Tougher on Criminals: Tent City Jail Karen R. Ortiz West Coast University Joe Arpaio is known as the toughest sheriff in the west. He gets this name for the way he is tough on criminals in Maricopa Arizona. Being tougher on criminals when they go to jail may save the life of the criminal and its victim. 1993 Sheriff Joe Arpaio designed a camp that would be placed in the middle of the Arizona dessert‚ but it wasn’t an ordinary jail it was called Tent City Jail. Joe’s parents were legal
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noticing warning signs of abnormal behavior. The video that I have chosen to write my paper on was Tent City Arizona. “The Tents Jail was created in 1993 when Sheriff Joe Arpaio was able to obtain some leftover military tents. These tents were set up in an area bordering one of the existing Maricopa County Jails in Phoenix‚ Arizona. Sheriff Arpaio had previously decided that he would not release any inmates due to jail overcrowding‚ and housing sentenced inmates in the tents seemed like a good solution”
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Racial Profiling Against Hispanics Racial profiling is the use of race or ethnicity as grounds for suspecting someone of having committed an offense. Racial profiling against Hispanics includes people from North American‚ South American and Central Americans. An example of racial profiling against Hispanics is by the color of our skin‚ which the majority skin tone (Color) is brown but not all of them‚ some may be a different color and are Hispanics. Sadly‚ our identity is defined by the color of
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encourage Arizona police to emulate Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio‚ and use any excuse such as a broken taillight‚ or “walking while Latino” to pull over or detain an immigrant‚ search the person and vehicle‚ question their immigration status‚ and then arrest the person in question. This is a very slippery slope indeed. The second fallacy is the fallacy of composition. Sullivan is assuming that all Arizona police officers will be just like Sheriff Arpaio and use the law to “seize upon any excuse to
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Lewis University Racial Profiling One of the Major Social Injustice’s in America Gregory Aaron Hargrove Cultural Diversity 200 M-W-F 1-50pm Thomas Brignall May 8‚ 2013 According to the U.S. Department of Justice‚ racial profiling can be defined as “any law enforcement initiated action that relies on the race‚ ethnicity‚ or national origin rather than the behavior of an individual that leads law enforcement to a particular individual who has been identified as being‚ or
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1. Sanchez‚ H.‚ & Sanchez‚ M. (2008). The Politics of Illegal Immigration‚ Bilingual Education‚ and the Commodity of the Post-Technological Society. Educational Forum‚ 72(4)‚ 329- 338. Retrieved February 20‚ 2009‚ 2. Sunnucks‚ Mike.?(2009).?Sheriff Joe Arpaio targets illegal immigrants in north Phoenix.?PhoenixBusinessJournal.com.?Retrieved April?12‚ 2009‚ from http://www.bizjournals.com/phoenix/stories/2008/03/24/daily50.html 3. CNN.com.?(2004).?Bush calls for changes on illegal workers.?Retrieved
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"Give me your tired‚ your poor‚ Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free‚ The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these‚ the homeless‚ tempest-tossed to me‚ I lift my lamp beside the golden door!" This is an excerpt from the sonnet by Emma Lazarus‚ New Colossus‚ which is located on the pedestal where the Statue of Liberty now stands. It is an invitation for all immigrants to come through the “Golden Door” and receive America’s promise of freedom and liberty from oppression
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History of the death penalty in Arizona History of the death penalty in Arizona 1 In this paper we will be taking a look at the history of the Arizona Department of Corrections and its involvement in the highly debated death penalty issue. The history of the death penalty in Arizona has a long history‚ and has had its own fair share of controversy. The state’s first prison was constructed in Florence
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STAND YOUR GROUND… Lesson 6.03 Naomi Larkins English3 Word Count: 2‚281 Abstract Stand Your Ground is a look into how racism plays a role in our judicial system. This paper reflects on how literature can sometimes give you a closer glimpse into history than a textbook; the correlation between the trial of Tim Robinson in the book “To Kill A Mockingbird” and various trials throughout history that have led to convictions without physical evidence‚ that were based solely on lies through
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| THE DEVIANT BEHAVIOR OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM | | | | | The Deviant Behavior of our Justice System The United States Criminal Justice system has changed so much over the years it’s hard to know what’s legal and what’s not. After the Constitution was written in 1787‚ our nation now had laws and rights that were to be enacted and enforced throughout the entire United States. With these laws and rights‚ people had to become smarter and know what they were allowed to do and what
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