Solitary confinement

Oppressive circumstances can lead to a comforting form of ignorance. The once United States of America has now turned into a nation known as the Republic of Gilead. The falling reproductive birth rates and chaos of the previous nation has lead to an implication of certain restrictions placed on women. The few women that are able to reproduce, known as handmaids, are assigned to couples in order to bare them children. In Margaret Atwood’s dystopian novel Handmaid’s Tale, the main character Offred…

Here, it is important to note the different general levels of security in United States prisons. Super maximum security is for the most dangerous inmates and is often its own separate prison. Prisoners in this level experience 24 hour solidarity confinement with abridged amenities. Maximum security is the next level down where prisoners live in individual cells and are allowed one hour in a cell block or exterior cage per day. Close security is the middle level in which there is one or two…

lead a troubled life and came from a troubled past. Fox Butterfield wrote a book entitled All God’s Children: The Bosket Family and The American Tradition of Violence in which he examines not only the life that lead to Willie Bosket being in solitary confinement for the rest of his life, but also the history that lead to Willie’s existence. One type of theory that can be used to identify reasons behind Willie’s behaviors are Strain Theory, a type of theory that suggests crime is rooted in…

Due to the seemingly inherent levels of corruption in American prisons, creating an ideal prison free from any flaws would be an ambitious undertaking. From dehumanizing practices such as solitary confinement to regular correctional officer and inmate abuse, deep issues buried behind concrete walls would need to be uprooted. However, the prison system in Norway gives incarceration an entirely new meaning and redefines our perception of jail. With inmates living seemingly normal lives in a…

because of the courageous young students. The leaders of the S.C.L.C. and A.C.H.R. demonstrated by risking going to jail for the cause. Dr. King remember being put into a Birmingham, “For more than twenty-four hours I was held incommunicado, in solitary confinement. No one was permitted to visit me, not even my lawyers. Those were the longest most frustrating and bewildering…

Should Juveniles be Tried as Adults? NO! Juveniles (under the age of 18) should not be tried as an adult; they should be charged and tried in juvenile court; this is why there is juvenile court. It is ridiculous that because of the Columbine shooting, the government decided to declare “war” against any juvenile criminal—they are children, not fully developed in any area (physical or mental). I know there are horrendous crimes being committed by youngsters, but society must look at the…

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is far from the basic horror movie with a green monster and has a way deeper meaning to it. When the book was written, the word feminism was not yet known by the world but this book, although quite vaguely, relates to it. Even though Victor Frankenstein and his creature are searching for a female companion through the whole novel, they always ultimately sabotage their hard work because of their isolation and alienation. Victor’s pursuit of knowledge and loathing, and…

What was it? Fascinated by Milgram study on how far he could push people to cause harm when being coached, Philip Zimbardo set out to see if prison brutality was caused by the prison environment or by the sadistic personality of prison guards. Zimbardo advertised in the newspaper looking volunteers to participate in an experiment observing the psychological effect of prison life. The experiment was planned to last two weeks with each candidate being paid 15 dollars a day. Before being…

Ray and One-eyed an unconditional love story…. Ray and one-eyed, an old man and his dog, the oddest of love stories. The pair have similarities in habit, emotion and character. Their differences complement each other in a way that gives them both peace. Peace that stems from a developed level of trust and respect for each other. Developing a relationship of love and devotion. Leading an old man to step outside his comfort zone and a dog with one eye that is willing to trust someone enough…

The casting of the characters Rubin Carter, Lezra Martin, Lisa Peters, Sam Chaiton, Terry Swinton and Lt. Jimmy Williams was necessary to create the image of goodness, as we associate attractive people with being good and kind hearted. Athletically appealing actors have been cast in all these roles in order for us to automatically assume them to be good. However, Det. Sgt. Della Pesca and the Prison Warden (the major villains) are cast as old, overweight, balding men to assure us of their…