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Printted Newspaper Vs. online Newspapers
Online newspapers vs. print newspapers In an early morning of a winter day with cold wind and snow breeze blowing out, hardly any people are waiting to put a quarter into an old automated newsstand to get there newspapers at a corner near the Union Station in downtown of St. Louis city. Hardly to find young people in that crowded but aged people are likely to prefer the traditional newspapers than the new type which
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Prisin Tour
As part of learning about Correctional Institutions and their programming, structure, facility accommodation and discharge planning I toured and observed the Robinson Correctional Institute in Enfield, Connecticut. The area where this institute is currently located was previously a Shaker farming community up to 1985 where they gave this property to the town of Enfield to devise the land to improve human life. Therefore, the state used this farming area as a correctional institute named after
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Prision Corruption
Prison corruption is a nationwide problem that has been going on for many years. Not only is corruption a problem on our own U.S. soil, but also police practices of corruption go as far east as Europe and Asia. Correctional Officers receive a lot of scrutiny over this issue, but for good reason. A person who is corrupted lacks integrity or honesty; it is someone who uses a position of trust for dishonesty. In this
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Prision Terms
As we look at the proposal that involves doubling the maximum prison sentence for armed robbery, we must first ask ourselves if this bill would have any effect on the offenders. Over the course of the next few weeks, I will provide you with the research and knowledge on this subject so you can vote on the proposed bill with the utmost confidence that you understand if this type of punishment would work. I will
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Prison
What is a Supermax prison? "Supermax" is short for "super-maximum security." It is a place designed to house violent prisoners or prisoners who might threaten the security of the guards or other prisoners. Some prisons that are not designed as supermax prisons have "control units" in which conditions are similar. The theory is that solitary confinement and sensory deprivation will bring about "behavior modification." In general. Supermax prisoners are locked into small cells for approximately
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Prison Economics
Prison Labor and Economy Introduction The U.S. prison population, already the largest in the world, grew by 3.4% annually between 1980 and 2004, leaving corrections facilities at 40 percent over capacity. Inmates in federal, state, local and other prisons totaled nearly 2.3 million at the end of last year. According to a recent study, there are more people behind bars in the United States than in any other country. Over 80,000 of these prisoners hold
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Prison Gangs
Prison Gangs Michael Dooley Aiken Tech CRJ 242.013 Prison Gangs Prison gangs are flourishing across the country. Organized, stealthy and deadly, they are reaching out from their cells to organize and control crime in America's streets. Law enforcement personal began to systematically monitor gang activities in the 1970’s. Working together, their initial attempts were to identify only gangs which had some semblance of formal structure, a constitution, bylaws, mission statement, or some identifiable tenets guiding
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Prison Inmate Education
The article “The Impact of Career and Technical Education Programs on Adult Offenders: Learning Behind Bars” by Howard Gordon and Bracie Weldon (2003) studies of how prisoners receiving educations in prison reduces the recidivism rate. Gordon and Weldon studied the inmates who were participating in the educational programs at the Huttonsville Correctional Center in West Virginia and claimed that inmates who participated in the educational programs were less likely to recidivate once released back
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Prison: Punishment or Vacation
Prison: Punishment or Vacation. Three hot meals a day, free education, and shelter from the elements, does this sound good to any one? I bet it does, especially to the 737,304 homeless people who according to the human rights record of the United States in 2005, have none of these thing that are given daily to murderers, rapists, and drug dealers. I think it is great that people who kill other people get sent to
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Prisoner Treatment: Fair of Foul?
On July 27, 1949, the Geneva Convention was finally revised to safeguard the rights of all who were involved in war, including prisoners. According to Convention III, "The following acts are and shall remain prohibited at any time in any place to prisoners of war: violence to life and person, in particular mutilation, cruel treatment and torture, outrages upon personal dignity, humiliating, and degrading treatment." (Convention III) However, despite this international law, reports of
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Prisoner’s Rights
I do not believe a prisoner should have rights anywhere near the same extent as a free citizen who has not committed crimes has. When a person commits a crime he gives up his rights. People have rights because they are believed to be responsible, honest, and trustworthy citizens. If they commit a crime they prove that they are not responsible, honest, trustworthy people. If these men and women have all these rights in
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Prisons
Overcrowding In Prisons Today in America there are over one million people imprisoned. The number of inmates is steadily increasing, and shockingly we are running out of room for all these criminals. This is a result of many different social, political, and economic issues that we have today. These include problems such as new taxes for money in order to build new prisons, mandatory minimum sentences, stricter parole eligibility laws, and the neglect of social
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Privacy and the World Today
Finally, the endless grind of working for Smith Co. is finally over. For the past forty years of your life you saved your money, built your credit and now it is finally the time to retire. To celebrate this long awaited day, you stroll down to Virginia Bob's Chevrolet dealer and feast your eyes on one of those bright cherry red convertible corvettes. Walking around anxiously, a salesman spots you and begins to further excite
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Private Health Care and Private Education Is Unfair
Private education and private health care are the most unfair and degrading systems to modern day living. People who can receive this ‘special treatment’ seem to be comfortable in their finances. In this essay I will try and prove a point on why I think private systems are unfair. Take for instance, why should people with more money receive better health treatment or send their children to go through a better education? The answer to
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Private Prisons and Interest Groups
Privately owned prisons began to emerge in the mid-1980s. These prisons emerged because of the ideological imperatives of the free market, the huge increase in the number of prisoners, and the substantial increase in imprisonment costs. (1) Proponents of privatized prisons put forward a simple case: The private sector can do it cheaper and more efficiently. Corporations such as Correction Corporation of America and Wackenhut promised design and management innovations without reducing costs or sacrificing
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Private Schools Vs. Public Schools
From Pre School through sixth grade I attended a private school. However in seventh grade I decided to alter to a public school. Meaning I have had experience with both types of schools. Although private schools and public schools have a lot in common, they differ in many ways, such as the following: teachers, dress code, religon, and most of all, the difference of students who attend each school. Teachers from my private school and
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Private Schools Vs. Public Schools
From Pre School through sixth grade I attended a private school. However in seventh grade I decided to alter to a public school. Meaning I have had experience with both types of schools. Although private schools and public schools have a lot in common, they differ in many ways, such as the following: teachers, dress code, religon, and most of all, the difference of students who attend each school. Teachers from my private school and
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Private Security Contractors
Private security contractors (PSC’s) are being utilized around the globe for military related purposes. One such contractor is Blackwater USA. Blackwater USA is the self proclaimed, “most comprehensive professional military, law enforcement, security, peacekeeping, and stability operations company in the world” (www.blackwaterusa.com). In short, they provide training and solutions aimed at supporting security, peace, freedom, and democracy anywhere on the planet (www.blackwater.usa.com). Recently, Blackwater has been involved in projects related to Iraq and in New
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Private Security Contractors Military Justice
Private Security Contractors Military Justice Jared Kubicka-Miller Background: Blackwater USA is a private military company and security firm founded in 1997 by Erik Prince and Al Clark. It has alternatively been referred to as a mercenary organization by numerous reports in the international media. It has been classified as a terrorist organization by the Organization of the Islamic Conference. It is based in the U.S. state of North Carolina, where it operates a tactical training
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Private Security Forces in Iraq
Private Security Forces In Iraq The on-going war in Iraq has been a war that has changed the tactics in which war is fought. The war in Iraq has been fought mainly through the use of aerial missiles and by surprise, a large number of women. This current war has demonstrated the change of times and the rise of the information age. But the most surprising aspect of the war in Iraq is the large
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Private Vs. Public School Education for Your Child
Which one will you choose? Private vs. Public School Education for your Child The issue of whether private education is better than public has been debated for many years. Strong advocates of public education feel that children grow and progress better in a mixed environment. Although most private educational institutions do not harbor racial discrimination or discrimination against sexes, they do not have certain classifications that may not suit the masses. For example, a large
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Privatization of Social Security
Recently, the future state of Social Security has been a hot issue in our country. Some feel that the remedy for any future problems is the privatization of Social Security. While this may be good on paper, it is a horrible idea. The national government is pushing more in favor of privatization of Social Security, and will indeed affect Americans in a negative way because future retirees won’t be protected against inflation, it has
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Privatization of Social Security
Privatization of Social Security The Social Security system is a hot topic with today’s who’s who in politics. Every administration for over 30 years has concurred that Social Security in its current form will not survive; however, is privatization the solution to this ailing system? I believe that this is a great opportunity for individuals to take their retirement future into their own hands and secure it personally. To fully understand what needs to be
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Privatizing Social Security
Social Security is a big issue in politics today. Many people argue that we should change the system completely by privatizing it, which would set up private accounts in which retirees could receive money upon retirement. There are also many that argue that we should keep the current system that we have because it has stood the test of time. They argue further that we should reform the current system, not throw it away. According
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Privatizing Social Security
Assurance in money is very important to a retiree and is a very important political issue at this point in time. The United States built a system of saving money in the form of a tax on the American workforce using this money as a paycheck for retired people. The general idea was that everyone would pay into the system as a worker and then receive the money and benefits they paid into the system
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Privatizing Social Security
Privatizing Social Security Social Security was established as a promise to the people of continuation of income into retirement. Well the road to hell is often paved with good intentions, because that promise now has the country in economic uncertainty. The guarantee that workers will be taken care of in their old age if they paid their Social Security tax, is no longer guaranteed. If we don’t come to a unanimous decision as to
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Pro Choice
Specific Purpose: Introduction: Pro Choice is a topic that is constantly under debate even after the decision to make it legal has already been decided. So why is it still under question? Pro Choice is the women’s right to choose what to do after finding out one is pregnant whether it be, carrying on with a pregnancy and raising the baby, giving the baby up for adoption, putting the baby in foster care until the
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Pro Choice Abortion
A Pro-Choice View of Abortion The debate over whether abortion should be legal and to what point in the pregnancy it should be allowed has polarized many societies. Many religious preach that at the moment of conception, the new life is human and possesses a soul. Therefore, abortion is murder. Other, less extreme views, suggest the life is not human until there is a recognizable “completion of form.“ A third view proposes we have an
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Pro Euthanasia
Pro Euthanasia Most people want to live their life with dignity and die with dignity. People make important choices and decisions through out their life. Some of these decisions are very difficult and even life changing. We live in a democratic society where we are free to make these decisions. Death is an unavoidable event and happens to everyone. Death can be quick or it can make our love ones suffer miserably. Some people become
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Pro Immigration
Pro immigration America is sometimes referred to as a "nation of immigrants" because of our largely open-door policy toward accepting foreigners pursuing their vision of the American Dream. Recently, there has been a clamor by some politicians and citizens toward creating a predominantly closed-door policy on immigration, arguing that immigrants "threaten" American life by creating unemployment by taking jobs from American workers, using much-needed social services, and encroaching on the "American way of life." While
Rating:Essay Length: 835 Words / 4 PagesSubmitted: January 14, 2010