Hyping the number of deaths from terrorism

Since 2000 there has been an increase in the number of deaths from terrorism, rising from. The latest jump in terrorist activity coincided with the start of the Syrian civil war in 2011. The threat of terrorist activity is a major if not the major national security risk for many countries. The recent rise of ultra-violent groups such as ISIS in Syria and Iraq is underpinned by greater territorial ambitions in the Middle East which include the countries of Syria, Lebanon, Israel, Jordan, Palestine, as well as Southern Turkey, thereby increasing the risk of further destabilization in the Middle East region. The majority of claimed deaths from terrorist attacks, in 2012 report say that terrorists killed about 11,000 people that year in nearly 6,800 attacks . Such as deaths during a Taliban offensive against U.S. troops. As for al-Qaeda, the organization or its affiliates killed a little over 1,000 people in 2012, unless you also include the Taliban and its Pakistani offshoot. That would get the figure to about 3,500. Variations of religious ideologies based on extreme interpretations of Wahhabi Islam are the key commonality for all terrorist groups (Talabian, Al-Qaida, ISIS); however their strategic goals are not necessarily the same. There is no doubt that this is a U.S. national government issue. I recall the terrorist attack that occurred in September 11, 2001. Who doesn’t? Ever since, this country has been continuously under threat. Today, ISIS, the Islamist terror group that now controls much of Syria and Iraq, poses an extremely high terror threat to U.S. targets, and has the bomb-making skills and foreign fighters needed to strike U.S. and other Western interests, according to multiple U.S. intelligence officials. The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin Friday urging all local officials to be on the lookout for possible ISIS threats and homegrown terror  . We are facing a ruthless terrorist group that has no mercy on any creature whatsoever. They are aiming for control and power. They are willing to destroy anything they are facing in order to frighten their enemy and overcome them. The U.S. needs a stronger source of security to protect the Americans. As we see the images presented in the NY Daily News, members of this terrorist group are in U.S. and they have threatened Chicago and Washington D.C., on Twitter, and the government is begging local police to remain vigilant. We need a strong security system. The U.S. government must wiretap every line, e-email, and social network accounts and try to educate itself with the terrorist idioms and to get a grip of the tip of the tether that leads to these filthy creatures. It is not difficult for the U.S. government to locate the Twitter account user who posted the threatening images, capture, investigate and punish him for this filthy act. 

Child Homelessness

So many families are living on the edge of poverty, that one little mistake can push them into the floors of homelessness. Kids are often the collateral damage. The number of homeless children in the U.S. has surged in recent years to an all-time high, amounting to one child in every 30, according to a comprehensive state-by-state report that blames the nation's high poverty rate, the lack of affordable housing and the impacts of pervasive domestic violence. There are 2.5 million children who had “lived in shelters, on the streets, in cars, on campgrounds or doubled up with other families in tight quarters” at some point in 2013 . Child homelessness increased by 8 percent nationally from 2012 to 2013 , which warned of potentially devastating effects on children's educational, emotional and social development, as well as on their parents' health, employment prospects and parenting abilities.  Chronically hungry, tired and stressed, those who are old enough to attend school exhibit mental health issues, and they often struggle academically. Ever thought of what some homeless children might be forced to give up in order finding temporary place for staying? For teenagers, it might be exchanging sex for a place to stay or staying someplace that does not feel safe because they are so involved in their day-to-day survival needs. That’s something really sad. Just imagine what kind of a person this child will be in the future. Of course giving up values in this situation is not optional. But because at one point that child had nowhere to stay and feel safe. Parents aren’t always going to be there for kids. Many reasons can range from death caused to parents (or single parent) to irresponsible and careless parents who shatter their household for many reasons that might either involve drug addiction or not holding a college degree. We need more affordable housing or we need to pay people a higher minimum wage. The new report by the National Center on Family Homelessness — a part of the private, nonprofit American Institutes for Research — says remedies for child homelessness should include an expansion of affordable housing, education and employment opportunities for homeless parents, and specialized services for the many mothers rendered homeless due to domestic violence. Solving child homelessness should include providing financial and mental health support for single parents, investment in safe affordable housing, and the expansion of education and employment opportunities across the socioeconomic spectrum. 

Addressing Federal Prison Overcrowding

Federalprisons may experience rising rates of violence among prisoners and growing levels of stress among prison staff because overcrowding contributes to increased inmate misconduct, which negatively affects the safety and security of inmates and staff . If you start cramming more and more people into a confined space, you’re going to create more tensions and problems, it creates the possibility that someone’s going to snap and have a violent incident.  Overcrowding also puts a strain on prison infrastructure such as dining halls, bathrooms, laundry rooms and even television rooms, which become more difficult to access. Some institutions might have to reduce prisoners’ visitation time. Everything provided for the inmates will eventually be so limited because there is not enough to give to each and every inmate. These prisoners have a different mentality. Their personalities can range from extremely short tempered to unconsciously erupting with abusiveness towards anyone around them. Instead of causing them to feel pressured by cramming inmates in one area, there needs to be a source of comfort given to them because the whole concept is to reform their mentalities and behaviors so they can be aware of their behaviors that caused them to end in prison and help them recover and become new people with rehabilitation programs so they can get back on their feet. States still need to be tough on crime, but in ways that emphasize personal responsibility, promote rehabilitation and treatment, and allow for the provision of victim restitution where applicable. Inmates who want and need the programming begin to get frustrated with the overcrowding, and that can lead to acting out.  Some inmates without programming head to the streets without addressing their criminal needs.

There is an important matter that we need to mention though, which are the serious incidents that the guards or employees are facing in the overcrowded federal prisons. Overcrowding can create dangerous conditions for inmates and prison staff. Guards are assaulted by prisoners and attacks involve weapons. Hundreds of inmate on worker assaults has occurred at various prisons over the past several years, including the brutal stabbing murder of Correctional Officer Eric Williams by a prison inmate and the shooting death of Lt. Osvaldo Albarati . Inmate’s actions can get out of control when there are too many of them crammed in a limited-spaced area. There has to be control over their actions. These inmates are audacious, reckless, and inconsiderate of others. The more we cram into one prison, the more disasters will erupt. Limiting the prison population will enable the employees and guards to have some control on the inmates to try and prevent brutal incidents and try and maintain the safety of everyone present in these federal prisons.