history of state and federal prisons is quite interesting. Long ago‚ prisons did not really exist. Prisoners were housed in jails until trial‚ discharge‚ or execution. Since that time‚ state and federal prisons have been introduced and utilized. State prisons were the first to be invented. Prison facilities house criminals sentenced to one year or longer of incarceration‚ (usually felons). State prisons are run by the government of the individual state they are located in and the federal government
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of State and Federal Prisons Claudia Bailey CJS/230 November 12‚ 2011 Dr. Kay Carter History of State and Federal Prisons Jails date back to very early civilization; prisons came some time later. Some of the earliest jails that are documented are the Walnut Street Jail and the High Street jail. Prisons began being built in 1790; the first prison was at Walnut Street Jail when they added a new cell house to the existing structure dedicated to housing criminal’s long term. The Federal Bureau
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Constitution does not contain a provision explicitly declaring that the powers of the three branches of the federal government be separated. Yet‚ separation of powers serves various goals. Separation prevents concentration of power and provides each branch with the arson to fight off encroachment by the other two branches. The system of separated powers is designed to maximize freedom. In United States v. Sparks‚ 687 F.Supp. 1145 (E.D. Mich. 1988)‚ the court held that the separation of powers doctrine
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STATE-LEVEL ANALYSIS According to Chittick & Pingel (as quoted in the text)‚ what is important from the state level perspective is how a country’s political structure and political forces and substantial actors within the country cause its government to decide to adopt one foreign policy or another. This is more so given the fact that policy making must occur within the context of a political structure and states are the most important part of that structure. Since the variety involved in the
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Daniel Duranceau Econ 1 Wegman 29 September 2012 The Federal Reserve System of the United States There are seven members of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve. Dr. Ben S. Bernanke (chairman) was born in December 1953 (age 59) in Augusta‚ Georgia‚ and grew up in Dillon‚ South Carolina. He received a B.A. in economics in 1975 from Harvard University (summa cum laude) and a Ph.D. in economics in 1979 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Ben S. Bernanke began a second term
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Domestic Violence: Federal and State Legislation CJ333 Family and Domestic Violence Domestic Violence is a big problem in the United States. Domestic Violence is a problem that affects every community across the country. It affects all races‚ social and economic backgrounds‚ cultures‚ religions‚ and relationship types. When an abuser chooses to inflict abuse on his or her partner‚ it is a choice to do so. In fact‚ Domestic Violence is a deliberate pattern of abusive
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groups and not in state-level civilizations. In order for a civilization to be recognized as a state level society‚ it must meet certain criteria. There must be centralized political power‚ social classes based on access to resources‚ occupational specialization‚ coercive military or police force‚ multiple levels of decision making‚ writing or complex record keeping‚ and urban centers controlling periphery.1 There are a variety of competing theories of the origins of state level societies. In “A Theory
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May 1882‚[2] after witnessing the annual labor festival held in Toronto‚ Canada.[3] Oregon was the first state to make it a holiday on February 21‚ 1887. By the time it became a federal holiday in 1894‚ thirty states officially celebrated Labor Day.[2] Following the deaths of a number of workers at the hands of the U.S. military and U.S. Marshals during the Pullman Strike‚ the United States Congress unanimously voted to approve rush legislation that made Labor Day a national holiday; President Grover
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Describe the type of business‚ purpose and ownership of two contrasting businesses. Type of business The two different companies I will be looking at are Tesco and The British Heart Foundation. Tesco is an organisation which produces profit by selling goods to the general public‚ they usually sell food but now they are gradually bringing in other products‚ for example home décor and clothing. Tesco has different brands within the brand itself‚ for example they have Tesco’s Finest‚ Best of British
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Federalism and the federal system were formed in order to be the foundation of American government. “Federalism is a political system in which ultimate authority is shared between a central government and state or regional governments”. In recent times federalism has become more competing. Obviously‚ federalism in the US involves the relationship between the federal government and those of the states. As recalled from history lessons‚ the US was formed when the thirteen original states notified the
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