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- Texas has a high crime rate
-the most common crimes are armed robberies and drugs
-Texas is rated the 17th highest crime rate

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the crime rates in the country of Brazil register to be the world’s third-largest prison population, behind China 1.6 million and the United States 2.1 million.

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-only about 21.4 percent of individuals released from prison return to prison within 3 years of release.
-Association with drugs has the highest recidivism rate

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- No AC in most prisons
- power shortage
- water shortage
- heaters don't work in most prisons
- no showers in most prisons

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there are lots of drug smugglers in Brazil and the murder in Brazil has gone up since 2018 by a big amount

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- prisoners think the way they are treated is very inhumane
- the prisoners have a choice to participate in a creative writing class which they enjoy.
- prisoners say that on stormy days they sit in there cells with water up to there ankles.

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- 840 per 100,000 people.
- as of December 2020 there were a total of 135,906 prisoners in the state of Texas, the most in all states.

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the is penalty Currently, the death penalty may be in Brazil only for military offenses such as treason, murder, genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and terrorism during wartime. The sole method prescribed by law is death by firing squad.
- other penalties are for armed robbery is confinement for 4-10 years or a large fine.

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Murder- 5 to 99 years in prison or the death penalty
Abortion- 2 to 5 years in jail
Armed robberies- up to 20 years in prison with fines up to $10,000
Assault- up to a year in jail with fines up to $4,000

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- yes the death penalty or also known as capital punishment is still used in Texas.
- Used for more serious crimes like murder
- They use lethal injections to execute
- i think they focus more on punishment then rehabilitation.

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there are stories of people who have been in the prison and have written about their time in prison and what happened  such as fights breaking out and deaths in the prison

there are also 5 different types of police departments

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When compared with other countries, Switzerland tends to give shorter than most countries, particularly for violent crimes. Switzerland being one of the top 5 most foreigners going to prison taking 71.4% in Switzerland. (80 foreigners per year).