Ted Conover‚ a journalist who served as a prison guard for his book Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing‚ found that even though pets were prohibited in Sing Sing‚ the inmates managed to keep animals. One convict kept a cat; another even made a home for a large spider. Pets offered inmates the opportunity to care for something‚ and the two meanings of "care" are responsibility and love-the key building blocks of rehabilitation. Prison disconnects people. Sometimes it disconnects prisoners from criminal
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such as Helen Casey‚ Ted Conover‚ and Adam Casey‚ Lily was able to learn many life lessons in order to become a successful person later in life. Lily’s first marriage to Ted Conover began almost on a whim and ended in an annulment. When Lily moved to Chicago‚ she was approached by many men. However‚ Lily was instantly attracted to Ted and his smooth talking. The two spend much time together before Ted asks Lily to marry him. Their marriage is successful initially‚ with Ted going away for many
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Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing Unable to get official permission to interview and write about correctional officers‚ Ted Conover‚ author of the book Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing‚ "got in" by applying for a correctional officer position. After training‚ he and his fellow rookies‚ known as "newjacks‚" were randomly assigned to Sing Sing‚ one of the country’s most famous -- and infamous -- prisons. Sing Sing‚ a maximum-security male prison‚ was built in 1828 by prisoners themselves‚ kept at their task
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Steve Bogira was born and raised on the south side of Chicago where he attended St. Rita High School . He received a degree from Northwestern University ’s prestigious Medill School of Journalism in 1976. Following his graduation he wrote feature articles for 3 years for the Chicago Tribune. He joined the Chicago Reader in 1981 where he has been a staff writer for 25 years. In 1993 he was chosen as an Alicia Patterson fellow‚ named in honor of the editor and publisher of Newsday and are awarded to
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desired by one not professionally committed to the execution of prison uniformity. However‚ the outstanding novel written by Tom Conover illustrates the encounters of a journalist who voluntarily plunged himself into the obscure universe of the men and women paid to spend the better portion of their lives behind prison barriers. In Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing‚ Conover creates a noteworthy document resonating personal emotional occurrences that nonetheless suggest the cultural sensitivity of a true
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A correctional officer is responsible for the supervision‚ safety‚ and security of prisoners in a prison or jail. They are also responsible for the safety and security of the facility itself. In order to accomplish this‚ they must maintain order by enforcing rules and regulations. Although most Correctional Officers are employed by the government‚ some are employed by private companies. Body A correctional officer must provide custodial care necessary for the security and well being of inmates
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causing more problems. When it came to the conservation of the wildlife‚ things went even worse. Trying to conserve specific animals meant killing off other ones. Steinberg states‚ “In the eyes of the conservation-minded‚ mountain lions‚ wolves‚ coyotes and bobcats‚ among other species‚ became the Satans of the animal kingdom” (169). This meant the goal was to catch and kill these animals before it killed their livestock. According to Steinberg‚ between 1916 and 1928‚ 40‚000 animals were killed in
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help him find the love of his life. As I was researching more information on Captain Jack Sparrow and his trickster-like ways‚ I found that the character was indeed portrayed to be the mythic archetype‚ the trickster. According to screenwriters Ted Elliott and Terry Rossio‚ “There’s a certain moral ambiguity to the pirate genre which
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attached to an amplifier within the machine‚ which must be clipped to the edge of the electrodes. The ECG is recorded from 12 different electrode sites. The amplitude and the shape of the signals depend upon the position of the electrodes (Brown‚ 1999) (Conover‚ 1992). The SA node produces the pacemaker potential and if this reaches the threshold then an action potential is generated. There are five stages involved during cardiac action potentials‚ during these stages there is a flow of ions through
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Formerly Known as Norma Jeane What began as a brunette beauty by the name of Norma Jeane Baker born in LA‚ California‚ soon transformed into the blondest‚ biggest sex symbol Hollywood has yet to cross paths with. Marilyn Monroe belonged to the public from the moment she stepped onto the screen and the voluptuous‚ 50’s goddess knew it. In combination with Monroe’s fascinating personal life and alluring pout and sensuality‚ the bombshell left an ever-staying impact on Hollywood‚ still yet
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