In 1968, when American soldiers came home from the Vietnam war addicted to heroin, President Richard Nixon initiated the War on Drugs. More than a decade later, President Ronald Reagan launches the South Florida Drug Task force, headed by then Vice-President George Bush, in response to the city of Miami’s demand for help. In 1981, Miami was the financial and import central for cocaine and Marijuana. Thanks to the task force, drug arrests went up by 27%, and drug seizures went up by 50%. With that
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in the 13th amendment makes sense minus this one part that says “except as a punishment for crime.” Basically that says you can punish or criminal with slavery, and that exists in the US and we do it all over the country all the time. It is called prison labor. We are kind of familiar with the idea. Prisoners making license plates is the classic example. But that is the tip of the iceberg. Across the country convicts do work in carpentry, swing, mining, packaging, fire fighting, telemarketing, fish
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Privizaitonal of prison bail system certain amount of money as bond return to you when you show for trail you have great you don’t big trouble. Pay the bail or await the trial in jail. You may say no big deal but for the many that don’t have the money the question becomes “what do you do, what do you do when the requested amount of money you don’t have and you can’t get it from any other means you have to go to jail. You have to spend time in the prison system or the county jail awaiting trial for
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who turned a $300 investment a half century ago into cable behemoth Adelphia Communications Corp., was sentenced to 15 years in prison Monday for his role in the looting and debthiding scandal that pummeled the company into bankruptcy. Rigas’ son Timothy, 49, who like his father was convicted last year of bank fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy, was sentenced to 20 years in prison. Sand could have sentenced both men to life. The sentences are among the harshest handed down in any U.S. court sin
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The Sureňos Trecè Gang Global Crime and Criminal Justice Abstract Gang killings are results of drug wars have been refuted by the authorities since blotters report that these homicides are conflicts over territory, status and revenge. Gang wars are not only “inner city” problems but all over as well. Almost every city around the world claims to be gang capitals, like New York or London. Other major cities in the US have also been known to be havens for gang wars such as Houston and Chicago
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embezzlement, and corruption. The government usually charges individuals with white collar crimes. The penalty for white collar crimes included prison, fines , forfeitures. The penalties for white collar crimes are usually less severe than the penalty for street crimes. White collar crime is one of the leading non-violent crimes in America , other than drug offenses. The victims of white collar crimes often feel an invasion in their personal life, and lose their sense of privacy, especially
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just imprisoned or put to death like other countries such as China. Correction is defined as “the range of community and institutional sanctions, treatment programs, and services for managing criminal offenders.” (Seiter 2011) The United States prison/jail have been dealing with overpopulation issues for quite sometimes, it has come to the point where it is only possible to incarcerate violent offenders for a long period of time because of resource issues. The system had to develop alternative
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Perspective on Prison Privatization April 6, 2015 A Critical Perspective on Prison Privatization Topic Statement: “Is the privatization of prisons for profit an ethical practice?” The topic of a country privatizing areas of industry is far from a novel idea, especially since the rise of capitalism. With the United States being widely considered the father of capitalism, it is almost expected to see the privatization of a key component of its judicial system, prison, becoming more
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“A Private Prison or for-profit prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined or interned by a third party that is contracted by a government agency” A private prison corporation is contracted by the state to manage prisons for their own profit. Privatization of prisons began in 1980s under Ronald Reagan due to the rapid increase in prison population because of war on drugs. United States is home to five percent of the world’s population with 25 but holds 25 percent of world’s
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Being an Ex-felon in America Jay Wainwright Axia College of University of Phoenix Being an Ex-felon in America There are many people in society who are still being treated unfairly. There is still a major disconnect from mainstream society and ex-felons. There are many people with opinions on how to help the ex-convict to become a productive member of society, except for the voice or better said by the rhetoric of the ex-felon,
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