1 Heart failure costs are projected to more than double in the next 20 years as the U.S. population ages and the incidence of the condition climbs. 2  By 2030, every U.S. taxpayer could be paying $244 each year for heart failure expenses. Heart failure costs are projected to more than double in the next 20 years as the U.S. population ages and the incidence of the condition climbs. 2  By 2030, every U.S. taxpayer could be paying $244 each year for heart failure expenses.
Chain gang. A chain gang is a group of prisoners chained together to perform menial or physically challenging work as a form of punishment. Such punishment might include repairing buildings, building roads, or clearing land. This system existed primarily in the Southern United States, and by 1955 had been phased out nationwide, with Georgia the last state to abandon the practice. Chain gangs were reintroduced by a few states during the get tough on crime 1990s, with Alabama being the first state to revive them in 1995. The experiment ended after about one year in all states except Arizona, where in Maricopa County inmates can still volunteer for a chain gang to earn credit toward a high school diploma or avoid disciplinary lockdowns for rule infractions.
A Prison gang is an inmate organization that operates within a prison system, that has a corporate entity, exists into perpetuity, and whose membership is restrictive, mutually exclusive, and often requires a lifetime commitment.ost prison gangs do more than offer simple protection for their members. Most often, prison gangs are responsible for any drug, tobacco or alcohol handling inside correctional facilities. Furthermore, many prison gangs involve themselves in prostitution, assaults, kidnappings and murders.