How Prison Overcrowding Affects State Budgets By: Clarissa Taylor JUST 6510/ JPS Planning & Budgeting April 18‚ 2015 This paper will discuss how state and federal budgets are affected by the overcrowding of prisons. I chose this topic mainly because I use to work for the Alabama Department of Corrections from 2002 to 2005 as a Correctional Officer I. During the time I was employed for the department‚ I witness a lot of overcrowding in Julia Tutwiler Prison for Women. Things had gotten
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written in different aspects of the criminal justice system. Some of these policies are written within the federal government and some are written on a smaller scale in the state government. The two seem rather simple to understand on the surface. The federal government handles the entire United States whereas the state government handles just what it says and that is within that specific state‚ such as New Jersey (N.J.). The following paper will contain information which will compare and contrast
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Introduction Both Federal Court System and the State Court System play an important role in the criminal justice system. There are some major differences between these two court systems. A prime example of this is their jurisdiction while federal court jurisdiction is limited to the types of cases they are allowed to hear. For example‚ some cases involve violations of the United States Constitution and/or federal laws or the Congress could give them a court case. However‚ the state court has a broad
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discrimination law the Right to Sue letter is used will depend on what court the complaint will be filed. State or Federal Court systems are two separate and distinct institutions and have different rules of law. Comparing Differences in State and Federal Court SystemsBeginning an Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) complaint is the only formal proceeding that must be satisfied prior to any state or federal civil litigation involving discrimination by an employee against an employer. Black’s Law Dictionary
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There are three prominent differences between the State and Federal Court Systems and they are the structure‚ the cases heard‚ and the sources of laws. In the following information there will be a brief explanation of the key difference between the Federal Court System and the New York State Court System. The main purpose of the Federal Court System is to hear that cases that usually have a direct conflict with the United States as a whole and not necessarily cases that affect a citizen unless
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Issues faced with Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is when the demand for space in prisons in a jurisdiction exceeds the capacity for prisoners in the place‚ for those who aren’t familiar or just simply didn’t know what prison overcrowding is. “Prison overcrowding is caused by a variety of issues‚ such as not enough room in prisons‚ fluctuating crime rates‚ changes to laws and improvements to law enforcement tactics (Prison Overcrowding is a Growing Concern in the U. S.)” Researchers have
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After the brutal 40 minute long lethal injection execution of Clayton Lockett that took place on April 29‚ 2014 occurred‚ fellow death row inmates being held at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary sued because they felt that a particular drug that was used to perform the poorly lethal injection was in violation of the eighth amendment. The lethal injection method used on Lockett was a three drug lethal injection procedure and resulted in him waking up after the injection and suffered for more than forty
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social contract‚ that is‚ that government exists at the consent of the governed‚ but Locke believed that people would naturally come together to govern themselves‚ while Hobbes believed they needed a strong authority (monarch) to bring them together. As you research to learn more about what these two philosophers thought about politics‚ which of their two fundamental ideas most reflect your own thinking? Why? I agree more so with John Locke and his statement on letting the people govern themselves because
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2003 - 1) For this week’s assignment I am going to discuss one federal and one state rule of evidence or statute and what affects they may have on both the prosecution and defense of sexual assault cases. Federal and State rules of evidence statues can affect both the prosecution’s ability to try a sexual assault case successfully‚ and a defender’s ability to defend their client successfully. The Federal Rules of Evidence › ARTICLE IV. RELEVANCE AND ITS LIMITS › Rule 412. Sex-Offense
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STATE VERSUS FEDERAL POWER TO REGULATE IMMIGRATION According to the U.S. Census Bureau‚ the foreign-born population in the United States tripled in the past four decades and currently totals about 37 million‚ or nearly 12 percent of the total population. What authority do states have with respect to immigration matters? For decades‚ the power to regulate immigration has been considered a federal power. However‚ in recent years Congress added a new provision that allows local law enforcement to
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