The Prisoner

Early in “The Prisoner Who Wore Glasses” by Head, Brille describes Hannetjie as inhuman, but by the end of the story changes his mind. The reasoning for this is Hannetjie’s sudden shift in character. Throughout Bessie Head’s story, Span One sees Hannetjie as unnatural in his movements and demeanor. To describe him, they use words such as “eyes [are] the colour of the sky but they [are] frightening. A simple, primitive, brutal soul gaze[s] out of them” (Head 127). Towards the end, Brille attempts…

discuss whether or not a prisoner should have the right to vote in their article, “Debate: Should Prisoners Be Allowed to Vote?” Elizabeth Hull discusses if prisoners should have the right to vote once they have completed their sentence in her article, “Felons Deserve the Right to Vote”. Also, in yet another article, “Florida’s Former Felons” Elizabeth Hull discusses if prisoners should have the right to vote once released from prison. To begin with, prisoners should not have the…

The Prisoner Communication Services policy came into force on 1st October 2011 and replaced PSO 4400 Chapter 4 and PSI 06/2011. It is concerned with matters of prisoners’ communications and includes the prohibition of prisoners’ from accessing social networking sites. There are several forms of domestic legislation which grant power to the Secretary of State to pass policies regarding prisoner’s treatments and rights, including statutes and case law. The Human Rights Act 1998 and the European…

Prisoner takes on the Government and wins the right to vote Vickie Lee Roach, an Aboriginal woman, was sentenced to a six year term of imprisonment, having been convicted on five counts of offences which included burglary, conduct endangering persons and negligently causing serious injury. The Electoral Act (1918) provided that only prisoners serving a sentence of 3 or more years were disqualified from voting, however, the amendment to the Act came in 2006, where the Commonwealth Parliament…

play. Are they meant to punish those those have committed crimes, or to rehabilitate prisoners into a new and productive member of society and send them on their way? Some even believe prisons to be a holding place to keep the rest of society safe. All of this leads to the constitutional issue of how those who are incarcerated should be treated and what rights they may have. The big question is whether or not prisoners’ rights are being violated based on conditions and treatments in the prisons.…

Dehumanization Among Prisoners When considering the indescribable events that took place during World War II, often times people conclude that the guards of the concentration camps were the only ones who dealt out the inexplicable cruelty to the innocent Jewish prisoners of World War II. This statement later proves to be completely fictional. Elie Wiesel, writer of the memoir, Night describes the unthinkable injustice dealt to the prisoners by the German officers, but also the…

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban uses principles of sound, cinematography and elements of Mis En Scene to immerse the audience in the dark and mysterious wizarding world. Sound is a powerful film technique, especially one such as Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, where sound and sound effects help to shape the understanding of the wizarding world (Bordwell and Thompson, 267). Generally, there are two different types of sound, diegetic and non-diegetic. According to Film…

Prisoners tend to be looked down upon due to their previous actions. They do their time and then life goes back to normal. Or does it? 48 out of 50 states in America do not allow prisoners to vote and 11 out of 50 take away their voting rights completely. (felonvoting.procon.org) Everybody makes mistakes and people do change. America is supposedly the land of the free, but our government is definitely doing some unjust things like not allowing prisoners to vote. As a matter of fact, there are…

Recently, I was a page for the Oklahoma State Senate and was able to sit in on many committee meetings, floor sessions, and read over the new bills. One of the bills that caught my eye was the Parole of Aging Prisoners Act. This new act would allow prisoners over the age of 70 to be released from jail on parole. Now, of course there would be limits on who would be able to be let out. Serious crime convicts like murder and sexual assault charges would not be released. Even though this may be a…

Character Analysis Let’s throw an idea out there. Art isn’t a character. How can the author not be a character in a book that draws on his own life, you ask? We’re not suggesting that Art Spiegelman doesn’t exist. But just for kicks, let’s play around with the idea that Maus is about a character called Art who is looking for… something. A self. An identity. A voice. In the opening scene, we get a flashback to Art’s childhood. He’s eleven. He trips and falls. His friends abandon him. He goes…