“Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly‚while bad people will find a way around the laws” (Plato). In prison there’s a lot of racism. Innocent people are treated as criminals. When people finish serving time they don’t have anything. If they want a job they can’t work because they’re “ A Criminal”. The U.S prison system is a racist institution that unfairly targets people of color. Drug laws are unfair‚ the prison system uses inmates for essentially free labor ( like slavery)
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The setting was a controlled prison environment at Stanford University. The experiment was meant to study the process in which “guards” and “prisoners” learn to become obedient‚ and an authoritarian. The subjects were recruited through an advertisement in the local newspaper. Out of 75 responses to the ad‚ 21 college-age men were chosen to become the “prisoners”‚ and the other half would become the “guards”. This study was meant to take place over a two week period‚ but was cut short because of the
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northern Germany held more than 60‚000 inmates? These inmates included more than 50‚000 Jews‚ Czechs‚ anti-Nazi Christians‚ and Gypsies. These inmates were treated poorly. They were exposed to work labor‚ diseases‚ and unsanitary areas. To begin with‚ Bergen-Belsen was not always a concentration camp. Originally‚ it ran as a prison camp for prisoners of war and was ran by commandant SS-Hauptsturmfűhrer Adolf Hass. It wasn’t until 1944‚ when Hass was replaced by SS- Hauptsturmfűhrer Josef Kramer that
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prisons before the 1800’s did not actually exist. The prisons were a mix of men‚ women‚ and children all together. In the 1800s woman that were in prison where treated just how the men were treated. The hard labor they had to endure was work such as sewing‚ cleaning‚ laundry and cooking. They were expected to act like ladies but where treated like men. The woman believed they were over worked and underfed in these prisons in the 1800s. Since the 1800’s prisons have changed dramatically. Depending
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In the Second World War‚ the Japanese captured approximately 3 million prisoners of war. The sufferings of these people were horrific‚ with an extremely high death rate. This essay will compare and contrast the treatment of Prisoners of War between Japan and the Allied forces during the Pacific War. Prisoners of the Japanese‚ including Australians were treated much worse than those of the Allies because provisions in Japanese camps were low and Red Cross packages were denied‚ and the rate of death
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AIDS are a serious threat for prison populations in many countries‚ and presents significant challenges for prison and public health officials within the criminal justice system. The HIV rate among prisoners is 5 to 7 times higher than the general society. The rates are higher among African-American prisoners. (HIV in Prisons and Jails‚ 2013) In many states the criminal justice programs are trying to find ways to treat the diseases within the system and outside the system when the inmate is released
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an Italian Jew who was a prisoner in the concentration camp of Auschwitz when he was the age of twenty-four. He managed to leave Auschwitz alive‚ and dedicated the rest of his life to writing about the Holocaust and his experiences. Levi goes into detail about the horrors of the camp‚ and explains how prison effects how humans act morally. The Nazis degrade the Jews so deeply that they view them as animals‚ not important enough to receive basic human needs. Being treated as an animal takes a large
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The U.S. Government is grossly hypocritical on torture of prisoners. In the case of POWs captured and held at Bagram air base in Afghanistan‚ an anonymous official said ‘We don’t kick the [expletive] out of them. We send them to other countries so they can kick the [expletive] out of them.’ The USA Patriot
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perceived as the enemy likewise‚ the prisoners at Stanford were also seen as a threat. At Stanford‚ guards felt the need to maintain everything under control. Upon arrival‚ the prisoners at Stanford were stripped down‚ given a dress as a uniform‚ and given ID numbers. Each prisoner had to be referred to and can only refer himself by number. Unlike the military‚ a stocking cap was placed on the head as a substitute for having the prisoner’s hair shaved off. The prisoners were to wear a heavy chain on there
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Explain the effects of terrorism on society. Refer to one or more countries as examples. Terrorism is a major issue in contemporary society. Since the September 11 attacks upon the United States in 2001‚ terrorism has gradually becomes an international problem‚ particularly in the western world and the Muslim world. According to the United Nations General Assembly‚ terrorism can be defined as “Criminal acts intended or calculated to provoke a state of terror in the general public‚ a group of persons
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