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    Soldiers of Incarceration: Should America use the Incarcerated as Soldiers? Within stone and steel complexes‚ millions of incarcerated individuals rot. Across seas and borders‚ wars are fought. These two seemingly opposite parts of civilization might just provide the answer for one another. Both topics involve the vile side of humanity and the idea brought about might be considered as vile as the two combined. Because in fact‚ that is exactly what an idea such as this involves. The unholy marriage

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    prostitutes‚ drug dealers‚ and addicts. Directors would showcase black actors as being aggressive and engaging in disputes with other cast members. These senseless on-screen acts would lead to them violently beating up someone thus further leading to incarceration. By putting a black male or female in jail is a false accusation that all colored people behave in a certain manner and will end up behind bars. After an individual is incarcerated‚ the stereotypical implication could be that of a gangster. For

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    3. During his six years of incarceration in Massachusetts Norfolk Prison Colony he took advantage of the extensive library and became an ardent reader of books and dictionaries; became self-educated and a jailhouse scholar. As well‚ Malcolm acquired his forensic skill by joining the debating classes‚ which made him articulate public orator and exceptional arguer. In 8th grade‚ Malcolm told his teacher that he want to be lawyer‚ but his said he should become a carpenter instead. Obviously‚ Malcolm’s

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    Rather than asking “are prisons obsolete” what it seems Angela Davis is asking is “are prisons really necessary?” Davis is quotes that more than “two million people out of a world total of 9 million now inhabit U.S. prisons‚ jails‚ youth facilities and immigrant detention centers. And also brings up the issue of the racism and sexism prevalent in America’s prison systems. She exploits the prejudices of the justice system and highlights the “coincidence” of the extremely high percentage of colored

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    Issues faced with Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is when the demand for space in prisons in a jurisdiction exceeds the capacity for prisoners in the place‚ for those who aren’t familiar or just simply didn’t know what prison overcrowding is. “Prison overcrowding is caused by a variety of issues‚ such as not enough room in prisons‚ fluctuating crime rates‚ changes to laws and improvements to law enforcement tactics (Prison Overcrowding is a Growing Concern in the U. S.)” Researchers have

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    Incarceration and community supervision are the two major categories of the correctional component of the criminal justice system. Incarceration is imprisonment and community supervision allows an offender to remain in the community with restrictions. Both serve as punishment and crime control deterrents‚ but how do they compare? For operational purposes punishment will refer to penalties attached to illegal behavior (Worrall‚ 2015). Community supervision sanctions are comparable with incarceration

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    I listened to the audiobook version of The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness and as I listened I walked through the streets of Boston. One night as I listened to Michelle Alexander talk about how African American men are far more likely to be stopped and searched by the police‚ I came across two Emerson Police Officers forcing a black man to the ground. He knelt down with his hands in the air as they patted his body down. Maybe he had done something do deserve this treatment

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    Mass Incarceration In our country‚ The United States of America‚ we have many issues and one of them is mass incarceration. Many people are in jail because of the bail‚ mental issues‚ and poverty as well. People are also locked up for many reasons‚ but‚ sometimes they are not even guilty for anything. It has happened to so many people that they don’t want to pay bail because they are not guilty at all. Others have been locked up because of mental illness. One of the causes of mass incarcerations

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    Race‚ education‚ and incarceration: three factors that are all undeniably linked in America’s present day society. Race has been an issue for the entirety of American history. Institutionalized racism can be seen everywhere – health outcomes‚ wealth distribution‚ housing‚ education‚ incarceration rates‚ and so on. One in every three black men will be incarcerated in his lifetime and blacks are five times more likely to be incarcerated than whites – this is no coincidence. There are numerous different

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    Being held in the incarceration system has been seen to negatively impact how the prisoners succeed when they leave prison and reenter society. Some of these barriers include education‚ employment‚ finances‚ housing‚ and family reunification. Forty three per cent of sentenced prisoners said they had lost touch with their families since coming to prison; and over one in five who were married when they came to prison had since divorced or separated (SEU‚ 112). Social isolation makes it hard for the

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