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    Memo Date: March 27‚ 2013 To: Federal Bureau of Prisons From: Karrington C Norris Subject: Overcrowding of Juvenile Correctional Facilities Introduction Within the juvenile correctional facilities community‚ there are public and private institutions that both experience and suffer from similar problems. The problems that face these facilities are overcrowding. Through close comparison of the major issues with juvenile correctional facilities‚ the institutions are revealed to be ineffective

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    Rethinking Homeless Shelters The Silicon Valley is known for containing magnates who rarely worry about financials. This however‚ does not mean there are not less fortunate people living in the area as well. More likely than not the average person is financially stable but this does not exempt the local government from improving the lives of the homeless to the best of their abilities. New York Times writer Christine Quinn‚ in a January article about rethinking the homeless shelters in New York‚ outlines

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    Team #4 - George Carter Brianna Tinnel‚ Nina Kroeselberg‚ Hannah Hileman‚ Lok Ku With the upcoming elections in the city‚ the raise in taxes to build a homeless shelter is one of the most pressing issues. The candidate George Carter wants to prevent those raises‚ since everyone should be responsible for their own life choices and we shouldn’t punish those who have worked hard to earn their money by taking it away from them. He wants to support the people by letting them keep their property and

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    Only 3.2 million shelter animals are adopted each year (1.6 million dogs and 1.6 million cats). Each year‚ approximately 1.5 million shelter animals are euthanized. Another word for euthanasia is assisted suicide or mercy killing.The worst part is that it’s not only happening in shelters‚ people have taken it upon themselves to have their pet’s put down. Although There are pro’s there are a lot more con’s. The animal shelters use this method for when the shelter is above capacity instead of shipping

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    My experience at the animal shelters These are my experiences while visiting both animal shelters; first I visited Orange County Animal Services. When I came in I realize there were people standing on line waiting to talk to the clerk to tell her their business in the shelter. While waiting on line I observed this two young girls in front of me very excited that they were adopting a dog‚ when they got to the clerk they told the clerk that they had choose a dog and were ready to take him home

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    Almost 21% of cats and one third of dogs are in animals shelters because landlords will not allow cats and dogs 3 (Bowman para 2). Animal shelters help abandoned animals start a new life in a new home. Staff member usually care for and train animals for many weeks to learn more about them. Through care and training employees can learn how the animal will act once it is adopted. Humane organizations raise large amounts of money to programs that spay and neuter dogs in the U.S. Spaying and neutering

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    breeders. When someone adopts a pet they are saving the life of a dog that will be grateful to them for the rest of it life. Dogs in shelter deserve a second chance. According to the American Humane Association “… an estimated 3.7 million unwanted pets must be euthanized at animal shelters every year—many because they could not fin families to adopt them.” It’s very sad to hear this because many people won’t typically adopt because most dogs in shelters are older. The reality is when this people

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    lowered into the brain to create lesions on each side. The animals will then be allowed to recover. Several weeks later‚ the effects of destroying this part of the animal’s brain will be tested in a shuttle avoidance task in which animals will learn when to cross over an electrified grid. The instructor admits the procedure is a common demonstration and that no new information will be gained from the experiment. She argues‚ however‚ that students taking a course in psychology must have the opportunity

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    Chapter 1:No-Kill Shelters and How they Work No-kill shelters are good with animals and have a policy to not kill animals. Animals are simply euthanized (Killed)because no one will adopt them or that there is no room in the shelter. The definition of euthanized is to kill a human or animal (In this case an animal) painlessly because of an incurable sickness according to dictionary.com. “Adopt and Kill” is the policy for kill shelters and has lasted for 100 years leaving countless animals to die

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    When I look back at my past writing experiences the first thing that comes to mind is when I did Young Authors in grade school. When I was younger‚ I typically prefered to write fiction‚ but I also branched out to non-fiction and poetry in order to try to be able to win an award. This made me begin to fall in love with poetry and develop an understanding and respect for non-fiction. In fact‚ in fourth grade‚ I won the Honorable Mention in Wyoming for my non-fiction book. It was titled “How to Feel

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