Prison or Education? Mrs. Kolb Comp. II 12 March 2014 America is ranked number one in the world in the amount of people they incarcerate. On average for every 100‚000 U.S citizens there are 500 citizens incarcerated (Tsai). A high percentage of the inmates are illiterate and about seventy percent of them dropped out of high school (Tsai). The government continues to increase funding for prisons as their population grows and at the same time the funds for education decline. As one might see there
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The American Prison System The American Prison system is home to many of the nations criminals. The ever-growing population is due in part to incarceration‚ where an alternate punishment would suffice. The sustenance of the inmates is drawn directly of of society’s pocket‚ in the form of taxes. I believe that we‚ as a nation‚ should focus on providing more sensible‚ economical ways for criminals to pay off their debt to the community. There is no doubt that America is one of the world’s largest
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Prisoners Argument found in 13th:Politicians and police are biased as the African-American race is largely proportioned in prisons; racism. Agree: 2.4 million people are currently imprisoned in the United States of America. Forty percent of the prisoners are black males. This is no coincidence. Politicians have manipulated the government to target African Americans; racism never ended with slavery. For instance‚ Birth of a Nation created an image of the black race as being rapist and savages. This
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Maintenance of Prison tattoos – have mission statement and list of behavioral protocols‚ rarely have formal protocols regarding tattooing. Most facilities prohibit tattooing. Realities of tattoo prohibition – De facto pervasive tattooing prohibition. Doesn’t detail punishments for tattoos. It’s considered a minor infraction. Formal protocols are minor but in practice‚ the punishments are far more severe. This is due to gang correlation with tattoos. Parole board is entrusted with responsibility
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Jails vs. Prisons Kristin Schneider CRJ 303: Corrections R.D. Robertson April 26‚ 2010 I wanted to start off by giving the definition of Jail and Prison. There really isn’t much of a difference and I will explain the difference in a little bit. The definition of jail is a place of detention; a place where a person convicted or suspected of a crime is detained‚ and Prison is a place of long-term confinement for those convicted of serious crimes. I believe that there is not too much of a major
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Abstract Alcatraz Prison was one of the most secure prisons ever built in the United States. Alcatraz was erected in the San Francisco Bay and originally was a military facility during the late 1800s. Alcatraz has housed 1‚576 of the United States most dangerous criminals during its 29 year existence (Williams). Alcatraz has housed well known criminals such as Al Capone and George Barnes (The Rock). The prison was considered escape proof‚ so when prisoners from other federal facilities were causing
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The Thirteenth Amendment was designed to free slaves. However‚ the prison system appears to be a form of slavery itself with the high number of Africa-American incarcerated. Out of the whole prison population‚ about 80 percent or more are of African descent. After the Civil War‚ an enormous amount of African-American men were being sent to jail or prison for a long time because of petty crimes such as loitering. That was in the late 1800’s and it is still going on today. The tension between law enforcement
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deny that we are living among dangerous of crime so prison is built for imprisoning people who violate. But what is the main purpose of prison? Presley‚ C (2011) Crime is everywhere‚ accessed 30th November 2012‚ < http://www.examiner.com/article/crime-is-everywhere> There are 4 purposes of prisons‚ the first one is retribution that means criminals have to pay a debt to society for their crimes by they are punished into the prisons and detain them to do not have freedom. Next point‚ Incapacitation
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The Private Prison Industry Taylor Sourie 2/23/2012 On the surface‚ the private prison industry seems like a great idea. Advocates for private prisons argue that the use of these facilities can free up space in poorly funded state prisons‚ cost less to operate‚ and still hold the security and safety of inmates and staff at top priority. Unfortunately‚ that’s not how it usually works out. Large corporations like Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) ‚ are looking to make a profit at the end
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Shea Rosario Principles of Economics Economics Analysis Paper Cell Phones In Prison Inside of prison walls all over the United States prisoners look forward to one thing the most‚ having phone conversations with their loved ones. Over 2.2 million Americans incarcerated and the extremely high cost to purchase phone minutes has created a demand for cell phones in prison. The few companies that offer prison phone services have made minutes unaffordable for inmate’s families who are mostly
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