History Of State And Federal Prisons

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    Clara Barton's Role In American History

    such as the Belmont-Paul Women’s Equality Monument, group decades of greatness together into one piece, eminent accomplishments of this extent are not worthy of being combined. As individuality is present with existing statues of significant men in history, such distinction and singular representation must be mimicked with the equal female gender. Many renowned women have played roles in shaping America, but none were as impactful as Clara Barton. This pioneering nurse, founder and president of the

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    Rehabilitation Paper

    inmates in today’s prison system the drive to want to better them. This paper will break down rehabilitation in prison and the origin of where it came from. Also we will discuss how parole differs from mandatory release and how probation differs from other forms of sentencing. We will also discuss community corrections and what it means and furthermore, we will critique the current rehabilitation options and if there are better options or solutions that may be used in today’s prison system. Rehabilitation

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    Court Analysis

    Court Issues Analysis CJA/394 The United States has two distinct courts; state and federal. Federal crimes are heard in the federal court and state crimes are heard in the state courts, and if crimes are both state and federal violations the case is often heard in both courts. Many issues are dealt with by the courts and the courts administrators. Current and future issues that courts and courts administrators face are; budget cuts, new technology, privacy issues and lack of training. Of

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    Bernard Madoff Fraud

    leading to more litigation currently and in the future. The Bernard Madoff’s Fraud Introduction Bernard L. Madoff was the mastermind and the admitted operator of the biggest Ponzi scheme in American History. His Ponzi scheme is considered to be the largest financial fraud in U.S. history. He stole millions maybe billions of dollars from unsuspecting clients. Lives were shattered and fortunes ruined. He was a very savvy business man and trader until his investment scandals were revealed

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    Prison Overcrowding

    Benefits of Reducing Prison Overcrowding Laura Macella AIU Online Abstract This paper is going to discuss the benefits of why reducing the overcrowding of prisons with help the inmates, employees, as well as the citizens of the state. It will show that crime within the prison walls will go down, the stress of the inmates and employees will reduce, as well as showing that we can save taxpayers millions of dollars a year. Lastly, this paper will look at programs that the inmates can be sentenced

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    Death Penalty

    Penalty in the United States Rebecca Bartley ENC3211-Report Writing Professor Johnson June 8, 2013 Death Penalty 2 Abstract Death penalty has had so many changes in the last 300 years many states still use the death penalty. There are many states that are abolishing it for any number of different reasons. Many now believe the death penalty is unconstitutional and also cruel and unusual punishment and it should no longer be used. Many believe life in prison is a better remedy than

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    Mentally Ill Prisoners

    counseling prisoners to deal with trauma, and correcting prisoners' morals in life. Most mentally ill criminals go to prison instead of a mental hospital due to their illness not being identified or even

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    Mandela

    Mphakanyiswa was a councillor to the monarch and he was the local chief. Mandela and his two sisters grew up in Qunu village where he spent most of his time outside taking care of cattle. He was a Christian who liked the church. He also loved the African History and he was listening to tales from the elderly people who came to visit the palace. After his primary education, he joined secondary school in Clarkebury Boarding Institute in Engcobo, an institution that was largely dominated by Black Africans in

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    Racism in the Criminal Justice System

    RACISM IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM By Nichole Griffith Advised by Professor Chris Bickel SOC 461, 462 Senior Project Social Sciences Department College of Liberal Arts CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY June, 2012 © 2012 Nichole Griffith Table of Contents Research Proposal ............................................................................................................................1 Annotated Bibliography .......................................

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    Minorities in Prison

    Minorities in Prison, Why So Many? Jennifer A. Spry ENG 122: English Composition II Ava Hardiek January 7, 2013 Minorities in Prison, Why So Many? Introduction Racism has been a part of history for many years and is a very real problem in the world, not just in the United States. For example, New England colonists fled to a new land, later to be known as America, for religious freedom from European dictators, early settlers of the United States enslaved African-Americans, Adolf Hitler murdered

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