In 2004‚ there were over 5.7 million refugees worldwide who lived in detention centers for at least 5 years. Men‚ women and children who already fled everything from political unrest to extreme discrimination‚ hoping to find a better life in a new country. These people don’t want more but their dignity back‚ however they face a very different reality. The evaluation process can take anywhere from days to years and in countries with a higher influx of immigrants‚ this process is often elongated. Once
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during a Saturday morning detention session. Each student arrived to the school by different means‚ which is a precursor to determining the type of individual each one is. The group is comprised of a "princess"‚ an "athlete”‚ a "brain"‚ a "criminal"‚ and a "basket case". These are the roles the students play during the week. Because of typical stereotypes and status levels‚ at the onset‚ the students don’t want anything to do each other at the beginning of the detention session. However‚ once confronted
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for alternatives to detention; research on traditional confinement in large training schools or correctional facilities has found relatively high recidivism rates (Austin‚ Johnson and Weitzer‚ 2005). The time a youth spend in confinement not only takes the individual away the negative factors that may influence his behavior but also take them away from any other positive reinforcements such as family and the community. Practitioners
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prisoners to detention facilities in the continental United States‚ making it virtually impossible to try them in civilian courts. As of April 2012‚ 169 remained in detention at GITMO (Sutton‚ 2012). An assumption made by the Bush administration in selecting this location was that it was beyond the jurisdiction of U.S. courts. The administration wanted to avoid any judicial oversight of how it handled detainees‚ characterized as “enemy combatants.” A possible legal challenge to indefinite detention with
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of the detention centre. Subhi living an tent in an detention centre wants to break free from the detention centre‚ and Jimmie wants to learn about where she lives‚ exploring new places as she goes. When Subhi is given food‚ he has no idea on what it is or what it is made of‚ but Jimmie eats food that she knows what it is. Jimmie comes home and goes to her warm bed but Subhi goes to his tent and sleeps on a rock hard bed. Subhi longs for some freedom and wishes to be out of the detention centre and
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committed by an adult would constitute a crime". Martin was later found to be delinquent and was sentenced to two years probation. However‚ during the time Martin was in pretrial detention‚ his attorneys filed a class action on behalf of all youths subject to preventative detention in New York‚ charging that this form of detention was violating their due-process rights under the Fifth and Fourteenth Amendments. His appeal was upheld because‚ at adjudication‚ most delinquents are released or placed on probation
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in the absence of such conditions‚ through detainment‚ arrest‚ interrogation‚ incommunicado etc.‚ are not acceptable under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. Many a times‚ deprivation of liberty involves arbitrary detention. Arbitrary detention is holding someone in custody for interrogation or arrest without any proper warrant‚ charge‚ notice or reason. It is a direct violation of the Article 5 of the European Convention on Human Rights and Article
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kneel on the ground with their hands in the air for an hour to cause them considerable pain in places such as Africa. However‚ now these types of punishments are seen as immoral and unthinkable by parents and teachers. Students are now punished with detentions and notes to their parents which although less severe is arguably a better and more popular policy for schools. Firstly‚ hitting as a disciplinary sanction should not be allowed by teachers because it does not teach children anything. School is
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situation-detention. At the beginning of the movie‚ these five students appear to be very different people who have nothing to say to each other. However‚ throughout the movie‚ the sanctions of each clique become less relevant‚ and they find that they themselves have formed their own clique: The Breakfast Club. Coming into the detention session‚ each character has a fixation in a stereotypical high school role. Claire is the "princess"; an upper-class‚ popular socialite who is in detention for ditching
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factors. Firstly‚ Australia’s system of mandatory detention deems detainment as the only option. Due to long periods of detainment‚ many children were showing signs of considerable mental harm including illnesses such as depression‚ post-traumatic stress disorder and were having difficulty developing. A child should be kept in detention for no longer than 3 months. However‚ this study found that normally a child in an Australian immigration detention center would be kept for one year‚ eight months
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