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    Treatment and punishment towards prisoners during the 1900’s for their beliefs was extremely unfair and some unnecessary. Men chose to fight for what the belief in and do what they thought was right but received endless jail time and cruel punishment. Three men specifically whose names are Philip Grosser‚ Robert Lipscomb‚ and Morton Sobell. They all had their way taking action in what they believed in but were punished. Standing up for what you believe in should never come at cost where you lose

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    Comprehension of Prisoners without Trial Roger Daniels’ book Prisoners without Trial is another book that describes the internment of Japanese-Americans during World War II. This piece discusses about the background that led up to the internment‚ the internment itself‚ and what happened afterwards. The internment and relocation of Japanese-Americans during World War II was an injustice prompted by political and racial motivations. The author’s purpose of this volume is to discuss the story in

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    10-year sentence. If both remain silent and cooperate with each other‚ both are sentenced to only six months in jail. If each betrays the other‚ each receives a five-year sentence. Each prisoner must choose to betray the other or to cooperate with each other by remaining silent. Since the only concern of each prisoner is to maximize his own payoff‚ confession is the dominant strategy for each. However‚ if the other player acts similarly‚ then they both betray and both get a lower payoff than they would

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    The Novel‚ Prisoner B 3087‚ by Alan Gratz‚ goes back during World War 2‚ when the antagonist‚ Hitler‚ was trying to eliminate all of the jews. A small boy named Yanek‚ was living with his family at the time this all started‚ so as it all unfolded‚ he was terrified. His parents kept explaining to him that everything was ok‚ and it was for a while. With the assurance of his parents‚ and being surrounded by his family‚ he began to feel comfort again. However‚ the nazis began to invade his town

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    Treatment of Mental Ill Inmates By: Richelle Williams June 11‚ 2013 Theory and Practice of Correction Professor: Michael Bryant In the United States we have the highest rate of adult incarceration. With nearly 2.2 million incarcerated‚ inmates with mental health illnesses have been increasing year after year‚ (Daniel‚ 2007). The correctional system has been transformed into the mental asylum for the modern day. The American Association urges prisons to develop procedures for properly

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    Volleyball Court Dimensions Measurements‚ Centerline‚ Antenna Understanding volleyball court dimensions has big impact on how well you play the game of volleyball. The volleyball court specifications require the court to be 18 meters (60 feet)long and 9 meters (30 feet) wide. The volleyball court has acenterline that divides each teams side into a 9 by 9 meter area of court space. The volleyball net is one meter wide and is placed in the center of the court running sideline to sideline. For

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    Jimmy Santiago Baca’s A Place to Stand shows the change Baca goes through while in prison for six and a half years. With several charges of drug possession‚ no one believed he would be a better person. However‚ through the power of poetry‚ he managed to become an incredible writer‚ he was able to come out of prison a new man. Many believe that the prison system needs a reform‚ that people going in are the same or even worse when coming back out. Yet‚ Baca was different‚ he managed to stay away

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    From the “Prisoner on a Hell Planet” by Art Spiegelman” Now you cry better you cried when your mother was alive. The comic quotes was triggers me in a way I fell that Artie did not taking paying attention to her mother when she was alive. He does not care for her mother. There is some of the example I thinks that may cause her mother’s suicide. For example‚ he stated that‚ his parents did not like her girlfriends‚ and I believe that her mother has been advises him or warned him to stay away from

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    later years extended (1906) the first to naval warfare and covered (1929) the treatment of prisoners of war. During World War II‚ particularly the conduct of Germany and Japan for their brutal and inhuman treatment of people‚ four conventions were adopted in 1949. After reading the Geneva Convention articles concerning the Prisoner of War (POW) guidelines and operations it creates a picture of the prisoners obeying the rules and chaplains is there ministering to the captured soldiers providing them

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    cook and grow own food‚ Crystal City‚ Texas family internment camp - a prison‚ more freedom than other camps‚ largest camp in country‚ housed whole families‚ were able to grow & cook own food‚ whole families traded for “more important” American prisoners in Germany & Japan‚ had

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