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    Contraband In Prisons

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    The United States Prison System has been around for hundreds of years. They house some of the United States’ worst people. This would include individuals convicted of crimes such as murder to the lowest crime of petit theft. Since the attacks on September 11‚ 2001‚ the U.S. has put the spotlight on terrorism worldwide. Most people in society do not realize that the U.S. Prison System could be one of the biggest breeding grounds for terrorism and terrorism recruiting. In addition to that‚ the introduction

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    Contraband in Prison

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    Contraband can be defined as anything prohibited by law being imported and exported. When it comes to prisons‚ anything that can’t be bought in the commissary or that isn’t given to them when they get to prison is contraband. Contraband is a major issue behind the walls and can be anything from a “homemade” shank by the inmate‚ or drugs or weapons smuggled into the prison from various ways. Not only is different types of contraband in the prison a threat to the inmates lives‚ but also a threat to

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    infinite amount of different types of contraband‚ the most commonplace items seized are drugs‚ tattooing equipment‚ electronics‚ and weapons. Contraband‚ as defined by US Legal‚ refers to property that is illegal to possess or transport. The Arizona Revised Statues define the promoting of prison contraband as a person‚ not otherwise authorized by law‚ who knowingly takes contraband into a correctional facility or the grounds of a correctional facility‚ conveying contraband to any person confined in a correctional

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    Contraband In Corrections

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    accepting bribes to smuggle contraband into correctional facilities across Georgia (Federal Bureau of Investigation [FBI]‚ 2016). Some of the contraband smuggled into the facilities by the correctional officers include: drugs‚ weapons‚ and cell phones (FBI‚ 2016). Contraband is defined as excess personal property or anything that is exported or imported into a correctional facility that is prohibited by law or the correctional facility (York‚ 2016). In other words‚ contraband is anything that inmates

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    Contraband can be defined as many different things. According to Encyclopedia Britannica‚ contraband is defined as anything prohibited by law from being imported or exported. Each day contraband is brought into the prison system. Contraband may put the safety of correctional officers at risk. With the advance technology in today’s society‚ production of devices to help detect contraband had to be invented. There are many preventive methods on improving the safety and security for the correctional

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    Louisa May Alcott in My Contraband Louisa May Alcott is an American Novelist best known as the author of the novel “Little Women”. Louisa was born in November 1982‚ grew up in Germantown- Washington D.C and was known to be an abolitionist‚ feminist and also a naturalist. Being a naturalist meant that she believed that nothing existed beyond the natural earth i.e. no such thing as spirituality or the supernatural. Her family suffered from financial difficulties and so Alcott had to work to support

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    Discussion Forum The story by Louisa May Alcott is best suited under the current title “My contraband” as opposed to the previous title on “The brothers.” The theme implies of some illegally imported items to the country. In this case‚ it the title “contraband” announces the theme of racism‚ which dominates the story (Alcott‚ 69). It also gives a clear image of imported products‚ which clearly is explained from the story. The black race is indeed brought out as the ideally imported item. It however

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    well-educated woman who supported the abolitionist cause and was willing to do everything within her power to strengthen the movement. She shows this abolitionist attitude in several of her stories‚ “My Contraband” being just one of them. A short story set in the midst of the Civil War‚ “My Contraband” depicts the tragic truth of the relations between slave and master and their consequences‚ as well as the construct of relationships between one

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    Butler’s fort. They felt more at home because they didn’t have to work as much as they used to. They were able to take breaks and eat good food on a daily basis. Also‚ they were no longer called “slaves” they were called contraband. “Contraband” means illegal objects‚ contraband also means something illegal that is being smuggled and hidden just like the slaves were. The country had just started a huge civil war which split the country in two. Slaves capitalized on the opportunity and found various

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    Incarceration In Prison

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    Today‚ the U.S. has more jails and prisons than there are colleges and universities. In 2010‚ there were 2.3 million prisoners in the United States (C. Ingraham). There are simply not enough correctional officers to counter the smuggling

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