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    In the documentary‚ 13th‚ the director‚ Ava DuVernay‚ conducts a detailed analysis of the system of mass incarceration in America. More specifically‚ how the prison structure of America affects people of color. The 13th amendment may have physically removed the shackles that enslaved African Americans‚ but replaced them with “mass incarceration‚ police brutality and policies that have continually disenfranchised people of color.” Many times throughout the film‚ the word “Criminal” is projected on

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    ahead. This is a non-profit organization that is applying to receive a grant that will used to help further our opportunity to serve those youth incarcerated. Our agent’s activities will be to have speakers‚ who have gone through this experience incarceration in their lives

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    parole are two alternatives to incarceration. Many jurisdiction are looking more to probation as an alternative to incarceration and early release through parole to reduce the size of the prison population. Probation and parole officials are there to help offenders return to society and ensure compliance with the terms of the offenders’ release. What are the primary goals of using community corrections supervision for probation as an alternative to incarceration? What are the primary goals for

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    Introduction The trend of African American males between the ages of 25 and 29 has seen a dramatic increase of incarceration. Attention has been focusing on areas of housing‚ education‚ and healthcare but the most prominent problem for African American males is the increase in the incarceration rate. African American males between the ages of 25 and 29 incarceration rate has been thought‚ by many‚ to be caused by economic factors such as under employment or unemployment‚ poor housing‚ lack of

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    Mass Incarceration is based off of the dissemination and separation of citizens of color from their families and steady profit off the labor of inmates. This organized system was created to profit the government and low lying companies‚ targeting ethnic groups based off poverty levels and color. This system is prominent‚ mass incarceration was deprived off of slavery‚ it also criminalizes colored people and limits resources and availability of jobs‚ food stamps‚ and housing.The economic dependability

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    Kimberly Lombardi Professor Ford English Comp 1- Spring 2012‚ E84 Research Paper 16 April 2012 The Path of Addiction Abstract: What exactly is addiction and why do people struggle so much with it? The cause of drug addiction is debated among many people. There is no single cause. Addiction is serious. It should not be taken lightly. Many people are addicts or at least know someone who is or may be an addict. I believe addicts themselves and the people who care about them should be more educated

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    and legal scholar. In recent years‚ she has taught at a number of universities‚ including Stanford Law School‚ where she was an associate professor of law and directed the Civil Rights Clinics. Alexander published the book The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness. In it‚ she argues that systemic racial discrimination in the United States has resumed following the Civil Rights Movement’s gains; the resumption is embedded in the US War on Drugs and other governmental policies

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    The purpose of this paper is to seek incarceration in society by addressing who what how when and where‚ on the subject of matter. My argument of the United States population being sheltering in warehouse of society known as the penitentiary system is wrong. United States’ prison population are

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    During George H. Bush ‘s presidency 1989 -1993 there was again a surge in incarceration. His campaign exacerbated and like his predecessors criminalized the black person. The presidential campaign criminalization was specific in the name of Willie Horton but was generalized as all black persons. Former President Bush’s campaign was to be “tough on Crime”. The rate of incarcerated persons went from 759‚000 to 1‚279‚200. Yes‚ another reason for the increase in prisons and due to the vast increase most

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    Three major consequences or costs of mass incarceration is‚ one‚ sever social consequences. Another consequence is sexually transmitted diseases and teenage pregnancy. The third consequence is the ability to vote. These three consequences are severe enough where it affects America as a whole. Now‚ I will discuss each consequence in a little more detail. This will help in the answer of why these consequences are so detrimental to America. I will also‚ be summarizing the article the Sentencing Project’s

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