Angela Long Long 1 ENGL 1213 Sec. 902 08 Mar 2012 Final Draft A2 An Eye For An Eye There is an ongoing debate about capital punishment versus life in prison. I am in favor of capital punishment because it totally removes the possibility of an offender repeating his or her crimes and possibly saves the lives of others. The main purpose of the death penalty is to protect the right of other Americans to live. In his book‚ “The Law”‚ Frederic Bastiat writes‚ “Humans have an inalienable
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South Atlantic. The inhabitants grow potatoes and catch fresh fish. The accompanying table shows the maximum annual output combinations of potatoes and fish that can be produced. Obviously‚ given their limited resources and available technology‚ as they use more of their resources for potato production‚ there are fewer resources available for catching fish. Maximum annual output options Quantity of potatoes Quantity of fish
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Mentally Ill in Prison Tisha R. Gilmore Argosy University Abstract There are many mentally disabled individuals incarcerated in U. S. jails today. Their disabilities range from those born with mental retardation‚ to those with traumatic brain injuries from being involved in accidents‚ and include those with chemical imbalances due to natural causes or drug addictions. These people are treated as criminals and not as patients. Jails are not the place for this population. Keeping them incarcerated
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Privatizing prisons? Abstract The main goal of a prison that is considered to be privatized is to maximize the profits within that prison. In order to maximize profits the budgets that include services for the inmates‚ protection for the public and staff‚ as well as the salary and benefits of the staff of the privatized prison may be analyzed and cut. By allowing the privatization within the prison system the public‚ the staff‚ and the inmates will find themselves in jeopardy.
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Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Prisons and Jails Learning Team A CJA/303 June 9‚ 2010 James Wilson Advantages and Disadvantages of Private Prisons and Jails In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. According to Wikimedia Foundation‚ Inc. (2010)‚ "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is
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the Streets Prison. Gangs. These two words are separate entities‚ though they are often associated together. This is because of the social view and perception that our society has on both gangs and on prison. Now it is not that this association is wrong or a bad thing. The fact is that in America‚ there are gangs‚ street gangs‚ prison gangs‚ and prison street gangs‚ all influencing each other and being influenced by on another. This paper aims to decipher exactly how prison and gangs all
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number has suggested‚ but is it effective? Instead of a place for rehabilitation‚ prison is a breeding ground for criminal enterprises. Ineffective inmate treatment and education such as sex offender treatment and drug abuse rehabilitation programs further
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United States of America has the largest prison population in the world‚ what is wrong with our prison system. Many prisoners are repeat offenders in America. Also many criminals are in prison for nonviolent crimes‚ plentiful have a large prison sentence. Why does America have so many problems in their prison system and how can it be resolved? Problems such as‚ why are so many prisoners repeat offenders‚ why do people with a mental disability or drug addicts don’t receive help‚ how come that there
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in the U.S. This means that we have a large part of our economy due to prisons. We have private clubs such as Alec‚ that works with politicians so they can make more money off of the prison system. (13th) Some companies that are included in this club are those who supply the food to the prisons‚ those who run the prisons medical facilities‚ and even those who work on probation and parole. If we were to let people out of prisons who shouldn’t be in there‚ it would drastically affect these corporations
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Prison "Reform" in America In the essay "Prison "Reform" in America‚" Roger T. Pray points out the much attention that has been devoted to research to help prevent crimes. Showing criminals the errors of their ways not by brutal punishment‚ but by locking them up in the attempt to reform them. Robert Pray‚ who is a prison psychologist‚ is currently a researcher with the Utah Dept. of Corrections. He has seen what has become of our prison system and easily shows us that there is really no such thing
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