Incarceration in the United States

The author uses evidence throughout the whole book from his trips and research to different parts of Mexico and the United States. This type of evidence can fall under the category of evaluating sources. The whole subject that this book contains provides evidence from a research study that the author uses to back up his claim. “My companions and I were consistently paid less than minimum wage” (Holmes, p. 82). Holmes uses his real-life experiences and research to show the audience how the…

mass incarceration, particularly of African American men in modern times. Unsurprising, they are still exploited by large institutions, such as corporations, as a punishment for their ‘choices’. Due to incarceration and felony charges, Black Americans are stripped from rights such as voting – a crucial aspect of citizenship. In regards to this social injustice, it is important to understand the connection between the Pre-Construction Era and modern day circumstances and how mass incarceration is…

“‘They Are the Soul of the Council’: The Iroquoian Model of Woman-Power” written by Barbara Alice Mann stands in stark contrast to “The Federalist Papers,” written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay. One is a matriarchy; the other a patriarchy. One is characterized by peace and egalitarianism; the other by war and hierarchy. One is a form of governance that we now only read about in books; the other is one we are governed under. Here, the two texts are compared and contrasted…

Private Prisons: Political and Practical Concerns The United States is a prison society. We have the second highest incarceration rate in the world (second to only the small island country of Seychelles), have almost as many current prisoners as China and Russia put together, and sentence convicts to longer sentences than most other governments (Walmsley, 2015; Human Rights Watch, 2014). We are the only country in the world that sentences minors to life without parole and, up until 2005, the law…

issues that plague society such as murder, police violence and lower than possible education rates. She begins her passage by introducing her conclusion with euphuisms in a premise referring to the amount of death caused by drugs in the United States. “At first blush” refers to how the legalization of drugs may not seem morally just at the first glance. She also uses the idiom “side of the angles", meaning to side with righteousness, to describe the moral choice of legalizing drugs. She…

The United States is a country founded and built around law. A significant amount of the country’s founding fathers were lawyers. Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, John Adams, and Alexander Hamilton were all lawyers. It is no coincidence that the most important documents in the country specifically lay out the law for the protection of its people. The founders drafted an ingenious system; one of which the world had never seen. A system built to prevent a tyrant from rising to power ever again.…

economically disadvantaged in the United States for generations because of factors that are beyond their reach. Economic Advancement among African Americans has improved over time but the wealth gap is still too large to ignore. The lack of black wealth can be attributed to several factors the main one being slavery. Other factors that had huge impact are the G.I Bill, red lining by banks and real estate agents, and high incarceration rates. Slavery in the United States drove the economy in the…

Three: Ongoing Struggles for Civil Rights Since the 1960s the Civil Rights Movement created many changes for African Americans in the United States. The Civil Rights Movement created new laws, amendments, and governmental changes to help better the lives of African Americans. However, discrimination throughout America continued through housing, mass incarceration, and zip-code profiling. The New Jim Crow is one example of how African Americans are still struggling with civil rights issues. The…

frequent. Such was the situation in the case of Michael Gilliland, a former United States Border Patrol Officer. According to the webpage, Border Corruption, in calendar year two thousand five, Gilliland was personally approached by Mexican human smugglers, commonly referred to as Coyotes. Coyotes make an unlawful and unethical wage by facilitating the illegal immigration of Mexican citizens across the shared United States and Mexico…

Immigration and Criminal Justice Ziyada Alzhani Kingsborough Community College Although the issue of immigration policy has been at the center of political debates, largely discussed in the media and newspapers, no one have yet found a solution to this ill-defined problem, that would comply with the America’s core values. While I think the immigration…