In the past minorities between the ages of 18 and 27 made up half of the inmate population in America. America's prison population has traditionally been young and poor, but in recent years it has been aging (Clear & Cole, 2000). ... America's increased elderly inmate population is due to two major reasons. ... The prison population reflects the general population, if there are more elderly people in America then there will be more elderly people in American prisons. ... America's elderly prison population was once known as the forgotten minority. ...

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It disproportionately targets minority populations and the undereducated, particularly among young black males. According to The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, "African American and Hispanics comprised 58% of all prisoners in 2008, even though African Americans and Hispanics make up approximately one quarter of the US population" (Criminal Justice Fact Sheet). Why is it that America has imprisoned so many people and how has it come to be that the minorities of our general population make up the majority of our prison population? ... According to Law Prof...

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"We cannot run society for the privileged and allow a significant proportion of the population to be marginalized. ... Latinos constitute 19% of the prison and jail population compared to their overall 15% share of the population. ... While African American youth represents 17% of their age group within the general population, they represent 46% of juvenile arrests (The Sentencing Project 2008). ... Whites comprise the majority of the American population, blacks about 12.7%, and Latinos represent about 11.7%. ... As a result, African Americans, who are 13% of the population and 14% of drug use...

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Even America's perception of drugs before the Drug War was insignificant. ... Nowadays, drug related incidents stir American's fears, but such fears are unfounded. ... This disparity is a disservice to Americans, and it is the main driver of prison overcrowding. ... Enacting a law that directly addresses these points will provide a long term reduction in prison population by purging greed out of the sentencing process. ... Having a job is an important component of American citizenship as it provides the backbone of a healthy and productive, crime-free, lifestyle. ...

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African-Americans and Hispanics make up most of the prison population in America. ... This could be the cause of why the American prison population is so populated with minority prisoners. ... This is a reason why there are so many minorities in the prison population today. ... African Americans make up most of the population in the jails today. ... Population (Hartman, "End Racial Discrimination"). ...

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North American societies are more focused on justice and punishment, rather than rehabilitation. ... Also, only 3% of the total Canadian population is black while 9.5% of federal inmates today are black (an increase of 80% since 2003) (Zinger, I. 2013). ... The mentally ill make up 4% of the American population and account for 15% of state prisoners and 24% of jail inmates (Sweetland, H. 2014). ... A judge then ordered for the prison to reduce its prison population by 30,000 members, only to grow to 173,000 people inside of the prison (Stelloh, T. 2013). ... " Their idea of prison is very...

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The death penalty ought to be enforced in all fifty of the United States of America. ... To feed, house, and attempt to rehabilitate criminals costs money that the taxpayers of America pay every year. ... This would not only be an injustice to the victims of the current crime, but it would also greatly show the lack of responsibility of the judicial system of America. ... As population rises, jails and prisons will become greatly overcrowded. Therefore, applying capital punishment to ease overcrowding would be an extreme measure to reduce the prison population. ...

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An alarming statistic states that an amazing 40 percent of America's death row population is black. This, out of a population that is a mere 11 percent of the nation's populous. The five states with the largest death rows have larger percentages on death row than in their statewide black population. ... How can such a small portion of the population represent such a large portion of the prison system? ... Mumia Abu-Jamal gives a voice to the voiceless prisoners of America. ...

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It is well documented that there has been a substantial increase in America's prison population within the past 30 years. America's penal population has increased six fold between 1972 and 2000, leaving 1.3 million men in state and federal prisons by the end of the century (Pettit and Western 151). There is also the fact that over 90% of prisoners are men, and that incarceration rates for African American men are about 8 times higher than those for white men (Pettit and Western 152). ... Mandatory minimums were also a controversial issue because they unfairly targeted African America...

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Prison Literature in America. ... The Black Power Movement and American Culture, 1965-1975. ... In the last two decades the population of black male inmates grew three times as fast as the number of black men enrolled in higher education. ... In a country less than 13 percent blacks, one half of the prison population is African American. ... Goods and services must be provided to keep imprisoned populations alive. ...

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It has a population of nearly 26, 000 residents. However, because of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC), the population can easily increase by 18,000 during the academic semesters. Of that student population, a considerable number of them are Chicagoans. ... The African American males in Carbondale are part of fourteen percent population of drug users in the country, but these users comprise 37% of drug arrests. ... I have had the opportunity to visit at least four Illinois penal institutions, and every time I see vast populations of African American males. ...

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What transpired from these conflicts is what has shaped modern day America. A quest for equality between the oppressed and the oppressor provides the central and underlying theme in the formation of American history. ... American history can be described as a quarrel between those who control the balance of power, and those who wish to share in that responsibility. ... Since America was founded, more and more groups of people have received the same liberties and rights which were once reserved for a small portion of the population. ... This war allowed for the formation of America, and it...

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In America, prison reform is a significant growing issue. ... The American corrections system in the previous decades has become a severe problem for the US economy. According to Krisberg and others, "The general US population grew by 37% from 1987 to 2009, and the prison population increased by 371% - 10 times as much" (7). ... For white men, the rate was 478, for Hispanic men 1,238, and for African American men 3,023 (Krisberg 123). ... American Corrections: Concepts and Controversies. ...

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He believes that violence occurs when an area is concentrated with a population of males in their late teens and early twenties. ... I believe this because the prison system is guilty of violating every one of the reasons the author addresses in explaining why American violence occurs. For instance, the prison systems" population is predominately men in their late teens and early twenties. ... The prison population is also segregated. ... If the reasoning the author gives in explaining violence is true then the prison system is not a solution to American violence. ...

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In our penitentiaries, problems like rape, racism, gangs, robbery, assault, extortion, drug abuse and murder within the walls of the prisons are cries so serious that they are deteriorating the American correctional system. ... The punks are usually nonviolent prisoners who are going to be under a "man's" wing for protection from the rest of the population (Hell Behind Bars 24). ...

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Disadvantages of parole 2 Parole in America's criminal system is one of today's most hotly debated topics in the criminal justice field is whether or not individual states should abandon the parole system. ... Since the early 1990's, the population of inmates in correctional institutions has grown astronomically. Between 1996 and 1999, prisons have seen a 41% increase in the population of violent crime offenders. ... Inmate populations are so extreme, that prisoners are sitting on waiting lists. ... More often Africa - American males are violating there ...

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Pornography seems to be a favorite among the male population. ... America tries to put an age limit or use laws to restrict access to whom we have deemed to young to view the material. ... All due to Americas fetish with "Adult content"....

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America has higher murder rates with the death penalty, than any of the European countries without the death penalty. ... Since 1973, 13 men have been executed in America from states such as Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma, Virginia, South Carolina, and Texas... In early America, blacks were lynched for any reason that could possibly be dreamed up with no concideration for due process of the law. ... African Americans and Caucasians are killed in primarily equal numbers but murderers of whites are more likely to be put to death than murderers of any other race...

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America has a jail population of (insert jail pop here). ... We ruin the lives of a significant portion of our population in a vain attempt at a "drug-free nation". ... As of April 22, 2001, the population of the United States was 284,049,859. The estimate for Americans aged 12 and over who have tried drugs is 87.7 million. ... Look for crime rate increases on the internet) though the prison population has risen. ...

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Background Problem Arguments that support the problem Proposed solutions to the problem Capital punishment is one of the most widely debated issues in America. ... Pius X Church, Conyers, Ga. 11) QUOTES "Why is the United States almost the only country in the civilized world where the death sentence still exists and where there is still hunger in the population for such sentences? ... The Calvinism which so profoundly shapes American culture makes us a population that is desperately eager to sit in judgment and to demand the ultimate punishment. ... America is a strang...

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Capital punishment is the highest form of punishment in the United States of America. ... Thirty-eight states in America including, New York, practices this form of punishment which has formed a subject of debate for many years. ... Death row in the U.S. has always held a puzzlingly large population of people of color relative to the general population. ...

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The death penalty is immoral, unjust, and is not beneficial to America. Capital punishment has been in America since the country was first being established. The first execution in America took place in the Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1630. ... Capital punishment is one of the most unfair and awful systems we have in America. ... A punishment that is focused primarily on the minority population in not "just". ...

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The United States of America houses the most prisoners worldwide. ... Because of these initiatives prison populations have risen by three hundred and eighty percent. To put that in perspective the United States Census data revealed that the nation's population rose only thirty-three percent during the same period. Comparatively speaking, the number of people incarcerated in state and federal facilities has grown ten times faster than the rate of our entire population. ... Keeping accountability of them while not taking them out of America's workforce completely better rehabilitates t...

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American society likes to use the common phrase "what is in the best interest of the child" when justifying the punishment they deploy on juvenile delinquents. ... Furthermore a child being injected into a prison population cannot be good for that kid's physical or mental health. ... When it comes to the safety of people and their families it is fair to say that the general consensus would be take the chances of sacrificing a murderer's future, even if he is a kid, to ensure the safety of America's communities. Do to the terrorist attacks occurring recently, in where many Ame...

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The prison population in England and Wales currently stands at 71,800. ... The prison population rate is projected to rise an amazing 16% in 6 years! ... In November 2001 a third men's jail had to be converted to take female prisoners in response to a sizeable fluctuation in the female prison population. ... In 2001-2002 the female prison population increased by 28%. ... The increasing prison population places pressure on the limited prison service and prison staff are finding it increasingly difficult to control the offenders. ...

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