There is little doubt in the minds of many that the prison system within the United States is a first-rate, money laundering system. The current age in American society is one that prides itself on money and affluence. The rich keep getting richer, while the poor keep getting poorer. The...

The objective of this study is to describe four theories of sentencing and to explain one of the key factors in modern sentencing laws and policies. Four Theories of Sentencing The work of David B. Muhlhausen (2010) entitled “Theories of Punish and Mandatory Minimum Sentences” reports that there are four...

Many mentally ill people are incarcerated in the United States. Not only is treatment delayed or nonexistent in prison, but mentally ill inmates may be treated more harshly because of behavioral issues caused by their illness. So we ask: Are Texas prisons properly identifying inmates that suffer from a mental...

One of the most telling aspects of the evolutionary progress of how the American justice punishes those who transgress the law by incarcerating them in the prison system is how remarkably little difference exists between movies set in prison that were produced in the 1930s compared to those produced today...

First and foremost, the community garden will open countless opportunities for practical, hands-on learning in different disciplines, such as landscape studies, horticulture, agricultural and environmental sciences, design, family and consumer sciences, public health, ecology, anthropology, geography, plant biology, and engineering. All of those, who study these and other disciplines can...