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    years. The man‚ whom we come to know as "the prisoner"‚ stays in confinement for almost fifteen years when‚ with only five minutes remaining‚ he renounces his quest for the two million dollars. In his fifteen years of solitude‚ the prisoner has come to the realization that money is of no significance in comparison to the knowledge he has gained through his studies‚ and to prove this‚ he leaves just before he can claim his prize. In this story‚ the prisoner is persistent‚ intelligent‚ and self-motivating

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    Should prisoners have the right to vote? In the US not all states have the same laws. Depending on the states law‚ the person with a felony or misdemeanor can or cannot vote. It also depends what type of felony the person has committed. The right to vote is privilege that we all get‚ but in some states it can be taken away permanently. “Felon voting has not been regulated federally although some argue that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act can be applied to felon disenfranchisement and that Congress

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    Summary of "A Study of Prisoners and Guards in a Simulated Prison" by Dr. Philip Zimbardo Introduction Have you ever wondered why some institutions succeed while others fail? Dr. Philip Zimbardo‚ a Professor of Psychology‚ insists that America ’s prison system is a failure because of the assumed responsibilities that come with certain positions and not because of the previously assumed dispositional hypothesis which claims the very nature of the prisoners and/or guards constitutes failure in

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    released. Also they do not deserve the right to be out of jail. If they get a college degree they will not give a support for the community. Prisoners who have committed a big crime should not be consider to get a college degree. Government officials should reconsider this option for prisoners that have not committed a big crime‚ because this option give the prisoners the opportunity to be focus on something good that can help them to have a better opportunity ‚ and have a better life. This opportunity

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    Prisoners have the opportunity to get free education. Once before a man in prison received his doctorate degree at the graduation ceremony. This paper will discussion some of the issues on the government paying more to keep prisoners imprisoned than on K-12 grade student’s education. How can prisoners receive free education but us free citizens have to pay our way for education? Having education does change your state in mind‚ is what they say but I don’t believe it should be free for inmates. Crimes

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    But that doesn’t mean the convicted prisoner loses all his rights as soon as he becomes a detainee upon conviction. The court also held that section 3 of the representation of the people act‚ 1983 stripped the right to vote for a significant number of people and therefore irrespective of how long their imprisonment time is or how serious the crime‚ it applies to all convicted prisoners. This‚ according to any reasonable person cannot be said as acceptable or reasonable. However‚ in 2011‚ the Parliament

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    ARE WE THE PRISONERS OF THE PROGRESS/TECHNOLOGY IN OUR COUNTRY? In general terms‚ technology is a point of view that produces solutions to the problems about the world. Also‚ it is a process that moving very fast to meet people’s needs in daily life. In today’s world‚ technology expand so much that we became a part of the technology‚ but I think that being a part of the technological progress should not be considered as we are the prisoners of the progress. Yet‚ there are some objections

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    Searches of Prisoners and those on Parole and Probation Outline I. Introduction II. On Imprisonment‚ Parole and Probation III. Purpose and Legality of Searches IV. Illegal Searches in the Case of Prisoners‚ Parolees and Probationers V. Conclusion VI. References I. Introduction The criminal justice system works in such a way that certain behavior or actions are legislated as a criminal offense wherein the state or the federal government can prosecute an offender even if only being

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    called themselves the “Kriegies”(“PBS” 6) or prisoners of war. Most of these camps that these civilians‚ or soldiers were trapped in‚ were tormenting and miserable. To be able to survive this war was most difficult‚ but to be able to survive a prison camp was close to impossible. Many of the prisoners in World War II were taken to camps in or near Germany. These prisoners were “beaten‚ starved‚ and worked to death” (“World War 2” 9). The types of prisoners held in Germany ranged from Soviets to Americans

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    react differently whether I was a guard or a prisoner. If I was a guard I think conform more to the group influence because of the effect of having the power over someone else. I think that it would be easy to get caught up in having all the power in this experiment. However I think my attitude would be different If I was a prisoner in the experiment. If I was a prisoner‚ I would try to follow the rules given by the guards and try to be the ideal prisoner. While‚ I would try to follow the rules I don’t

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