There are many flaws within the United States prison system‚ as there are with everything. Not only are the prisons decrepit and deteriorating but there are far worse issues behind those barred gates. Overcrowding in detention centers and gang violence threaten to unhinge the fragile system and the threat is increasing with each passing day. However‚ not all of the problems are prisoner related as the issue of guard violence is being brought to light. Failure to address these problems could have
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Traditional Litigation Paper Sandya Kuttappa LAW/531 Business Law 26th March 2012 Instructor: Dr. Linda Fried Introduction Laws have been the crux of every society. Even during primordial times laws were being created and designed to ensure that the existing society had a semblance of order and cognition amongst its people. New rulers and governments invented their own system that was prevalent to that day. The aim of this paper is to contrast the Traditional Litigation System
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Attitude‚ Legislation‚ and Litigation Shirley A. Robinson Grand Canyon University SPE-226 EDUCATING THE EXCEPTIONAL LEARNER May 6‚ 2012 Professional Resources In this essay we are going to look at some resources that can help the teacher in making some decisions in his/her professional development. As‚ spending time with a professional technology computer lab instructor at a pre-k through fifth grade school this has been a rewarding challenge in helping these children with
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Are prison appropriate for non-violent offenders‚ or should they be given alternative punishment? The United States of America has a higher incarceration rate than any other country in the world. The imprisonment rate in USA is even greater than China’s‚ India’s and Russia’s incarceration rates combined. Today‚ we can say (within the margin of error) that out of 100 people in the United States‚ nearly two are in prison. This increase is mainly attributed to three common factors: mandatory sentencing
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Memo Date: March 27‚ 2013 To: Federal Bureau of Prisons From: Karrington C Norris Subject: Overcrowding of Juvenile Correctional Facilities Introduction Within the juvenile correctional facilities community‚ there are public and private institutions that both experience and suffer from similar problems. The problems that face these facilities are overcrowding. Through close comparison of the major issues with juvenile correctional facilities‚ the institutions are revealed to be ineffective
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1. Substantive law vs Procedural law a. Substantive law: defines individual rights & duties IE K law‚ employment law‚ criminal law b. Procedural law: laws that deliberate methods of enforcing the rights established by Substantive law IE litigation‚ some parts of process of Family law 2. Criminal vs Civil a. Criminal: govt vs someone for a crime designed to protect the society as a whole b. Civil: individual protects individual rights & enforces individual duties 3. Cause of Action (COA)
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In the United States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or
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LEGAL ENGLISH Year Three 2. Real Property Law Worksheet #2 Group: __________________ Name: ______________________________ Choose the correct term for each of the following explanations: Title interest Property interest Leasehold Grantor Estate pur autre vie Tenant Statute of Frauds License Instrument Inheritable Right of use Licensee Fee simple Conveyance Real property Life estate Fee tail Chattels Real estate Lease Grantee Disposition Trespass Rent Personal property Landlord or landlady
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Haroon Saddique Alternative Punishment One alternate punishment instead of prison could be higher education. Instead of focusing on vocational programs‚ we could pick out prisoners with some type of college experience and offer them an opportunity to complete an AA/AS or BA/BS program at a local educational facility. I believe that some prisoners are ok with going to a vocational program and getting a job. But if they are not happy with the job they get‚ or the money they make‚ they might
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Alternative Sentencing We need to realize that the current approach to our penal system is failing terribly. Take a group of people‚ take away all of their possessions and privacy‚ expose them to violence‚ overcrowded cell blocks‚ and the result is a group of people intent on getting even with society rather than contributing to it. It is very expensive to house prisoners. There are several other options to deal with nonviolent offenders. Alternative sentencing is finding other ways to deal
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