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    Disparities in health care access in the US Multiple studies had shown that racial and ethnic minorities experience a lower quality of health care services and are less likely to receive routine medical procedures than are white Americans. Minorities are also more likely to be uninsured‚ live in poverty‚ and be exposed to environmental hazards at home and on the job. Although the gap in health services and health outcomes is not as wide as it was 10 years ago; there are still major blocks to overcome

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    Riot in Prisons

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    system or a policy. This protest normally is in a manner that the behaviour is difficult to be controlled‚ in most cases‚ this act results to destruction of valuable properties‚ injuries on people and sometimes lost of lives. RIOT IN PRISONS In the prison riot occurs very easily when situation like these are not avoided: 1. When prisoners plan a jail break‚ which is usually planned by long term prisoners‚ awaiting trial of capital charges and detainees. 2. When prisoner’s rations

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    Methods of Punishment and Rehabilitation in American Prisons In this paper‚ I will discuss the nature of ‘lasting’ punishment for the prison systems that exist in America. We can see by psychological training‚ drug abuse rehabilitation‚ and to other methods of reform that there are ways that the prison system can use to remake a man after being locked up. By understanding these forms of rehabilitation‚ perhaps a better human being can come out of the prison system than has been seen from other forms

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    How to Determine if an Inmate Needs Inpatient Care Taking care of patients in prison is a challenging job. As a caregiver to inmates‚ your job is naturally difficult because you are isolated from them and can’t be constantly observant of their behaviors. So how can you determine if an inmate needs inpatient care? Regardless of an inmate’s crimes or offenses‚ they are legally required to have the proper kind of treatment. If the prison can’t meet their needs then they can be transported to a facility

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    Minority Report Essay

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    filmmaker use cinematic techniques and narrative elements to explore their message about a theme in Minority Report? The man fled down the centre of Main street frantically looking around‚ everywhere he glanced there was an advertisement. These were unlike any advertisements the man had ever seen before‚ they could learn. “Hello‚ Mr John‚” said the closest advertisement‚ it knew his name. The Minority Report‚ directed by Steven Spielberg in 2001‚ covers many social problems from that time period

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    Corine Lightner POL 140 Essay #1 (Ch. 3 & 4) Dominant-Minority Relations In the early years of the United States‚ dominant-minority relations were shaped by the agrarian technology and the economic need to control land and labor. The agrarian era ended in the 1800s‚ and the U.S. has gone through two major transformations in subsistence technology since‚ each of which has transformed dominant-minority relations and required the creation of new structures and processes to maintain racial stratification

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    Women In Prison

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    women make up a small portion of inmates in the prison system. Until the late 1800’s‚ women were not normally convicted of crimes unless they were habitual offenders. Women offenders are frequently imprisoned for nonviolent crimes unlike their male counterparts who range from nonviolent offenders to maximum security individuals that require a more severe housing unit. I feel the concentration on male offenders is justified because men make up the majority of inmates in the correctional facility ranging

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    Punishment In Prisons

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    Effect. A consequence is presented after a given behavior is enacted‚ and if done properly‚ leads to a decrease in the unwanted behavior. The effectiveness of punishment however is a bit more complicated in real life situations such as that of the prison system. There are three ways effectiveness of punishment can be increased. Frequency of application‚ immediacy of application‚ how often and how quickly punishment is enacted plays a role on deterrence‚ and punishment used with positive reinforcement

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    INDIA’S REGIONAL DISPARITIES AND CONVERGENCE CLASS : Development Economics NAME: NGO Ngoc Tuan ID: 11413023 India’s economy hit a major turning point in 1990 when the government started the Economy Liberalization. Its effect is the significantly high economic growth when the GDP greatly rose from $316.9 (1990) to $1001 (2010)‚ but along with that‚ it also brought about the increasing poverty and the widening income gap. After 1990‚ poverty‚ religious conflict‚ corruption‚ income inequality and

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    Prison Industrial Complex

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    Mass Incarceration In 1983 the nation’s largest private prison corporation the Corrections Corporation of America was founded. The Corrections Corporation of America (CCA) controls more than 47% of all private prison and jail beds nationwide and produces a 13% to 15% return annually on investment. This company is the nation’s largest owner and operator of privatized correctional and detention facilities and one of the largest prison operators in the United States‚ behind only the federal government

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