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    often misused in the imposition of extreme sentences on persons who have a crime that does not deserve long-term prison or sentencing. This results in overcrowding in the prisons. The overcrowding comes as a result that most of the criminals are subjected to long-term prisons having committed crimes that do not deserve sentencing hence overcrowding example in Canada. There is the issue that some of the judges treat these guidelines as fast and hard rules that are imposed against a criminal…

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    For the average Jew living in a World War II ghetto, life would generally consist of a mix of overcrowding and malnutrition; these factors both contributed the regularity of Jews not leaving the ghettos alive. Overcrowding was common in Jewish ghettos, the average house would hold three to four families at a time even though the houses were especially small, this would prove to be very dangerous for these families. The Nazis would purposefully provide the Jews with a lack of food causing them…

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    In America, several prisoners are living in horrible environments, some comparing their environment to third world countries. There are too many prisoners and not enough room. This country needs to regulate or solve this situation of overcrowding. Due to overcrowding some prisons are producing conditions so unhealthy it is against the constitution. The United States has incarcerated over 2.9 million in the nation 's prisons and jails which has had a 500% increase over the last forty years.…

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    that someone caused you and your family? The death penalty should be made legal in the United States because it allows for justice to be given to those people who have committed vigorous crimes and most importantly, it decreases the chances of overcrowding in prisons, where dangerous criminals could potentially be let free. The death penalty is a controversial yet essential topic that is debated about throughout the world. “An eye for an eye” and “They get what they deserve”, is what comes…

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    criminal activities. Jail has always been the form of incarceration in every county. Overcrowding in the county jail had several undesirable effects upon the inmates. According to Stojkovic, Kalinich, & Klofas (2015) “Overcrowded prison system, in turn, will often force decision makers to lower the the classification of higher-risk inmates in order to find available bed space” (p. 350)”. The heuristic fact is that overcrowding prison tend to produce aggression, competition for the limited…

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    tells of his newfound friend and how the consequences of Nobles action affected and shaped Earl’s opinion. However tragic the experience was for those close to Nobles, capital punishment should be regularly practiced in all 50 states; it reduces overcrowding, puts fear into the convicted murderers, and lastly, not everyone has the ability to change as Jonathan Nobles did. As previously stated; if we would, as a nation, constantly sentence the death penalty, then the first…

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    Some examples of the consequences are: more businesses/more factories, more poverty, more crime/corruption, poor sanitation- results in diseases, prostitution, overcrowded- results in cheap labor. This essay will discuss about poor sanitation and overcrowding. One of the main problem was poor sanitation. As more people came to America, more trash turned up because extra materials are being wasted. Most of the wastes were food, and most people didn’t have indoor plumbing (class lecture). This…

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    Budget cuts are affecting prisoners in many ways in the past few years. The ways that are showing dramatically are in educational programs, inmates safety, guards safety, tax payers, key programs, health care and population with overcrowding in many of these facilities. The health care insurance has been raised due to more inmates. Now with these many problems occurring in prisons are affected by the weak economy. Such as, prisoners are not getting fully educated with the low income of the…

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    A landmark case related to mass incarceration in the United States, Brown v. Plata, required a significant reduction in the prison population of the State of California. The Court held that overcrowding of prison facilities led to eighth amendment violations related to inadequate health and mental health care services which contributed to unnecessary and preventable deaths (Brown v. Plata). This case appropriately demonstrates that mass incarceration is unsustainable with the current prison…

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    Topic- Bronco Transportation Focus- The focus of this project is to inform the manager of Bronco Transportation of the issues I have found in the Bronco Transportation system. I found three main issues in the Bronco Transportation system such as overcrowding buses, non use of seat belts, and many illnesses that come with riding public buses. The reason I choose to do this project on public transportation here at at Western Michigan University is because the dangers of this topic should be…

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