Are tax dollars used towards Criminals sitting in State Prisons a waste? Every year in the United States of America over 1.5 Billion Dollars of TAXES is paid by Residents of the United States. Weather the Tax money paid is used for Major crisis or unnecessary actions; we have no say. Although I have yet 2 years before I become involved in politics‚ government‚ credit‚ taxes etc. I stand firm when I say‚ I would hate to see even a penny ($.01) of mine being used to feed some bum in a cell who gets
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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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2. How might having a child with a disability affect the family? The birth of a baby is generally anticipated with great vigor and expectations of a prosperous future. This excitement may disappear with the birth of a disabled babies. It does not matter if the handicap is blindness‚ retardation or a physical abnormity. The family into which this child is born will transform in some ways.(Özşenol 2003) This paper will focus on the effect a handicapped child may have on his family. A specific disability
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The state of prison healthcare in the United States tends to be a complicated issue‚ largely due to it being a hot topic when discussed with the public. Many inmates are in need of some form of healthcare‚ whether it be medication‚ counseling‚ or mental treatments. However‚ due to the current environment that these prisoners are in‚ they may not be receiving the care that they need and deserve. This travesty needs to be addressed and remedied posthaste because while prison inmates may be incarcerated
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State expenditures (including the District of Columbia) for adult prisons were estimated to be $22 billion for 1996‚ the most recent data available from the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Overall‚ between 1990 and 1996‚ state prison expenditures increased 83 percent from $12 billion to $22 billion. Of these‚ capital expenditures (on construction‚ land and equipment) were 6 percent of total expenditures‚ i.e.‚ a total of $1.3 billion. Construction costs at $0.8 billion represented 4 percent
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What about for the courts and corrections? Explain. (This is question 2 at the end of Chapter 1). The state and courts control probation and parole that reform and control punishment that are controlled by the courts. The court also control payroll. The state is in control of all prisons. The federal is in control of officers and security. 2. What types of cases might arise in both federal and state courts? Give examples of the types of cases that might cause a conflict in jurisdiction between the
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At the end of 2001‚ state prisons were operating between 1 and 16 percent over the capacity‚ while federal prisons were above 31 percent their desired capacity level (Foster‚ 2006). It has been proven that prisons are more difficult to manage when they are above capacity and inmate and staff health and safety suffer when overcrowding occurs. The main reason for population
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How might prejudice develop and how might it be reduced? • Prejudice: A judgment or opinion made without adequate knowledge; to Prejudge‚ to pass judgement or form premature opinion. We can break the word prejudice down into two parts to give clearer understanding of its meaning‚ Pre is before and judice is to make judgement‚ so it is a negative preconceived judgement on an individual or group prior to seeking full knowledge or understanding about them. Prejudice effects many aspects of today’s
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State and Federal Prison System CJS/230 In our prison system today there are state and federal prisons throughout the United States. Our prison system is based on the created of the nineteenth century prisons that were used. Prisons confined felons serving sentences longer than a year and those sentence to
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Careful He Might Hear You‚ by Sumner Locke Elliot‚ is a complicated novel‚ revolving around the story of a six year old boy named PS and his search for personal identity amidst the conflicts of his closest relatives. The narration of these conflicts‚ as well as the history behind their origins‚ forms the basis of the novel‚ and while the different types of relationships between the characters are not the main focus of the novel‚ the author links them with each of the characters’ sense of identity
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