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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Is the Texas law over homosexuality rights being equally enforced and updated by the state? Texas environmental contamination a result of corporate influence on the law. School funding in wealthy areas not being distributed equally throughout the state and the lack of positive results. For years gay and lesbian organizations have always had a hard fight for equal rights in the United States‚ Texas is without an exception
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PARTIES AS STYLE QUESTIONS WHY HAS THE ARGUEMENT FOR POLITICAL PARTIES TO BE FUNDED BY THE STATE BECOME STRONGER IN RECENT YEARS Political party funding has been a source of controversy over recent years. Political parties could be funded through membership subscriptions‚donations from individuals and companies‚and through state funding. Over recent years there has been a lot of contention over the funds political parties receive from private donors such has Lord Ashcroft‚the Conservative
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Frederick Johnson MP House of Commons London SW1 15th March 1800 Dear Mr Johnson‚ I am writing to you today because we want you to join our campaign against the slave trade. Britain has been active in the slave trade for over 100 years with about 47‚000 slaves travelling to America from Africa with our ships every year and on average 1 slave ship sailed every week from a British port. From 1698-present
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concluded that it is private sector money and not government money that turns scientific research into economic growth. • E.g. IBM‚ despite no government funding‚ is one of the largest research institutions in the world. IBM funded the research that discovered high temperature supraconductivity TS #2 Private funding of scientific research is acceptable as their profit motive results in a more efficient allocation of resources. • Private decision makers are better at
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INTRODUCTION A business needs capital to be able to run its day to day activities. There are various sources of financing for businesses‚ whether it is for start up of for expanding. But before a business chooses a source of funding‚ the following must be taken into consideration: 1. Choosing the right source of capital is a decision that will influence a company for a lifetime. 2. The money is out there‚ the key is knowing where to look for it. 3. One must be creative in
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Governing bodies and funding in sport Sport in the UK As you may know sport is overseen in the U.K by governing bodies such as sport England and UK sport. Governing bodies Governing bodies oversee the running of a chosen sport or activity. They are responsible for funding‚ organising and overseeing and overseeing the sport. Individuals and teams that is accountable to governing bodies. They determine the roles‚ league structure‚ organisation of competition and membership to their sport. Administration
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several advantages to accepting funding from a relative. The first‚ and most obvious‚ is that by entering into a partnership to pay back this relative‚ there is no high rate interest to worry about‚ as there would be with a bank loan. Also‚ the relative only has to agree to the assistance‚ instead of applying for bank approval. There is also no risk of depreciation‚ as there is with the stock market. However‚ there is also a very large risk with this type of funding. When using a short or long
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Funding Health Care Services Recommend How Ambulatory Services Should Be Funded There are many businesses like ambulance services that are private. Their fees are collected by the person that is using the service to be transported to the doctor or the use of their insurance they use to assist with their services. The community also provides some of the services and they are supported by taxes. In some cases‚ this is very rare. The hospital provides some of the ambulance services which are paid
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Year-Round School In America‚ most children spend all year wishing that it was summer‚ so that they do not have to be in school. They could probably never imagine not having those three months to do as they please. Would they be able to survive without it? As it turns out‚ two million of the nation’s children already do. An extended year-round school calendar would immensely improve the problem areas in the education system‚ including summer learning loss‚ the wide range of academic capabilities
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