conditions of the mental institutions‚ affects crime in our society. In order to decrease a percentage of crime in our society‚ the government should establish more mental health facilities and maintain them to a better standard‚ also the government should focus more efforts on treating incarcerated
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How do you decide who goes to prison and who doesn’t?You can only have so many people in a prison at once‚ so you have to decide who goes in and who stays out. Overcrowded prisons can be a safety hazard to the prisoners and also it costs taxpayers to keep them there. there are two groups of people. Let’s imagine this scenario: One group of 20 people‚ Group A is going to trial for possession of an illicit substance. Another group‚ Group B also has 20 people going to trial except this time for murder
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The fact that the world’s cities are getting more and more crowded is well-known. Cities such as Tokyo‚ Sao Paolo‚ Bombay and Shanghai are now considered ‘mega-cities’‚ because of their enormous size and huge populations. There are two main reasons why these and other cities are becoming so crowded; one economic‚ the other socio-cultural. First‚ the primary cause of cities becoming so crowded is economic. As a country develops‚ its cities become the engines of development‚ thus jobs
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has 9 Federal Prisons with 3 more proposed‚ ranking it #2 in the U.S. Pennsylvania is also home to 28 State Prisons‚ 2 that are new since 2003. Another prison was built‚ but is still not operating due to lack of funds. (Prisons in PA‚ 2004) Why is the building of prisons on the rise in Pennsylvania? Overcrowding is the only logical answer‚ but why they are overcrowded is another question. Drug offenses are a major factor when it comes to the overcrowding issues. The laws in Pennsylvania are
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Pryor The Dead In the novel The Dead‚ Gabriel Conroy‚ who is the nephew of Julia and Kate Morkan‚ is the main character of the story. One night he and his wife attended a party‚ which was given by his two aunts‚ and there were many other members in the party. The story revolves around their life and memories.Gabriel Conroy felt a blur between his soul and the dead. Some people died‚ but they are still alive because they have true love. Some people are alive‚ but they are still dead because they
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As an old‚ lonely Sheppard who lost his wife and child to have such passion changing a dry‚ monotonous desert into forest with tranquil ambience must be really tough. Although he is lonely‚ he is sure of himself and confident of his self-assessment. For a person to have that kind of infatuation towards a job that won’t give him any benefit in return is really hard to exist in this world. His determination is shown when he even being picky to choose the acorn. He examined them closely one after the
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