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    Federal Theater Project

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    Great Depression in the United States during the 1930s affected not only those who worked in jobs requiring physical labor‚ but those involved with theatre and the arts as well. The Federal Theatre Project was one of the Works Progress Administration (WPA)’s projects that was created to help deal with the economic turmoil caused by the Great Depression. Thousands of artists‚ whether it was in the form of writing‚ music‚ or performing arts‚ were put out of work. The Federal Arts projects were created

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    hatred behind‚ I’d still be in prison.” In today’s society‚ an issue exists with too many inmates occupying prisons. Many of these inmates in prisons do not get freed with the same ideas as Nelson Mandela. The solution for this issue is to put inmates to use for the public and only use prisons as holding stations for inmates. Such uses include entertainment‚ military‚ and public services. By forcing inmates to serve as a use for the public‚ inmates will leave prison with the idea that they will change

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    Prison Reform

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    Prison Reform Catherine Johns Axia College of University of Phoenix Most people who enter prison are lost. They have no direction in their life. They cannot find structure‚ so they turn to crime. They need help but they do not know where to turn. Think of how our world might be if there were better programs focused on reforming out prisoners while they are serving their time. The prison recidivism rate would decrease. Crime rates would lessen over time. Prisoners will have the opportunity

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    The Legitimacy of Prisons

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    From coast to coast in America‚ prisons have become a growing concern; the concern being how well prisons actually work. Over time‚ the amount of people being caged in our country is increasing. Right now there are approximately seven hundred fourteen out of one hundred thousand people that are imprisoned. Some may argue that prisons keep the criminals off the streets‚ but did they happen to think that prison is actually teaching them to become a better criminal and hardening their hearts to make

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    prison environment

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    Prison Environment CJS/230 April 29‚ 2014 The prison environment could be define as a place to help persons convicted of crimes change their way of lifestyle‚ if it is a problem and serve out their sentence. The prison discussed in my readings is an environment where anyone from the cook to the janitor could influence someone to make a change in their thinking and their actions. What was once ran like a country under dictatorship‚ has now become a place where inmates are treated

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    Prisoners In Prisons

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    strategic roads and industrial enterprises in remote regions” (The Gulag). Discussion/Explanation: This evidence provides examples of what structures the prisoners were involved in. Why: It’s worth knowing that these prisons built enormous

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    Women In Prisons

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    Prison reformations that were made during the nineteenth century were centered around the dedication broght on by the superintends. The main issue for the convicts at this time was that there was no separation of genders; reformations to the prison system changed that and the environment these women had to sustain. “For fifty years prior to 1875‚ no women had been committed to the state prison at Charlestown‚ but were confined in jails and houses of corrections” (MCI-Framingham). From the year that

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    Prison Environment

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    Prison Environment Checkpoint Kaschelle Nichol CJS/230 August 22‚ 2012 Lester Julian Prison Environment Checkpoint The prison environment is defined as the atmosphere of aspects within a prison‚ including: inmates‚ guards‚ facilities‚ privileges‚ morale‚ etc. A prison environment is strict and isn’t happy. The main goal being punishment‚ the overall atmosphere will be low‚ and considering the

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    They can show the geography information of a region when you click it with a special pen. (Go ahead to the windows. Yes. ) You saw that curtain? But it is not simply a curtain‚ but a curtain which is full of geographic knowledge! And some of the images on the curtains were bought from abroad. That is extremely rare. So‚ I would say‚ that this whole room is full of Geographic Knowledge. Finally‚ let us come to this funny big ball here. You know that it symbolized Earth. And magically‚ it can have

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    Federal VS republic

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    FEDERAL FORM OF GOVERNMENT VS REPUBLICAN FORM OF GOVERNMENT There are many different forms of government that exists in the world and one of those is Federal form of government. Federal states are political body described by combination of partially self-governing states or provinces united by a central (federal) government. Federal form of government is a form of government in which sovereign power is formally divided usually by means of a constitution between a central authority and a number

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