municipal authorities‚ and typically hold offenders for short periods ranging from a single day to a year” (BJS‚ 2016). Prisons are the types of facilities where criminals are held for much longer sentences because the crime the suspect committed was much worse than one being in a community corrections facility. The prisons get ran by each states government and also the federal Bureau of Prisons. All of the other correctional facilities whether they are private or not fall into this category such as the U
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Trends in Workplace Learning: Supply and Demand in Interesting Times By Laurie Bassi‚ Scott Cheney‚ and Eleesha Lewis The ancient Chinese saying "May you live in interesting times" has perhaps never been more relevant. As the 1990s draw to a close and the new millennium fast approaches‚ life is phenomenally interesting--and demanding. Professionals who are responsible for workplace learning and performance improvement are squarely in the center of the swirl of exciting possibilities--and requirements--that
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INTRODUCTION The Fair Sentencing Act (FSA) of 2010 (Public Law 111-220) was an act by Congress‚ and became law on August 3‚ 2010 ( ). The FSA intent is to reduce the gap between the amount of crack cocaine and powder cocaine needed to initiate federal criminal penalties from a 100:1 weight ratio to an 18:1 weight ratio. The FSA also eliminates the five-year mandatory minimum sentence for the possession of crack cocaine (Reid 2012). The FSA replaced the controversial Anti-Drug Abuse
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Parents or Prisons In Parents or Prisons by Jennifer Roback Morse‚ she talks about the children that grow up with a single parent or absent parent house‚ she states that the child is more likely to end up doing a criminal activity. In some of the things I concur with what she says‚ but there are many things that I don’t agree with the author. It all depends on who the single parent is or where that child grows up‚ what influences that child has in his or her surroundings‚ what if his guardians
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[pic] It is our policy to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race‚ color‚ religion‚ sex‚ national origin‚ age‚ disability or any other characteristic protected by state or federal law. Personal Information Date 4/15/2013[pic]8/1/11 Name Collins Falanda Jean Previous Name(s) N/A Present Address 200‚ cervantes village ‚ NM 88001 Permanent Address 200‚ cervantes village‚ NM 88001 Phone Number 575.805.8352 Alternative
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Oct. 18‚ 2001 Thesis Private prisons can be a profitable and secure alternative to government run Statement prisons. Private prisons are able to be profitable by controlling the administrational cost of operating the facilities. At the same time‚ they must adhere to high governmental standards to maintain the right to operate. Background As a nation‚ we have many issues that we must face. One of those issues is the administration of the‚ already overcrowded‚ prison system. This issue is one of the
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Five Food Trends for 2012 and Beyond Posted on November 30‚ 2011 by ePerspective On the food front‚ Americans may be finally accepting that we are what we eat and start walking the walk. Even our new taste for Nordic cuisine is fueled‚ perhaps‚ by images of the lean‚ robust‚ and outdoorsy. But what other things are trending on the food front for 2012–13? With Denmark’s recent “fat tax” imposed on high-fat food products and the U.K. contemplating a similar fine on all things fatty‚ look for more
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Controlling gangs in prison is not and has never been an easy task. No strategy is possible to eliminate the vice totally. However‚ some strategies have proved to control prison gangs to a large extent. The main strategy is the one that was applied in the state of Texas in 1990s. In the strategy‚ confirmed gang members were isolated in separation wings and/or prison units‚ along with other intransigent inmates who balked at the institutional regime. Through intelligence-gathering and suppression
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Coursework Questions to Alan I. Taub‚ Automotive Materials: Technology Trends and Challenges in the 21st Century‚ MRS Bulletin‚ Volume 31‚ April 2006‚ 336-343 Read this article and answer the following questions on its basis: 1. What is the percentage of automotive vehicles that are powered by petroleum products? 2a. When did the area end where automobiles were a cost + margin = price business? 2b. Into what did this equation change to? 3. What is the primary challenge in improving automotive
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Trends in Fundraising As is the case in any industry‚ fundraising and philanthropy are continually going through new trends. These trends are spawned as 1) a response to cultural pressures‚ 2) developed freely in the minds of industry leaders‚ or 3) borrowed from other industries and adapted. Today there are two major trends and a myriad of minor applications (mini-trends)‚ that are a direct response to the major trends in donation giving. Both of these major trends are born from a response to heightened
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