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    “A Little Cloud:” Loosely Based on “Prisoner of Chillon” Although it is important to note the similarities between James Joyce’s “A Little Cloud” and Lord Byron’s “Prisoner of Chillon‚” the stories are also largely different from one another. Explicit references are made to Lord Byron’s poetry in “A Little Cloud‚” but the linguistic and literary parallels between it and “Prisoner of Chillon” are numbered‚ and are ultimately overshadowed by their differences. The primary theme that persists through

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    I do think that inmates who behave in prison and stay infraction free should be transferred to minimum-security prison. As Santos describes toward the end of his book‚ people respond to incentives more than threats it makes more sense to reward them by sending them to minimum security prisons. I do think that this should apply to those who commit violent crimes‚ such as Crip Tank and Frank. Frank was brought in for running one of the largest drug distributions in his small town. Once he was brought

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    money well spent? The Michigan Prisoner ReEntry Initiative would suggest that it is. The MPRI is a collaborative effort that draws from the commitment of community groups‚ the Michigan Department of Corrections‚ and other state agencies. Launched in 2003 and expanded statewide in 2008‚ the initiative’s mission is to equip every released offender with tools to succeed in the community. The MPRI is a nationally recognized commitment to public safety that gives prisoners the tools they need to succeed

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    Prisoner without a Name‚ Cell without a number “Argentina is God” Prisoner without a Name‚ Cell without a number is a melancholy novel that expresses Argentina’s terrorist state. Jacob Timerman‚ a well respected man of Argentina‚ an editor of a well know Argentinian paper‚ La Opinion‚ tells the audience his story of the terrorist state of Argentina from 1967-1978. His gripping novel both describes his personal experience being kidnapped by terrorist‚ while he tells us about the condition of

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    us have our own stories to tell. Each and every story different from the other. In the work written by Marina Nemat‚ she mentions that Iranian women would have the most interesting stories to tell‚ why? In the work that she has written‚ she talks about what she has experienced. Marina said that her world turned upside down with the rise of the new Iranian Government. She said that the rights of women were violated and their freedom as women became limited. She also mentions that men were allowed

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    Providing Educational Programs for Female Prisoners Toward the end of the twentieth century nearly 84‚000 women were incarcerated in a state or federal correctional institution within the United States (Gillespie 91). Currently "the number of incarcerated women has exploded within the last twenty years" (Davis 79). After serving their sentence‚ leaving behind a life composed of bars‚ guards and time to reflect upon their crime. Most female offenders are released only carrying a few items of clothing‚

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    Emily Arochi Probation CJS/230 May 8‚ 2011 Probation is a type of sentence for criminal defendants. Probation allows a convicted defendant to go free with a suspended sentence for a specified duration during good behavior. Probationers are placed under the supervision of a probation officer and must fulfill certain conditions. If the probationer violates a condition of probation‚ the court may place additional restrictions on the probationer or order the probationer to serve a term of imprisonment

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    Allied soldiers were captured‚ brutally tortured‚ pressed for information‚ and used as a source of amusement for Axis powers. They were known as prisoners of war or POWs. Prisoners of war‚ or POWs‚ were soldiers that had been captured and held in concentration camps. The Geneva Conventions are a series of treaties… on the treatment of civilians‚ prisoners of war and soldiers‚ who are otherwise rendered out of the fight‚ or incapable of fighting (“Geneva Conventions”). Allied soldiers

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    Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban In the book and movie of Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban‚ there are many similarities and differences between them. Similarities that the book and movie shared is that they both had all the characters‚ the plot and the settings. They also had the most important events that happened. For instance‚ they both include what happened to Aunt Marge when Harry got mad‚ the dementors on the Hogwarts Express‚ the news and the truth about Sirius Black. All

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    In the book‚ Prisoner B-3087‚ the main character‚ Yanek‚ is a smart‚ creative person who wants to work in movies. Yank is all of these because in the book it says “It was a slide projector I’d made by mounting a light bulb on a piece of wood and positioning wooden plates with lenses from magnifying glasses in front of it.” (4) This quote describes him being smart and creative because most kids don’t make a slide projector‚ that works well‚ and he puts western shadow puppet shows on with it‚ as it

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