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    at her. I got my email taken away for the rest of the summer until I wrote an essay to my parents explaining how I would not use my email to be mean. Do you remember a time? All of you should be saying yes. Has there also been a time where‚ because of the consequence that came with it‚ you never repeated it? About that emailing situation‚ I have never sent a mean email in 4 years. You’ve probably all heard the saying‚ "Those who do not learn history are doomed to repeat it." Why I brought this

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    History of the Prison

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    Introduction This research paper is on the history of the prison in America. How it came to be in its present state? Things I will be writing about in this paper are the early history of the prison history in England. I will be talking about early American prisons‚ the goal of rehabilitation‚ prison labor‚ changes in the prison system‚ rehab programs‚ population‚ housing and prison organization we will hit briefly on all those aspects of the history of prisons. The reasoning behind this paper

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    The History of Prisons Both state and federal prisons were designed to serve the same purpose.   They are alike in the sense that they both confine criminals.   At the same‚ time there many differences in which make each system unique. State governments primarily operate both. Adults convicted of felony crimes may be imprisoned in one of the approximately 1‚800 state‚ federal‚ local‚ or private prisons in America. State prisons confine felons with more than a year to serve with an array

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    Collingwood argued that history is always a product of the relationship between the past and the present. He argued that there are no "pure" facts. They all come to us through the mind of the one who records them. As the famous historian Fustel de Coulanges said‚ "Do not applaud me. It is not I who speaks to you‚ but history which speaks through my mouth." I think first to understand the weight of truth in relation to history‚ I must define what history is about: - History is a term that refers

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    Why Does History Matter? History Matters‚ because with out our history‚ we wouldn’t know who we are‚ or where we came from. Our history is what defines us. Knowing where you came from can help you better understand where you are headed with your life. In the video of the first lesson there are plenty of extremely interesting points as to why history really should matter to us. Richard White’s way of telling a story that the students can relate to‚ is very touching. Making the students understand

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    quotations in the night thoreau spent in jail is "Retirement? What an absurd idea! Why spend the best part of your life earning money so that you can enjoy a questionable liberty during the least valuable part of it? Why work like a dog so you can pant for a moment or two before you die?. I chose this as my number one because of its great meaning. Why work during the prime of your life just so you can spend it doing nothing? This quote’s meaning is very powerful to me. My second choice is "Henry

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    DeAndre Fontenot & kaestazia middleton Dr. Richardson LLS 1333 January 29‚ 2013 The U.S. Prison System The U.S. prison system was designed for a couple of reasons. First to keep cruel people off the streets and to punish people who have committed a crime. Next is Justice for the victims that have been violated‚ also revenge. Finally is to detest other crimes by setting sentence minimums and to rehabilitate people so they will come out a better person. It has changed a lot in the past 30 years

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    Does Prison Work?

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    Does Prison Work? Since the beginning of recorded history‚ imprisonment has been used as a method of punishing those who have broken societies laws. However‚ the nature of prisons has changed throughout history to adapt to societies norms. In recent years‚ our custodial facilities have been questioned more and more as a form of state punishment. In this essay I will attempt to answer the question of whether imprisonment is really an effective form of punishment in terms of it being a deterrent

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    1:Do prisons work? Michael Howard‚ Home Secretary speaking at the 1993 Tory Party Conference‚ stated the prison works. He went on to claim that it was no coincidence that recorded crime had fallen by a record amount over the last four years at the same time the prison population had risen. At the time of the speech‚ the prison population had been 60‚000. At present‚ the prison population has reached 85‚000. The rate of reported crime has almost halved. Prison can be said to work for a number of

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    wrongful convictions seem to be the result of faulty eyewitness testimony. _____ 5. The Innocence Project is an organization that seeks to get convicted killers out of prison. Multiple Choices: Select the best answer for the question and place in the space provided. _____ 6. A forensic scientist is called to a court of law to provide: a. fact b. opinion c. judgment d. reflection _____ 7. Our state of mind affects how we observe our surroundings. What mental state is the best for observing

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