Providing Educational Programs for Female Prisoners Toward the end of the twentieth century nearly 84‚000 women were incarcerated in a state or federal correctional institution within the United States (Gillespie 91). Currently "the number of incarcerated women has exploded within the last twenty years" (Davis 79). After serving their sentence‚ leaving behind a life composed of bars‚ guards and time to reflect upon their crime. Most female offenders are released only carrying a few items of clothing
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are granted "school suffrage‚" the right to vote in school board elections. July 13‚ 1848: Lucretia Mott‚ Martha C. Wright‚ Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Mary Ann McClintock are invited to tea at the home of Jane Hunt in Waterloo‚ New York. They decide to call a two-day meeting of women at the Wesleyan Methodist chapel in Seneca Falls to discuss women’s rights. July 19 and 20‚ 1848: Three hundred people attend the first convention held to discuss women’s rights‚ in Seneca Falls‚ New York. 68 women
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family is considered important. For without family‚ an individual can struggle to understand where they came from‚ and miss out on connections that may impact their life. The importance of family is exemplified in J.K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and The Prisoner of Azkaban as the main character struggles to discover himself. A wise man once said‚ “You don’t have to be blood to be family” (Rowling). According to Harry Potter‚ this was very much so the case. Harry Potter was orphaned as a baby when his parents
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Emily Arochi Probation CJS/230 May 8‚ 2011 Probation is a type of sentence for criminal defendants. Probation allows a convicted defendant to go free with a suspended sentence for a specified duration during good behavior. Probationers are placed under the supervision of a probation officer and must fulfill certain conditions. If the probationer violates a condition of probation‚ the court may place additional restrictions on the probationer or order the probationer to serve a term of imprisonment
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Iranian women would have the most interesting stories to tell‚ why? In the work that she has written‚ she talks about what she has experienced. Marina said that her world turned upside down with the rise of the new Iranian Government. She said that the rights of women were violated and their freedom as women became limited. She also mentions that men were allowed to abuse their wives without consequence. This shows that women would have experienced a harsh and difficult life and would be one of the reasons
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In the book‚ Prisoner B-3087‚ the main character‚ Yanek‚ is a smart‚ creative person who wants to work in movies. Yank is all of these because in the book it says “It was a slide projector I’d made by mounting a light bulb on a piece of wood and positioning wooden plates with lenses from magnifying glasses in front of it.” (4) This quote describes him being smart and creative because most kids don’t make a slide projector‚ that works well‚ and he puts western shadow puppet shows on with it‚ as it
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I do think that inmates who behave in prison and stay infraction free should be transferred to minimum-security prison. As Santos describes toward the end of his book‚ people respond to incentives more than threats it makes more sense to reward them by sending them to minimum security prisons. I do think that this should apply to those who commit violent crimes‚ such as Crip Tank and Frank. Frank was brought in for running one of the largest drug distributions in his small town. Once he was brought
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Allied soldiers were captured‚ brutally tortured‚ pressed for information‚ and used as a source of amusement for Axis powers. They were known as prisoners of war or POWs. Prisoners of war‚ or POWs‚ were soldiers that had been captured and held in concentration camps. The Geneva Conventions are a series of treaties… on the treatment of civilians‚ prisoners of war and soldiers‚ who are otherwise rendered out of the fight‚ or incapable of fighting (“Geneva Conventions”). Allied soldiers
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Date: 9/17/13 Assignment: Persuasive Writing Passage Michael Vey was the main character in a book I read called “Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25” that I enjoyed a lot. The book tells a story of a boy who lives with his mother in Idaho. He has a very special power‚ the ability to shock people. But‚ he uses it for good by fighting evil. From zapping three bullies at school to “the rise of the Electroclan”. The main character‚ Michael‚ would be a good role model for seventh grade
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Collateral Ligament Injury The subject is a 25 year-old‚ right-handed‚ MLB pitcher who has played baseball since Little League. He sustained an injury to his right arm while throwing an overhand curveball during the fifth inning of the first Major League game of the season. Upon my reaching the mound‚ the pitcher was favoring the affected arm and in obvious pain. I asked him where the pain was located and how bad it was. He pointed to his right medial elbow‚ near the medial epicondyle‚ and said the
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