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    becomes intolerable. This is true when it comes to thinking about those that we put behind bars. The prison system is only brought to the forefront when they become overpopulated and it ’s time to create new prisons. Every couple of years this issue comes up and always the same solution is proposed. Building more prisons will only exacerbate the problem in the end‚ due to the ineffectiveness of prisons. While this is a way out of the problem‚ it does not get to the heart of the problem. As a society

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    the laws” (Plato). In prison there’s a lot of racism. Innocent people are treated as criminals. When people finish serving time they don’t have anything. If they want a job they can’t work because they’re “ A Criminal”. The U.S prison system is a racist institution that unfairly targets people of color. Drug laws are unfair‚ the prison system uses inmates for essentially free labor ( like slavery)‚ and also people don’t have options when they get out‚ it’s an unfair system that should be changed

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    and with the exception of food‚ that is what Solitary Confinement entails. Solitary confinement is a controversial form of punishment used in the prison. Prisoners who are placed in Solitary Confinement will spend up to twenty-three hours a day in a cell without human contact except prison staff. Solitary Confinement should not be in the prison system because it drives people to suicidal thoughts‚ and also causes insanity and want to do more harmfull things to more people. The studies have shown

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    Federal Courts vs. State Courts Courts in the United States are made up and governed by the United States Constitution and then separated by Federal and State levels. Both levels are different in how they are made up‚ how they run and the laws they are in charge of enforcing. Federal: 1. United States Supreme Court; the highest appellate court in the Federal judicial system. This court is tasked with taking on its own cases and normally takes from lower courts that struggle with defining Federal

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    The Federal Constitution is the supreme law of the Federation and any law passed after Merdeka Day which is inconsistent with this Constitution shall‚ to the extent of the inconsistency‚ be void. The validity of any law made by parliament or the Legislature of any State shall not be questioned on the ground that it makes provision with respect to any matter with respect to which parliament or‚ as the case may be‚ the Legislature of the State has no power to make laws‚ except in proceedings for a

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    England‚ France‚ or the USA because they think these countries have a better education system than Vietnam. After they graduate from college or university in a foreign country‚ they’ll have more opportunities to find a job. Why do they think so? The differences between the educational system of Vietnam and the United States will now be explored. The first thing that is different is the structure of the education system. In Vietnam‚ the structure is 5-4-3; five years of elementary school (grades 1-5)

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    LP4 Assignment Heather Spier If I were in charge of a state corrections department the way I would design my facilities would be similar but differentiate based upon the need of security. Criminals with longer sentences who have commited serious crimes such as murder‚ etc. would be placed in a maximum security prison. It would be surrounded by high stone walls with detection devices and huge spotlights. There would be great security as to eliminate any fleeing of prisoners. Criminals of less

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    Since the internet has become so important in today’s society‚ people have been debating whether or not it should be monitored. No one likes being watched‚ but what if that monitoring prevented a murder or a terrorist attack? I believe that the state and federal government should be able to monitor the internet because it is a public place where people should have nothing to hide‚ the constitution has no provisions protecting internet privacy‚ and because monitoring the web can prevent crimes before

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    Should we close Guantanamo Bay‚ and move the inmates to a federal prison in the U.S ? Are they getting the rights they should be getting? Many people are convinced that Guantanamo Bay should be shut down for a handful of reasons‚ one of them is that they’re not getting treated like they should be‚ it is also an exorbitant amount of money that us taxpayers pay just to run and keep open‚ some are in their with no trail no chance to prove their innocence. The people who are locked up in here are

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    Prison Overcrowding Harms Everyone March 18‚ 2009 Com 220 Axia College of University of Phoenix Did you know that the USA with 5% of the world’s population has 25% of its prisoners‚ making it the world’s no#1 jailer? The most recent statistics from the Department of Justice states that 1 out of every 30 men between the ages of 20 and 34 has been jailed. Most likely‚ every person in the USA has either been incarcerated or knows

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