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    One aspect of Australia’s involvement in World War 2 was the POWs (Prisoners Of War) this is a significant event because of the way they were treated. POWs were treated very poorly‚ conditions unimaginable. Prisoners of war were held in various places‚ dependant on where they were captured. Some Prisoners of war were held captive for 5 – 10 years there are a few rare cases when POWs were held for decades on end. The prisoners of war during the World War II‚ (1939-1945) were treated poorly with no

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    after the Cuban – American treaty in 1903‚ the treaty says that they will lease the land to the United States of America for the purpose of coaling and naval stations for as long as necessary. Keeping this in mind‚ the treaty does not give permission for the US Secret Services to put prisoners in the detention camp. But if Cuba is aware of this (which they are) why are they allowing for such actions to take place? The base was first turned into a detention camp in November of 1991. The initial

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    just one does not get to see anything outside the walls. Time passes by for the prisoners who have to spend their time in jail‚ because they have no freedom to do anything. Each prisoner lost their freedom as soon as the committed

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    I was doing my regular cell checks when I found the prisoner Josh Brown hanging in his cell at 1600 hr. It is mandatory that we wear our radios everywhere around the facility. I shouted out to the prisoner before entering the cell. There was not a response or reaction from the prisoner. Outside of the prisoner cell was a wall clock that I had looked at before I stepped into the cell to check the time. I entered the cell at 1604 hr. I called for medical backup to block 24 hallway D cell 6D for a suicide

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    The Prison University Project is the only on-site‚ degree-granting college program in the state’s prison system. There are well over 100 teacher volunteers from schools such as UC-Berkeley‚ Stanford and San Francisco State. They go through three security checks to get into the prison. And then they hold classes in a nondescript trailer overlooking the prison’s baseball field Phillip Senegal and valedictorian Felix Lucero earned associate of arts degrees in 2009 at a ceremony in San Quentin state

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    art to rehabilitate prisoners? Opening/Attention: - Arts bodies with expertise in criminal justice are facing closure. - The question is: "Should Canada use music and art to rehabilitate prisoners?” - Many studies and research have been gone‚ and they found out that art have a strong affect to the prisoner’s lives‚ especially in helping them move away from crime. - Therefore‚ my answer is yes. Spoken Link: To beginning with‚ let hear the feeling and the thinking of prisoner who has experienced

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    Overton-Scheron475f10onlinefinal Scheron Overton December 09‚ 2010 Public Administration The Case of Donald Rumsfeld and Prisoner Abuse at Abu Ghraib Introduction The report on the case of Donald Rumsfeld starts off with Rumsfeld’s hearing (May 7‚ 2004) with the Senate Armed Services Committees. His response to the question of whether he should resign or not; is “If I felt I could not be effective‚ I’d resign in a minute.” The report also gives an

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    of his Own Fate Monsters. Storms. Temptations. One must be pretty strong to overcome all that. In Homer’s epic‚ the Odyssey‚ the main character Odysseus is faced with all of those and suffers for many years due to his struggles with the gods. After winning the Trojan War‚ he is desperate to return home to his family in Ithaca‚ but the gods who want to control him are disrupting his voyage. However‚ throughout his journey‚ Odysseus makes many decisions‚ which proves that he controls his fate and is

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    Throughout history‚ men have questioned whether they control their fate‚ and even today‚ men still linger on this dilemma. In Oedipus the King‚ and Antigone‚ Sophocles shows men have no control whatsoever in their determined fate. In Oedipus the King and Antigone‚ Sophocles show how men try to change their fates‚ but ultimately fail in the end despite the decisions of the characters. First‚ Sophocles shows how men don’t control their fate through oracles and prophecies. In Antigone‚ when Creon

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    his own character. Hamlet had no control in the death of his father‚ causing Hamlet to find himself obsessed with revenge when he suspects that the man who killed his father was King Claudius. The decision of Hamlet to take action into his own hands leads Hamlet on a prolonged journey to avenge his father’s death‚ however Hamlet’s over analyzation and series of missed chances or opportunities to kill King Claudius‚ proves Hamlet to ultimately be procrastinator who is responsible for his own fate

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