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    you can get with your questions. Cultural groups and individuals vary on how private they are. Use their feedback regarding what areas you can probe. If the person is very open‚ go deeper. If not‚ then respect that cultural boundary and ask yourself why this boundary is there. Issues that you may wish to explore during the interview include‚ but are not limited to‚ the following: 1. Early childhood experiences and parental values 2. Earliest memories of recognizing membership in a culturally different

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    by their first thought. For example‚ if you see a man on the streets‚ who is in dirty sweatpants‚ he has not shaven in a while and he looks dirty; you automatically think he’s homeless. Right there‚ you judged him without even thinking twice about why he may look like that. Every day people judge something by its appearance. That is what this quote means. Never judge something by its appearance because you never know what’s inside. Most people’s interpretations of this quote are the same. Another

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    Prisons and inmates In society today‚ it is commonly known that crime rate has increased dramatically by the years. This is where many of us look for ways to solve such issue. It is the last place anybody would want to be in. but unfortunately we have hundreds of thousands of them‚ if not millions around the world. Thousands in just the United States‚ Those are prisons. Just hearing that word makes us think bad things right away. Murder‚ theft‚ violence‚ and everything bad that happens

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    Territorial Prison The Yuma Territorial Prison first opened on July 1st‚ 1876 with only seven inmates. Because of this prison‚ Yuma evolved in many ways. This prison was the first prison built in Arizona and was humanely administered at the time. This prison stood strong for the thirty-three years when it was up and running‚ and it would go on to hold over 3‚000 prisoners. This building is a big part of Yuma and is an important factor in why Yuma is the way it is today. The Yuma Territorial Prison had many

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    Prison Overcrowding in California Jeffrey Shaw CJA/564 Josette Ford May 6‚ 2013 The California prisons have been crowded for decades. This cannot continue to go on. One of the reasons that the prisons are overcrowded is because of the types and lengths of sentences. Other reasons why the prisons are overcrowded is because many of the prisoners are there on non-violent crimes. Also many of the sentences are for smaller crimes. The one recent event that is dealing with this problem is release

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    The Attica Prison Riot of 1971 alarmed and outraged society. The public outrage brought about long overdue prison reforms including changes to public policy and administration. The riot began on September 9‚ 1971 and ended on September 13‚ 1971 when state police stormed the prison and opened fire. The re-taking of the prison left ten employees and twenty-nine inmates dead. During the riot itself one employee and three inmates were killed. The exact causes or incidents that led to the uprising are

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    Catherine Giguère 5246389 Term Paper #3 Work submitted to Professor Justin Piché In the course Abolitionism and the Criminal Justice System (CRM 4302) Department de Criminology University of Ottawa December 11th 2012 Many individuals believe that the criminal system and its institutions are flawed. These critiques have been brought on by the ineffectiveness of prisons to reform individuals‚ the ineptness of the system to reduce crime rates‚ the lack of focus

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    Shea Rosario Principles of Economics Economics Analysis Paper Cell Phones In Prison Inside of prison walls all over the United States prisoners look forward to one thing the most‚ having phone conversations with their loved ones. Over 2.2 million Americans incarcerated and the extremely high cost to purchase phone minutes has created a demand for cell phones in prison. The few companies that offer prison phone services have made minutes unaffordable for inmate’s families who are mostly

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    With recidivism rates soaring‚ the establishment of prison GED programs should be a standard way to rehabilitate prisoners who’d otherwise have no future outside of bars. An example of a character from the book who would benefit from the GED program would be Crazy Eyes‚ a hard timer from the FCI‚ who’d graduated up the hill. Outside of Danbury‚ Crazy Eyes was a high profile drug dealer and a career criminal experienced with the nuances of prison. If she had the access and willingness to complete the

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    In this discursive essay‚ I’m going to be writing about how bad the British prison system has become and what the government should do to fix it. Overcrowding is the main problem in many prisons across the country‚ causing serious criminals to be mixed with smaller criminals. Because prisons are expensive and take a while to build‚ overcrowding occurs as many prisons as they aren’t designed to hold as many inmates because some cells are built to only hold up to a maximum of two people. However

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