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    Prisoners have constitutional rights but those rights need to be balanced with the operation of a jail or prison. There are mandatory rights the administrators of prisons and jails need to provide but they are balanced so that facility can meet court requirements and maintain a safe operation. We will discuss these issues in detail. The first thing we need to remember is that prisoners do not have full constitutional rights; after all they have been convicted of a crime so they do loose some

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    Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 In today’s day and age‚ there are many start-up companies and entrepreneurs that thrive off of imagination and innovation. This is what leads them to creations. Richard Paul Evans‚ a #1 New York Time Bestselling Author who writes both children’s and adventure books‚ channeled his imagination and innovation into the book Michael Vey: The Prisoner of Cell 25 which is a book that he made a series out of. This series made him a famous writer. This book is about

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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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    Robert Frost and “The French Prisoner” by Janos Pilinszky‚ both explore journeys that include realities and possibilities. “The Road Not Taken” uses “road” as an extended metaphor. The journey undertaken by the persona is not merely physical‚ however‚ the journey is metaphysical in nature. This poem explores journey as a possibility and explores two key ideas‚ journeys are individual experiences‚ and‚ journeys are propelled by decisions. The poem “The French Prisoner” challenges the assumption that

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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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    Palachuk  Ronnie Palachuk  Thaddeus Rice  ENGL&101  30 November 2014 When Prisoners Come Home When a person has  been confined and convicted because they have violated the law the law‚ reentering society  without rehabilitation is not promising. Those that are released from the system need to be  showed the skills on how to survive in everyday life. Those that do not get placed into  rehabilitation programs have a high probability of violating their parole and relapsing on  paste drug and alcohol addiction

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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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    “Gretchen remained crouched on the floor‚ frozen in place‚ as though the slightest movement might upset her brother. Don’t move‚ don’t move‚ she repeated in her head‚ and then he reached for her.” In the book Prisoner of Night and Fog‚by Anne Blankman‚ It takes place in the 1930s Munich‚Germany. In the story‚ Gretchen‚a girl at about the age of 17 lives in a boarding house with her mother and brother in the 1930s She has been a loyal National Socialist (A.K.A. Nazi) for her whole life but‚ after

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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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    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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