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    Gangs in Prison

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    Gangs in Prison The Aryan Brotherhood The Aryan Brotherhood originates in the CDC (California Department of Corrections) and BOP (Federal Bureau of Prisons). The Aryan Brotherhood was founded in San Quentin‚ California in the 1960s. The founders were members of other gangs from the 1950s called‚ “Bluebirds”‚ “Diamond Tooth Gang”‚ and the “Nazi Gang”. Barry Mills and Tyler Davis are now the leaders of the Aryan Brotherhood. Their basic beliefs and mission is they believe in the betterment

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    of prison overcrowding in the UK. The prison population of the UK has steadily been increasing every year since 1993 when the number was 41‚000 to a current figure of 82‚000 (office of national statistics). This essay will discuss this doubling of prison population in the last 17 years. It will examine the suggested reasons for this rise‚ a statistical breakdown of the structure of the inmate population‚ the financial and social effects also the implications on the effectiveness of prison as

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    The Older Population

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    THE OLDER POPULATION Gray is the new color of the world population. Today the globe is home to two billion people over the age of sixty‚ a group that is growing five times as quickly as the population as a whole. Of those‚ one hundred and eleven million are in the United States alone. With our elderly population increasing; we will have to find ways to care for them. According to the Census Bureau‚ more people were 65 and over in 2010‚ and increased at a faster rate than the

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    Hate U Give Sparknotes

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    In the book I am reading this quarter‚ it discusses key topics happening in today’s society such as racism‚ equality‚ and other social issues ☺. In The Hate U Give‚ the main character Starr goes through a scarring experience of seeing her best friend Khalil get murdered. What happens after this incident will forever change the way Starr sees things‚ and messes with her emotional health. Starr also has to balance living in a “ghetto” neighborhood‚ and going to a private white school. This book takes

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    Aging in Prison

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    BE THE EVIDENCE PROJECT  WHITE  PAPER   AGING  PRISONERS   A  Crisis  In  Need  of   Intervention       BE  THE  EVIDENCE  PROJECT   Be  the  Evidence  You  Want  to  See  in  the  World…       What  is  Our  Mission:  The  mission  of  the  Be  the  Evidence  Project  is  to  create  awareness  of  human  rights   and  social

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    Introduction While reviewing some of the more noticeable aspects that are different or similar between the prison and the penitentiary‚ it is essential to note that it is not only the physical architecture that is being examined but also how they function. The Penitentiary and the Prison have both made changes to the function of their establishment during the course of their existence. As the times changed so did they‚ often in order to meet the demands that society placed on them during a given

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    Child Welfare Populations

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    development‚ and environmental factors (source). Anxiety disorders are the most common diagnosed disorders in adolescent populations‚ including the child welfare population‚ which this assignment will focus on (source). The prevalence rate for anxiety disorders in the child welfare population is between 9% and 20% (source). Youth in foster care are a frequently marginalized population that encounters extensive stressors both past and present. These stressors negatively affect their health and mental

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    i love u

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    In the overwhelming summer heat of 1978‚ Michele Amitrano is nine-years old and he lives in the tiny hamlet Acqua Traverse‚ an unidentified region in southern Italy‚ composed of a clutch of houses encircled by vast expanses of wheat-fields. "Two houses on one side‚ two on the other and a road‚ rough and full of holes‚ in the middle." While the grown-ups take refuge indoors behind drawn blinds because there is no source of fresh water in Acqua Traverse‚ Michele Amitrano is trudging about through

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    Racial Microaggressions

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    The idea of racial microaggressions has been around since the 1970s‚ you may not know any extremists‚ you think “I don’t hate black people‚ so I’m not racist”‚ but you benefit from discrimination. There are certain privileges and opportunities you have that you do not even realize since you have not been deprived in certain ways. Racial microaggressions are a type of perceived racism. They are more subtle and ambiguous than the more hostile or explicit expressions of racism‚ such as racial discrimination

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    Mosquito population

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    Scout Activity Program Contents: 1) Powerpoint Presentation 2) Note To Educators (pdf) 3) Sample Agenda (pdf) 4) No No Mosquito Activity Book (pdf & word) 5) Crossword 1 (pdf) 6) Crossword 2 (pdf) 7) Scramble (pdf) 8) Wordfind (pdf) 9) Patch Ordering Information (pdf) plus artwork (2 jpgs) 10) Vocabulary 1‚ 2‚ 3 and 4 (pdfs) 11) Home Inspection Chart (pdf) 12) Origami Mosquito (pdf) note: This is a somewhat difficult activity which should

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