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    large town located midway between Worcester and Boston. The prison was once known as "Framingham State Prison". MCI Framingham is the official name‚ and is favored.( Beckerman‚ A. (2002) MCI-Framingham is a medium security correctional facility for female offenders. Several References note it as the oldest female correctional institution‚ which is still in operation‚ in the United States. It opened in 1877. The prison houses both state and county offenders‚ as well as those awaiting sentencing.

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    spreadfrom the Niger Delta to virtually all nooks and crannies of the country‚ with some states of course being hotspots. Similarly victims have changed from being predominantly foreign oil workers to Nigerians‚ including parents‚ grand

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    Recidivism Rate in The United States In the United States‚ crime is a problem that will not easily be solved. I believe that one of the most significant problems relating to crime is the number of inmates that are committing crimes after release and are incarcerated again‚ known as recidivism. Why is this happening and what can be done to further prevent it? There are a number of hypotheses on why offenders often commit crimes multiple times‚ even after punishment. Some of these include the

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    can do just as much good as it can do harm. When people are hurt the worst thing to do is tell them the actual magnitude of the injury and get them scared‚ the only way to avoid this is to lie to them. The gruesome truth is that in war a lot of times limbs get blown off; even worse than that is it’s not unlikely for the person to survive. On many accounts seeing the wound is what killed a soldier not the actual wound. Unfortunately the sight of one’s self missing a leg can cause a heart attack

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    The history of U.S. prisons from the late 1700s to the late 1800s was marked by a shift from a penitentiary system primarily concerned with rehabilitation to one concerned more with warehousing prisoners. The failure of reform minded wardens to justify rehabilitation caused state legislatures to set economic profitability as the new goal for prisons. This resulted in a worsening of prison conditions during this period. Early colonial criminal law was a curious mix of religion

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    1.) Colonial North Carolina has often been described as having been a tumultuous‚ unstable place. Write an essay that defends and explains this description. In your essay be sure to cover specific issues and events‚ but also discuss the sectional divisions that existed in the North Carolina colony that were revealed by these issues and events. As early as 1665‚ North Carolinians disliked taxes; they especially hated abuse of power and mishandling of revenue. A chief concern for colonists was the

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    As a newly formed country the United States largely adopted a policy of isolationism‚ meaning that the government believed it was better to keep itself out of the political affairs of other countries. The United States was successful in its isolationism because of its geographical separation from Europe and most other major countries (proquest staff). After the conclusion of the American Civil War‚ this attitude remained the same. The country had to focus its efforts into the reconstruction and rebuilding

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    The first time I came to United States. My first time in United States was scary but yet fun. I came over with my mother‚ my father and my little brother. I was only 9 years old and didn’t speak any English. My father was the only one that knew good English because he was born and raised in New Jersey. To begin with‚ not only was I scared when I came to United States I was about to learn a new language. Before we came over my dad had flew over first a couple weeks before to find us a place.

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    watered down. All methods of transforming something so ordinary into limitless prospects. Methods that have been used all throughout history are artfully applied to rubble that is now a blank canvas. Clay hold a memory of the past and presents possibilities for the unforeseen future. From ancient artifacts made up of kind of fragile forever‚ we can view the dug up history and relate it to our everyday lives. Something once practically beyond recognition can find its way to becoming a priceless window

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    became known as the Puritan work ethic which states If you work very hard you tend to be more successful which allows a blessing from god which is salvation. These beliefs were so strong that this why the North never adopted slavery because the Puritans thought it was laziness. The Puritans tried created a political structure focused on building a society rooted in community and family. Church and state were closely aligned; the law said that states enforce religious devotion‚ and all towns were

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