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    American Prison System

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    American Prison Systems Introduction In many countries national prisons are operated and supplemented by provinces and state counterparts. Prisoners are held in prisons and jails throughout the country and globally convicted of various crimes and offenses. The nature of the offense determines where the prisoner is held and the lengths of times. There are institutions that vary in level of security in both the state and federal prison system. However‚ the majority of prisoners are sentenced

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    Special Education Needs

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    meant by the term special educational needs; then I will talk about the history of my chosen topic which is autism; when it was diagnosed‚ who diagnosed it‚ how labelling can affect a child suffering from autism‚ and what treatments are available to assist autistic people in leading some-what normal lives. I will also write about the medical and social model‚ what they are and how they relate to SEN‚ I will then write about the SEN Code of Practice and special educational needs coordinators and touch

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    Prisoners have the opportunity to get free education. Once before a man in prison received his doctorate degree at the graduation ceremony. This paper will discussion some of the issues on the government paying more to keep prisoners imprisoned than on K-12 grade student’s education. How can prisoners receive free education but us free citizens have to pay our way for education? Having education does change your state in mind‚ is what they say but I don’t believe it should be free for inmates. Crimes

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    Summary Of Prison State

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    justice system. Due to the unknowns on how to treat crime it is resulted in holding all crimes in prisons and jails. From minor to major crimes there are more effective ways to correct the behavior. In the documentary “Prison State”‚ highlights these issues in attempt to correct the problems. When crimes are committed and these criminals off all ages are released from correctional facilities‚ it is unknown on how they will react to the world. There are ways to regulate and watch what they do but these

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    whether a mentally ill person who commits a crime should be criminally charged. Some people believe people with mental illnesses should be hospitalized and receive treatment‚ then be discharged once they are stable. Others believe having mentally ill people who have committed crimes being discharged after receiving treatment is a danger to their safety. I believe that decision depends on the person’s mental illness and their crime. But most of the time the mentally ill know right from wrong and need to

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    For my choice project I chose to interview a parent who has a child with special needs. The parent I chose to interview is a person I work with. She is a mother of two children‚ a son and a daughter which her son has been diagnosed with autism. Her son is ten years old and has been living with autism since he was diagnosed at the age of three. I have known this mother for about three years now and have helped her in many of the autism fundraisers that she puts on to raise money for her autism support

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    of “guilty but mentally ill” vs “not guilty by reason of insanity” The guilty but mentally ill can get the treatment needed in a mental institution but will need to complete the penalty once the treatment is finished. The not guilty by reason of insanity” gets away without serving any penalty and can commit the same crime again or a worst one if not watch carefully. “Guilty but mentally ill vs Not guilty by reason of insanity” Dina F has pleated “guilty but mentally ill and waived her right

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    offered advice to our young government. He also predicted what would most likely happen to the United States. In his address‚ Washington told the United States government to not form political parties. Washington predicted that they might distract the public councils and weaken public administration. Republican and Democratic parties have and have not helped government issues that affect the United States today. One big issue political parties have and have not helped with is healthcare. President Obama

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    1950’s‚ the United States started deinstitutionalization state mental institutions. The plan was to move them out of the hospital and into a community based program. However‚ today the biggest depository for the severely mental ill is the Criminal Justice system. About ten percent of the population has sort of psychiatric illness that landed them in jail. In many ways the prison system is acting as a replacement for mental institutions and there are probably more people in jail than in hospitals.

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    Prison System

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    I don’t think one system is better than the other system both may have a positive effect on criminals. It just depends on what the crime is if is a less severe crime than prisoners should be put in the South Dakota system. Where they help prisoners find a good outcome out of the situation and lets them see that there’s so much more than going to jail. For criminals that have a severe crime than they should be put in the tent city system because they have to learn their punishment. Many of the people

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