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    African Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at more than 5 times the rate of whites on average. For example in Oklahoma has the highest incarceration rate for African-Americans. Approximately 4.6% of all African-American males in Oklahoma are incarcerated compared to of only 0.9% white males. In California 1 out of every 22 African-American adult male is in state prison. The racial disparity is greatest in the category of drug arrests and indicates institutional discrimination against African-Americans

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    women‚ and children also with a full range of home ware. Using social media Companies can reach out to their customers using social media such as Facebook‚ Instagram‚ Pinterest‚ twitter etc. they post promotions and sales so that customers know what is available to them. Complains and customer enquiries can be dealt with online to make things easier. The company The company was founded in 1864 by J. Hepworth and sons under the name gentleman’s tailors‚ they also added home interior and children’s

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    Folsom State Prison

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    Folsom State Prison Isaac Avila CJ 211 08.09.2012 Mrs. Rayes Folsom State Prison is a California State Prison located in the city of Folsom‚ California‚ 20 miles northeast from the state capital of Sacramento. Opened in 1880‚ Folsom is the second-oldest prison in the state of California. Folsom was one of the first maximum security prisons‚ and as such witnessed the execution of 93 condemned prisoners over a 42-year period. It is possibly best known in popular culture for two concerts

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    1800’s that prisons began to develop and be widely used. One of the largest differences that came with this century-turn was the idea that along with punishment‚ criminals could‚ and should‚ be rehabilitated. It was not until 1790‚ when the Quakers built a prison serving for both reasons‚ that the idea was seriously introduced in the United States. This prison‚ The Walnut Jail in Philadelphia‚ “Is considered the birthplace of the modern prison system.” (Biggs). Over

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    are able to involve in farming. Therefore‚ the price of food did not go so high due to the competition‚ which solved inflation that Rome once experienced. Manufacturing Enterprises: Byzantium was the center of manufacturing since as a Greek city-state and during Roman classic age. Byzantium was famous for crafting. When it became the capital of Byzantine Empire‚ Constantinople became even more advanced. Also‚ when silk from China traded in Constantinople. Constantinople is the only city or region

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    activities‚ and satisfy public opinion via an appropriate treatment regime for persons convicted of criminal offenses. The main focus is on punishment and penal institutions‚ such as the prison‚ and their possible justifications. The Oxford English Dictionary defines penology as "the study of punishment of crime and prison management"‚ and in this sense it is equivalent with corrections. Penology is concerned with the effectiveness of those social processes devised and adopted for the prevention of

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    Summary Of Prison State

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    to treat crime it is resulted in holding all crimes in prisons and jails. From minor to major crimes there are more effective ways to correct the behavior. In the documentary “Prison State”‚ highlights these issues in attempt to correct the problems. When crimes are committed and these criminals off all ages are released from correctional facilities‚ it is unknown on how they will react to the world. There are ways to regulate and watch what they do but these people were separated from civility

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    United States sends more people to prison than any other country in World. The state of Kentucky has also been having a jail problem. The Kentucky police has been locking up more inmates than they have ever before. The jails are overpopulated and the state is trying to figure out a solution to this jail problem. The video “Prison State”‚ a documentary by PBS Frontline‚ shows the problem Kentucky has with more inmates in jail. The states spends a lot of money to lock up prisoners. The state alone spends

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    Local‚ StateFederal Police Angela Brandon CJA/484 March 25‚ 2013 Frank Owens Local‚ StateFederal Police The United States uses police officers on three different levels to deal with citizens that violate the laws. The local‚ state‚ and federal agencies operate on different levels. Maintaining order and service functions‚ purpose of policing is to do investigation of suspected criminal activity and refer criminals to the American court. Police is needed to help maintain peace

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    a condition of probation‚ the court may place additional restrictions on the probationer or order the probationer to serve a term of imprisonment. Probation is normally for offenders sentenced to short terms in jail: it is not combined with a long prison sentence. legal dictionary) Unsupervised‚ supervised‚ and intensive are the three types of probation. Intensive probationers are required to report daily to a probation officer and most times has an electronic monitoring system or they are on house

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