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    Ethical Treatment of Prisoners People in society today have rules‚ regulations‚ and guidelines to follow in order to maintain freedom‚ safety‚ structure‚ and self-discipline. If any of these rules are broken‚ there are consequences to follow. It depends on the severity of the crime on what type of punishment or consequence is given to an individual. If the crime is severe enough the individual may be deprived of their rights‚ freedom of movement‚ and sent to prison

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    Prisoners with Special Needs Melanie Di Frisco CJA/234 Sherri Webster February 16‚ 2015 Prisoners with Special Needs There are always going to be prisoners that will have various special needs that cause for the acknowledgement of some particular occupants. The correctional establishments are completely conscious of these needs. The facility as a whole need to be more aware of how to handle appropriately these specific inmates and still handle the necessary normal functions and proper correctional

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    in America grows in numbers and increases in age‚ questions and debates about the allocation of medical resources to prisoners will grow in urgency. One issue which arises every so often is whether convicted felons‚ especially those who are awaiting capital punishment‚ should receive the same level of medical care as others in society - including scarce donor organs for the purpose of transplantation. As is often the case‚ the debate over whether a death row inmate should receive an organ transplant

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    12/03/10 -KHALID JAMA Are We “Prisoners of The Progress”? Technology has caused us to be less direct and social then our predecessors. Back in the 90’s‚ when a 10-year old boy wanted to play video games with his friend‚ he’d go to his friend’s house to play or they’d go to his house to play. Now all children need to do is have a good internet connection and they’d play

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    criminal justice system‚ not the medical community. The justice system views these peoples’ social worth as so low that they deserve to die for the crimes they have committed. “The state’s determination of social worth only finds that the condemned prisoner no longer deserves life—a far higher bar than a determination that he or she is no longer worthy of healthcare prior to death”(646). In the medical community‚ the goal is to save lives. Appel also points out that even though kidney transplants do

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    McLeaod (2008) determined how individuals conform to the roles of prisoner and guard using a role-playing experiment. Past studies have shown that prison guard’s cruelty is due to dispositional and environmental factors. Guard and prisoners have personalities that lead to conflicts. Prisoners lack respect for order and law while the guards are considered violent and domineering. On the other hand‚ guards and prisoners behave in an hostile way because of the inflexible power structure found in the

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    economic hardships for Union prisoners in the Andersonville prison camp during the the American Civil War. The camp was located in a remote part of Georgia for several reasons being that it was easily guarded with fewer men‚ and if anyone found a way to escape they would not make it far because there was no civilization around it. When the prison camp was first opened in February of 1864 it was about 16.5 acres of land with 15 foot high stockades enclosing the prisoners to prevent any sort of escape

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    Ethical Treatment of Prisoners When there are million’s of people incarcerated throughout the United States‚ the ethical treatment of prisoner’s rights must be analyzed. Throughout the years many modifications have been made to accommodate inmates and preserve their basic human rights. Have we as a society done enough regarding the ethical treatment of prisoners or have we made their lives in prison too easy that it is no longer a punishment for them? There are many people in the United States

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    A Prisoners Tale of Prison A Prisoners Tale of Prison A prison is a penal institution administered by the state or federal government. It is a place for the confinement of persons convicted of criminal offenses and is therefore part of a larger penal system‚ which includes other aspects of criminal justice such as courts‚ law enforcement‚ and crime labs. Nevertheless‚ many people are critical of the US’s prison system the idea of locking up those who commit crimes against a society simply to

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    Are we or are we not the prisoner or our own conceptions? In the cave allegory‚ Plato describes the human condition as a type of blissful ignorance. I agree with Plato that we are prisoners of our own belief. In this essay‚ I describe my own opinions and issues to answer some of the questions. The first question that I would like to discuss is‚ Are we prisoners to our own beliefs and notions of truth? I believe that we are prisoners to our own beliefs because since childhood different beliefs

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