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    Issues faced with Prison Overcrowding Prison overcrowding is when the demand for space in prisons in a jurisdiction exceeds the capacity for prisoners in the place‚ for those who aren’t familiar or just simply didn’t know what prison overcrowding is. “Prison overcrowding is caused by a variety of issues‚ such as not enough room in prisons‚ fluctuating crime rates‚ changes to laws and improvements to law enforcement tactics (Prison Overcrowding is a Growing Concern in the U. S.)” Researchers have

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    Chapter 13An American Renaissance: Religion‚ Romanticism‚ and Reform Rational religion 1. The concept of mission in the American character 2. The development of deism 1. Roots in rationalism and Calvinism 2. Nature of the beliefs 3. The development of Unitarianism 3. Nature of the beliefs 4. Role of William Ellery Channing 5. Creation of American Unitarian Association 4. The development of Universalism 6. Role of John Murray

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    Assignment: The prison system The penitentiary rivalry has cause a lot of changes within our American prison system. The rivalry implemented design changes every so often which led to better prison population and control of the inmates within them‚ because every state wanted the best prison system. A few of the changes that came from these rivalries were how they built the inmate cells‚ they built them so that the inmates or criminals inside them could not see the other inmates or have contact

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    in limbo between autocracy and democracy‚ the way international issues are dealt with could change. One country almost exclusively found at the heart of important issues has been the United States. With the recent US presidential election‚ many have been left wondering if President Elect Donald J. Trump will hold true to his campaign promises: building the wall alongside the Mexican-American boarder‚ aiding the hardworking Americans who have been cheated of their wealth and cancelling payments to

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    In the United 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

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    no one and it would be beneficial to remove them from the prison system‚ and into the parole system (D’Elia‚ 2010). Prison Cost Prisons are expensive to keep open‚ and most of the money to keep them open comes from the taxpayers. A study in 2012 showed that prisons cost American taxpayers approximately 5.4 billion dollars each year (Henrichson & Delaney‚ 2012). These cost include various expenses that include maintaining the prisons‚ employees salaries‚ educational training‚ providing benefits

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    Following the European invasion in America‚ Native Americans came to endure many problems. While some have faded‚ others still linger on in their lives. The issue of alcohol and alcoholism is one of them. From settlers using it to deceive‚ to today’s issues on the reservation‚ alcohol has played a devastating role in the lives of Native Americans. Knowing how the issue of alcohol became such a predominate part of Native Americans lives will allow us to spawn ideas on how to end the problem. Before

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    Reforms

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    progressive reforms during the period 1890-1915 in the areas of urban life and politics were mixed successes‚ with some reforms working well and others not‚ but were overall largely successful. In urban life‚ the progressives worked hard to improve the conditions for all‚ to better the cities themselves. In politics‚ the progressives (who had felt as though their needs were not being represented) attempted to make the system less corrupt and more fair and equal for all. The less successful reforms in

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    1) What are the major educational issues facing the African Americans today? Use documented examples. Some of the issues facing African Americans today in matters of education are inadequate education due to structural and institutional racism. Another issue is the lack of funding provided to institutions that educate African Americans. The problems facing African Americans in matters of education According to Schaefer‚ R. (2015) “1. Reductions in financial aid and more reliance on loans than on

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    A current issue involving the Native Americans and the federal government is the settling of Cobell vs. Salazar Lawsuit filed in 1996. The lawsuit alleged illegal conduct in the management of Native American money held in trust accounts and managed by the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The trust was established to allow nontribal groups to use Native American lands. The trust contains money from oil and gas production‚ coal production‚ grazing leases‚ and timber sales. Elouise Cobell was the treasurer

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