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    Prison Pipeline

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    Research Question: What is the “school-to-prison pipeline‚” and what steps have various reform groups taken to halt the funneling of students into the criminal justice system in major U.S. cities over the past five years? Relevance: The school-to-prison pipeline plagues schools and youth across the country‚ specifically minority and disabled students in urban areas. Due to policies employed in elementary and secondary schools across the United States‚ students are funneled directly from

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    to the mentally ill in prison populations. Large portions of inmates suffer with a mental disease or disorder and this makes treatment challenging for administration and mental health personnel. The information in this research includes the common elements‚ improvements‚ and core benefits provided in the program‚ that exists in mental health courts‚ today. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) (2016)‚ the United States has the largest prison population in the world

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    “Overcrowding in Americas Prison System” ABSTRACT In the early years of this country flogging‚ exile‚ branding‚ and the “stocks” were some of the ways used to punish a guilty offender. Today‚ though‚ these types of punishments would quickly be labeled as cruel and unusual forms of retribution. Since we can no longer utilize such forms of punishment‚ the criminal justice system has turned to; imprisonment‚ probation‚ fines‚ and even the death penalty to help and deter offenders from a life of

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    Criminals and Society: The Battle Between Reintegration and Recidivism ABSTRACT: This research paper is focused on released convicts and the struggles they face to become active‚ progressive members of society. Sadly‚ these released offenders regularly face discrimination in their job searches‚ in attempts to secure housing for themselves and their families‚ and to be accepted by their communities. Without the right support structures in place upon their release‚ these former prisoners may very

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    I hope you can comprehend the tax implications and tax efficiency of the remuneration packages. Besides‚ I would like to recommend the most tax efficient remuneration package based on the proposed benefits by your employer and the legal ways to save tax in Malaysia. First and foremost‚ it is a good option to ask for a company car because the car given by your employer‚ Golden Berhad is regarded as benefit-in-kind (BIK). A company car is more beneficial for you (taxpayer) because the predetermined

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    LASA 2: Reducing Intergroup Conflict By NeShanta Staten PSY 310 12/6/13 In life we have all been in the cliques or “in-groups” or in other groups that were not so popular than those that were in the groups that rule the school or the office. There are groups in the workplace as well I know that it sounds very childish‚ and we have all deemed it middle and high school behavior at its finest. There is a belief that those that indulge

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    The American prison system is an incredibly expensive part of our economy‚ with incarceration costs going up each year. A 2014 data collection of state correctional expenditures estimated that the economic costs of administering overcrowded prison systems are over 48 billion dollars each year (Kyckelhahn 2014). This money is coming from American taxpayer dollars and goes towards all of the prison staff wages‚ electricity‚ water‚ food‚ security‚ and more. By reducing the number of prisoners incarcerated

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    Prison Overcrowding

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    Prison Overcrowding Nicole Neal American Intercontinental University Abstract This research paper is to explore the impact of prison overcrowding. The United States has a‚ what seems to be everlasting‚ prison overcrowding problem. Not only does the United States have this dilemma‚ but also many other countries have overcrowded prisons as well. Many issues need to be addressed; ways to reduce the prison populations and how to effectively reduce prison cost without jeopardizing

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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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    Reducing Death Penalty Costs Delisa Richardson Missouri Western State University July 19‚ 2012 Abstract In this paper‚ I will be evaluating the death penalty in the United States and ways that costs can be cut to make it much more of a viable option. "Using conservative rough projections‚ the Commission estimates the annual costs of the present system $137 million per year (California Commission on the Fair Administration of Justice‚ 2008). What does an individual

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