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    Prison Industrial Complex

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    The Prison Industrial Complex in America  The main goal of private prisons is to make profit disregarding the necessities of the inmates. Privatization provides bad health services to the inmates‚ lack of opportunities to get an education‚ undertrained staff‚ insecurity‚ and a high recidivism rate. The United States has the largest incarceration rate in the entire world‚ and this is due to the prison-industrial complex (PIC). The more defendants are sent to private prison‚ the more profit they and

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    Prison Systems and The Law Jody BUS 311 Business Law 1 Final Assignment Week 5 Instructor Samantha Hodapp January 8‚ 2013 Prison Systems and the Law Prison’s have been around for two centuries; beginning in Philadelphia‚ Pennsylvania. The prisons system’s back then were much different then they are today. In the 1700’s it was common custom for the jailer or sheriff to provide a bar‚ charging inflated prices to the prisoners for spirits

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    Privatized Prison System

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    Public or Privatized Prison Systems Phillip Ishee American InterContinental University Abstract This assignment will discuss two arguments that the public sector prisons can make to keep prisons in the public’s hands‚ while also discussing two arguments the private sector can make to get the prisons in their hands. This assignment will also discuss any legal issues of privatizing prisons and the challenges both private and public prisons face. During the course of a prison and its lifetime

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    Private Prisons Essay

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    In today’s society‚ the topic of private prisons being more effective than federal prisons can often lead to an controversial discussion because not many can agree on which one is most effective. A private prison company named‚ the Correction Corporation of America is one of the largest private companies owning 51 facilities in 16 states (Brian Kincade‚2017). It is believed that one of the biggest contributions of the CCA is the money that it can save the United States in the long run. As reporter

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    Federal and State Prisons

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    Federal and State Prisons Deanna Snowden 06/02/2013 Dr. John Opinski Federal and State Prisons There are so many different types of prison systems in the world these days‚ it can go from a stay of one year to a stay of life without ever having the chance to have freedom back meaning life without parole. Once the words are uttered to someone that is something that can either break you or make you realize that‚ you have not only destroyed your life as you knew it but you have destroyed your

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    PFI Prisons Essay

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    In order to keep the public peace‚ the existence of the prisons are necessary. Criminals are isolated from the society and educated to return there safely. However‚ most of the prisons are unaccepted by people‚ because their image would be like this; all criminals are wearing the same clothes‚ performing the same movements‚ sometimes punished by the officer‚ and always trying to escape‚ so it is dangerous to get close there. Moreover‚ prisons are said to have many socially problems‚ such as criminals’

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    Fees‚ race‚ work programs‚ laws‚ Juveniles‚ and justice are all components of what is known to America as the prison system. All of which contains both positive and negative aspect of the American penal system. When it comes to our prison system today there is an increased number of inmates. This is due to the prison industrial complex which is the rapid growth of prisoners in the United States of America due to pressure from private companies on political figures so companies can gain a profit.

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    Throughout human history‚ prisons have been portrayed as institutions that are set to protect the masses‚ and punish those that need to be punished. However‚ by analyzing the prison system‚ the fact of the matter is that prisons exist to protect dominant groups and vilify and criminalize minority groups. This is an evident and clear fact that can be seen through the numerous statistics that support the fact that visible minorities and racialized individuals are incarcerated at alarming rates‚ compared

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    In this discursive essay‚ I’m going to be writing about how bad the British prison system has become and what the government should do to fix it. Overcrowding is the main problem in many prisons across the country‚ causing serious criminals to be mixed with smaller criminals. Because prisons are expensive and take a while to build‚ overcrowding occurs as many prisons as they aren’t designed to hold as many inmates because some cells are built to only hold up to a maximum of two people. However

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    Children in Adult Prisons

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    Children In Adult Prisons Carol Carlisle History 303 The American Constitution Instructor David Ellett March 14‚ 2011 Children In Adult Prisons In the United States‚ children are sentenced to adult prisons and given adult prison terms. Many of these children are sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Some of the children were 13 and 14 years old. The children are sentenced to die in prison with no regard to age life history‚ or familial circumstances. Some

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