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    Federal and State Prisons Deanna Snowden 06/02/2013 Dr. John Opinski Federal and State Prisons There are so many different types of prison systems in the world these days‚ it can go from a stay of one year to a stay of life without ever having the chance to have freedom back meaning life without parole. Once the words are uttered to someone that is something that can either break you or make you realize that‚ you have not only destroyed your life as you knew it but you have destroyed your

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    African Americans are incarcerated in state prisons at more than 5 times the rate of whites on average. For example in Oklahoma has the highest incarceration rate for African-Americans. Approximately 4.6% of all African-American males in Oklahoma are incarcerated compared to of only 0.9% white males. In California 1 out of every 22 African-American adult male is in state prison. The racial disparity is greatest in the category of drug arrests and indicates institutional discrimination against African-Americans

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    United States sends more people to prison than any other country in World. The state of Kentucky has also been having a jail problem. The Kentucky police has been locking up more inmates than they have ever before. The jails are overpopulated and the state is trying to figure out a solution to this jail problem. The video “Prison State”‚ a documentary by PBS Frontline‚ shows the problem Kentucky has with more inmates in jail. The states spends a lot of money to lock up prisoners. The state alone spends

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    Robbery

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    street. I shouted‚ “I’m calling the cops!” As if on cue the doors to the car swung open and now there were five men running towards me. I turned and planted myself between the men and my door. Too late for words I told them‚ “I’m not going to warn you again‚ get off my property!” I slammed the door behind me and sprinted across the living room. “Tom! There are guys trying to get into the house!” My roommate‚ still in his boxers‚ stumbled into the room completely unaware of the events transpiring

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    In the year 1958‚ the West Indies Federation‚ was started by the British Caribbean Federation Act of 1956 and the objective of starting this federation was to create a political unit that would become independent from Britain as a single state. This Federation consisted of ten (10) territories which were: Antigua and Barbuda‚ Dominica‚ Barbados‚ Montserrat‚ Jamaica‚ Grenada‚ Saint Lucia‚ Saint Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla‚ Saint Vincent and lastly Trinidad and Tobago. The total population of the West Indies

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    How do members of congress decide to vote (45 Mark) Congress decides how to vote due to a number of factors such as influence‚ this influence can come from members of the party and administration itself‚ other influence can come from pressure groups. A vote in congress is very important as it decides the fate of legislation‚ an important historic legislation is the emancipation proclamation. Every vote in congress counts so many people will try to influence as much as they can. Other factors are

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    Robbery

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    I could not believe my eyes when I saw these foreign robbers who make an attempt to rob my kind neighbour sundry shop.They looked very strong and mean.Two of them‚tall and dark-skin wearing masks and wanted to rob Mr.Samy’s shop.It happened one evening when the sun was about to set‚ my mother asked to me to go and buy some onions and salts from a nearby sundry shop which is apparently my neighbour.The shop was managed by Mr Samy ‚ a jovial middle-aged indian man with a huge pot-belly.His wife and

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    How do members of Congress decide how to vote? Yasin Noormohamed In an age of increasingly more partisan politics‚ members of Congress have been voting more and more based on the views of the administration and their party ideology. However‚ to say that all voting is based on this would be a gross misrepresentation‚ and there are many other factors such as the views of constituents‚ their own judgement and the actions of party whips‚ all of which can influence how members of Congress vote. The views

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    analyze the history of state and federal prisons; making a comparison and contrasting about of the different security levels that exist in state prisons and federal prisons. Also it will mention some of the reasons for growth in the state prison system. State and Federal Prison Systems Prison is a term describing the facilities used to incarcerate convicted individuals and penitentiary describes the type of building. The debate to inaugurate penitentiaries instead of prisons began in the eighteenth

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    ARTICLE www.hbr.org Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? by Robert Goffee and Gareth Jones Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? 10 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Product 5890 Why Should Anyone Be Led by You? The Idea in Brief The

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