In 2010 41% of transgender Americans attempted suicide. 19% of transgender people report being refused medical care and 2% have been violently assaulted in a Dr.’s office. These shocking statistics are from the United Sates. The place that’s known to be a melting pot; where every person whether they’re black‚ white‚ purple‚ orange‚ or just plain weird - is treated equally. We have allowed this to happen to our country. How could we be so cruel‚ heartless‚ and unsympathetic? Where did our understanding
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African Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at more than 5 times the rate of whites on average. For example in Oklahoma has the highest incarceration rate for African-Americans. Approximately 4.6% of all African-American males in Oklahoma are incarcerated compared to of only 0.9% white males. In California 1 out of every 22 African-American adult male is in state prison. The racial disparity is greatest in the category of drug arrests and indicates institutional discrimination against African-Americans
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conveyed in the moving ironies of ’A Different History’ and ’Nanabhai Bhatt in Prison’ about her grandfather who read Tennyson to comfort himself during his incarceration by the British authorities. Such division finds geographical expression in poems which explore ideas of home (’The One Who Goes Away’) and question our mental mapping of the world (’How Far East is it Still East?’). It’s present too in her voice‚ with its musical melding of Indian and American inflections. However‚ it’s in the
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Pros and Cons of Prison Privatization Prisons are institutions that have specifically been designed to handle the members of the society who are under conviction of different crimes. The people who reside in the prisons are referred to as inmates or prisoners and the time they spend in the prisons depends on the imprisonment period. This period is dependent of the intensity of the crime committed. Once in the prisons‚ the inmates undergo rehabilitation‚ incapacitation‚ retribution and deterrence
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New York Times. This article gives insight on two different groups of Veterans in Washington D.C. at the time‚ the Bonus Expeditionary Force and a group led by the Ex- Serviced Men’s League and the National Provisional Bonas March. The article relates that these two groups are different‚
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Q.2 a. What are the different elements of E-C applications? [5 Marks] E-commerce business applications abound the market. Across the Internet‚ there are numerous businesses and service providers that are rolling out and offering e-commerce business applications to different users. Because the Internet is a venue where suppliers and distributors are meeting to conduct business transactions‚ e-commerce business applications are aimed at both suppliers and consumers. •For suppliers Business-to-business
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Former President Thomas Jefferson was a true role model to the American people during his time. He provided the governed people an incredible amount of hope‚ prosperity‚ and dignity. He fought for the British Colonies ’ independence‚ for certain unalienable rights‚ and for the prohibition of slavery. Serving as the author of the Declaration of Independence as well as holding numerous political offices nationwide‚ Jefferson is a prime example of what we call today a “founding father.” Indubitably one
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. Prison overcrowding has been a continuous problem within our prison system‚ and a solution has yet to be assured. The amount of prisoners incarcerated behind bars has to be reduced and these changes will affect sentencing‚ and ultimately our society. Overcrowding at federal prisons is seriously jeopardizing the safety and security of guards and inmates. The ratio of guards to inmates is at about ten to one‚ and this is a major security risk for the correctional officers. Meanwhile‚ inmates are
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latin American countries‚ what was different and why? Without a doubt the catalyst for all polictiacal and economics change in south America in the niteenth and eighteenth century was the weakening and finaly destruction of the spansih colonial rule. The insavasion of napoleon created a crisis of crowns legitanacy‚ this subsequently resulted in the start or revolutions all over south America. Society in both argentian and mexico reacted in similar ways‚ society divided creating different political
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Throughout the years the way prisons are run has changed. Changes include social roles‚ informal behavior norms‚ and social solidarity. Prison history has three major eras the Big House‚ the correctional institution‚ and the contemporary prison. In The Big House era criminals were known as “convicts” and the guards where known as “hacks” and they were both supposed to keep distance from each other. To make their time easier in the Big House‚ convicts developed their own social roles‚ informal codes
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