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    Private prisons scattered across the country house tens of thousands inmates. The companies behind some of the largest private prisons claim they are lifting the weight of taxpayer dollars funding federal prisons. In a billion dollar industry‚ many find it hard to believe that they’re not working for their own best interest. Humans rights organizations across the country have challenged the corporations behind the industry. These groups argue that this system doesn’t work to rehabilitate prisoners

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    Prison Radicalization Essay

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    Introduction Prison radicalization is not new to the penal system. The prison environment is an ideal and convenient place for radical religious beliefs and extremist ideas. Yet over the years‚ prison radicalization has evolved into what seems to be an uncontrollable epidemic among a specific group of inmates. Prison radicalization threatens the mechanism society uses to contain its worse of the worse and has the potential to spread beyond prison walls. Radical views and extremists beliefs have

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    Words 2‚651 California’s Prison System Chaos. Have you ever wondered where and how our tax money being spent? We pay taxes for services that we all benefit from as a community. Things like roads‚ law enforcement‚ libraries‚ transportation systems‚ to live comfortable and safe. However; a very big chunk of that money goes towards prisons and jails. California’s current prison budget is almost $10 billion dollars (Jerrod). Even this sum is not enough to incarcerate all of the offenders. California

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    Why Prisons Dont Work

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    Analysis of “Why Prisons Don’t Work” In his essay “Why Prisons Don’t Work” by Wilbert Rideau‚ the author has sent to the Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1962 to be executed or imprisoned for life. He presents the idea that prisons don’t work because people go in and come out the same way‚ unchanged. He says that authorities think the best solution is to “get tougher” by slowing down on crime and locking away the criminals in prisons‚ but Rideau had an experience in one of those prisons and knows that

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    Supermax prisons are often referred to as the prison within a prison. With the increase of prison population throughout the nation and the increase in violence‚ prison officials sought to curb the rate of violence. Their answer was the supermax prison system. Designed to hold hundreds of inmates in Administrative Segregation‚ prison officials sought to lower violence by housing the worst offenders in solitary confinement (Latessa and Holsinger‚ 2011‚ pp. 79-81). Proponents of the supermax systems

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    African philosophy has been defined as philosophy in light terms. It has faced many struggles based on being defined as is‚ however it may be known that African philosophy is genuine philosophy. In the following paragraphs‚ it shall be discussed as too how African philosophy is genuine philosophy through comparing philosophy and African philosophy. The issue of transmission of philosophy shall be highlighted as well as the nature of African philosophy and philosophy. To discuss and present arguments

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    on is called Life in Prison by Stanley “Tookie” Williams. Tookie Williams was the infamous founder of the notorious Crip gang. The main objective of this book is to dispel some of the street myths surrounding prison life and to steer people away from crime. Tookie first learned about prison from his friend older brother named Rock. Rock spent most of his time in and out prisons. Rock described prison as a gladiator school where men go to prove their toughness. Rock made prison seem like a fun place

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    Jails and Prisons Name CJS/200 Date Instructor Jails and Prisons When looking at the prison system today‚ there are several types of facilities used to house inmates. The type of facility that an offender is placed in is typically determined by the nature of the crime committed and mental status of the offender. The four most common types of prisons discussed are the federal prisons‚ state prisons‚ private prisons‚ and of course‚ the local and county jails. The major difference in the

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    Contexts http://ctx.sagepub.com/ Beyond Crime and Punishment: Prisons and Inequality Bruce Western and Becky Pettit Contexts 2002 1: 37 DOI: 10.1525/ctx.2002.1.3.37 The online version of this article can be found at: http://ctx.sagepub.com/content/1/3/37 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: American Sociological Association Additional services and information for Contexts can be found at: Email Alerts: http://ctx.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://ctx.sagepub

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    Philosophy and Heraclitus

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    Ancient Greek philosopher: Heraclitus Heraclitus was born in Ephesus. He belonged to an aristocratic family but refused to have a political life. His writing style is unusual‚ in that many of the surviving fragments are written in short and often cryptic phrases. He was known as the "weeping philosopher". He was also referred to as "the riddler" or "the obscure one"‚ due to the puzzling nature of his writings‚ as well as "the mocker" or "the reviler of the mob"‚ due to his dislike for those who

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