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    Jail and Prisons Comparison Paper Jail is usually the first place a person is taken after being arrested by police officers. The authority of states to build‚ operate‚ and fill jails can be found in the Tenth Amendment‚ which has been construed to grant to states the power to pass their own laws to preserve the safety‚ health‚ and welfare of their communities. Jail is to protect the public and citizens of county by providing a wide range of constructive‚ professional correctional services for

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    Nation under God‚ indivisible‚ with liberty and justice for all. This is the pledge of the American people; however‚ only fifty years ago America was not living in accordance to this pledge. The year is 1963‚ and while many Americans are placing their right hands over their hearts and reciting this pledge the country stood divided by the color of an individual’s skin. Martin Luther King JR. was one American who believed in this pledge and made it his mission in life to see to it that indivisible‚

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    Jails and Prisons Jails and Prisons The United States has an every growing criminal population. The two main ways to house criminals is jails‚ and state prisons. The San Diego Central Jail is the primary jail for San Diego county and houses more than 900 inmates on a daily bases. The Donovan Correctional Facility houses more than 3‚666 inmates at one time because of an increase in its original population limit; however‚ that also shows the need for more prisons and housing facilities. The

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    facilities are split into two different types of housing. The types of housing include jails and prisons. The main difference between them is the amount of time that the offender spends behind bars and jails are typically ran by local law enforcement while prisons are either ran by the state or the federal government. There are also different levels of security in each facility (“What is the Difference Between Jail and Prison?” (n.d.)). While there is a high incarceration rate among the entire population

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    Executive Summary Hetauda Cement Industry Ltd. was established in 1976 A.D. under the government undertaking with the core objectives of the production of cement. In the market‚ there are many private and government agencies engaged in this kind of manufacturing. Hetauda cement industry has the core competitors like Udayapur Cement Industry (government) and many private cement factories. Hetauda cement industry is the single company to produce clinker in Nepal. It has the very good credit over

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    Howard Zinn‚ American historian‚ playwright‚ and social activist‚ once said‚ “Protest beyond the law is not a departure from democracy; it is absolutely essential to it.” He was talking about civil disobedience. Civil disobedience is the refusal to obey certain laws or government demands for the purpose of influencing legislation or government policy‚ characterized by the employment of such nonviolent techniques as boycotting‚ picketing‚ and nonpayment of taxes according to dictionary.com. Two

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    5: Family Business Succession in Asia (Richard Ivey School of Business) Characteristics of a typical Asian Family firm. The Wang Group exhibits many characteristics of a typical Asian family firm. Their kinship relationship‚ succession plan‚ business continuity and family members hire are all similar. The Wang Group is first and foremost a family-owned business group‚ which has been active for four generations who carried the business tradition to the next generation. Therefore‚ the management

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    The Civil Rights Movement is one of the most well known social movements in American History. But have you ever stopped to think of what really makes up a movement? Social movements are demonstrations used to express dissatisfaction with a certain policy or practice. Movements are all made possible by devoted leaders‚ bold‚ ordinary citizens‚ community support‚ and political institutions. Although the aforementioned components make social movements possible‚ the main driving force for a successful

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    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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    as he waved his paddle in the air. We were told to do homework for the weekend and to bring it back on the next Monday. I didn’t want to do this long homework assignment‚ I wanted to go play with my friends and play video games. I was a typical young kid; I just wanted to have fun. That whole weekend I did not touch that assignment. I don’t even think I took my homework out from my backpack. The Moring of that Monday I completely forgot about my homework. When I got to school and sat

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