Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is a problem largely attributed to the increase of drug convictions. Decades of tough-on-crime laws coupled with minimal financing for treatment programs have left prisons overcrowded and under funded. With the advent of crack cocaine and the response of a scared nation President Ronald Reagan declared a war on drugs in 1982 (Clear‚ Cole‚ & Reisig‚ 2009). In 1987 congress implemented mandatory minimum sentencing effectively increasing the time
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division has initiated numerous programs and processes to reduce recidivism‚ address parolee risk to the community and provide numerous reentry services for ex-offenders. Parole provides a series of resources and graduated sanctions in a community based setting to reduce recidivism. Part of this program involves the use of Halfway Back residential programs‚ Day Reporting Centers‚ localized drug assessments and counseling referrals and an extensive network of job training and placement programs.(IDCPD
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States‚ prison overcrowding and budget cuts within the criminal justice system have lead to an increase in the need and the development of private prisons and jails. "A private prison is a place in which individuals are physically confined by a third party that is contracted by a local‚ state‚ or federal government agency. Private prison companies typically enter into contractual agreements with local‚ state‚ or federal governments that commit prisoners and then pay a per diem or monthly rate for
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One of the great dilemma’s currently affecting the prison systems is overpopulation‚ and the factors influencing it. America currently has one of the highest prison populations in the world‚ which causes immense overpopulation in both federal and state prisons‚ which in turn create high risk situations within the prisons. As a result‚ many programs and incentives have been created to reduce the recidivism rate for soon to be released inmates‚ many of the programs related to either gaining a higher
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Reducing my Impact SVN3M1 Atmosphere The air in any particular place. One activity I do on a fairly regular basis that affects the atmosphere in a negative way is driving. First off vehicles release toxic emissions that damage the environment. Toxic emissions are adding to the greenhouse effect‚ damaging air quality‚ and decreasing the ozone. Not to mention the growing smog problems‚ disasters done with landfill and the effects done to our water supply‚ which all are connected with the
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Do prisons deter crime? Considering the recidivism rate‚ the percentage of former prisoners who are rearrested for a similar offense‚ of the United States‚ no‚ prisons do not deter crime. The recidivism rate of prisoners in the US is 60%‚ one of the highest rates in the world. Prisons take criminals off the street‚ but fail to cure their need to commit crimes. Prisons‚ in a sense‚ add fuel to the fire. I believe prisoners leave prison in a worse state of mind than they were before they were locked
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If governments make their citizens pay more tax‚ wealth filters down from the rich to the poor‚ reducing poverty. This can be seen when comparing countries like Iceland‚ where only 4.7% of children are in relative poverty to countries like the USA‚ where 23.1% of children are in this situation2. Citizens of Iceland pay more tax than the average US citizen
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chromate eczema‚ chrome‚ chromium‚ clinker‚ Cr (VI)‚ Cr (III)‚ ferrous sulfate‚ finish mill‚ health‚ hexavalent‚ kiln atmosphere‚ manganese sulfate‚ Occupational Safety & Health Administration‚ OSHA‚ oxidation‚ portland cement‚ raw materials‚ reducing agent‚ refractory brick‚ solubility‚ stability‚ stannous chloride‚ stannous sulfate‚ storage period‚ trivalent. ABSTRACT With regard to chromium and health and safety aspects‚ the water-soluble compounds of chromium in cement are most relevant
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private prisons are more effective because they have lower recidivism rates. However‚ this is not true. As stated by Peter Kerwin‚ “private prisons are likely to serve as many as two to three more month behind bars than those assigned to public prisons and are equally likely to commit more crimes after release‚ despite industry claims to lower recidivism rates through high-quality and innovative rehabilitation programs” (2015) this quote shows that more offenders return to private prisons than those
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Policies for Reducing Unemployment There are two main strategies for reducing unemployment - • Demand side policies to reduce demand-deficient unemployment (unemployment caused by recession) • Supply side policies to reduce structural unemployment / (the natural rate of unemployment) Demand Side Policies [pic] Demand side policies are important when there is a recession and rise in cyclical unemployment. (e.g. after 1991 recession and after 2008 recession) 1. Fiscal
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