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    • Between 1979 and 2013 state and local spending on corrections increased from $17 billion to $71 billion. At the federal level‚ a similar increase has occurred. From 1980 to 2016‚ there has been a total increase of over 2‚100% in the Bureau of Prisons’ budget. • Over 2.2 million Americans are incarcerated in the United States. • More than 65 million Americans‚ or roughly one in five‚ have a criminal record. • Today‚ there are nearly 4‚500 federal statutory crimes‚ up to 300‚000 administrative

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    Cradle to Prison Pipeline

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    The Cradle to Prison Pipeline The cradle to prison pipeline is a campaign that calls all states to stop spending unnecessary money on the effects of the problems resulting from children being arrested‚ convicted‚ incarcerated and death; instead placing taxpayer money on the causes of these issues in order to deter the consequences all together. In Texas‚ the average cost of sending a student to school for one academic year is approximately $7‚246 while sending a child to jail for that same

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    “Communist Prison Camp”- Discussion Questions 1-5 Question 1 Answer The techniques that were used to bring about the destruction of self-awareness among the prisoners began placing the prisoner in to a cell with four of more inmates. Where his cellmates would harangue the prisoner. Physical and mental abuse in the form of beatings and humiliation‚ this would happen 24 hours a day for weeks or months a time. If a prisoner displayed particular resistance to the transformation‚ physical restraint

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    employees and providers who run the care of these juvenile prisons not only neglect the needs of the youth imprisoned there‚ but also take advantage of the fact that these kids have nowhere else to run too. There have been multiple cases involving TYC employees and TYC inmates that were never brought to light‚ because of lack of supervision given to the facilities by the Texas government. TYC supervisor Wanda Drew comments that the youth in these prisons “are criminals‚ and not children. They have survived

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    Us Prison System

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    DeAndre Fontenot & kaestazia middleton Dr. Richardson LLS 1333 January 29‚ 2013 The U.S. Prison System The U.S. prison system was designed for a couple of reasons. First to keep cruel people off the streets and to punish people who have committed a crime. Next is Justice for the victims that have been violated‚ also revenge. Finally is to detest other crimes by setting sentence minimums and to rehabilitate people so they will come out a better person. It has changed a lot in the past 30 years

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    The Prison – Bernard Malamud Theme : Twenty nine year old Tommy Castelli‚ who was Tony as a boy is now a man who is defeated in life‚ his main aim in life was to get out of the slum he grew up in. Life does not work that way for him and he ends up trapped in an unfulfilling way of life. A 10 year old girl is caught by him stealing from his shop and then he decides to save her life by showing her the right way so that she does not end up having a futile and banal life like his own. He makes a few

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    Zoos: Prison or Sanctuary Zoos! The word itself brings a sense of fun and joy to many of the human race. From children to adults‚ all enjoy the entertainment of seeing animals and birds in a zoo. From small birds to huge elephants‚ royal tigers and naughty monkeys‚ all sizes of fauna are present in a zoo. When a person goes to a zoo‚ they will usually find kids screaming or shouting with fright and joy‚ and adults saying ooh and aah with astonishment. Most people are excited every time‚ but are

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    those considered as dangerous and who have violated the rules. Many prisoners were sent to solitary confinement are not violent criminals‚ instead many are suffer from severe mental illness or cognitive disabled who has difficulties functioning in prison setting (Dangerous Overuse of Solitary Confinement‚ 2014). Researchers have found approximately 30% of prisoners who have suffered from mental

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    correctional system of the country. If this situation will continue‚ it would only result to increase in crime rates and more and more perpetrators will be placed in jails and in prisons which will increase its population and cannot be effectively rehabilitated because of lack of funds (Foronda‚ 2007). Overcrowding in prisons will result if these problems will not be solved or if not be minimized. Over congestion also brutalizes life in penitentiaries and in provincial jails. Herding individuals in

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    main issues in male prisons. What I believe are the top three issues in male prisons today are overcrowding‚ the overall effectiveness of rehabilitation programs in prisons‚ and gang activity. These three issues cause a lot of problems and frustration in the daily lives of these male prisoners. I will also be informing you about how these issues and how I feel the criminal justice system can improve on these issues. Severe overcrowding is one of the major problem in most prisons. They are so overcrowded

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