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    epistemology. The stage furthest from enlightenment occurs when the prisoners‚ in the analogy of the cave‚ can see only a shadow of an imitation of reality. This occurs when the prisoners in the analogy are bound in a cave preventing any movement and the only light in the cave is provided by a fire burning behind them. Between the prisoners and the fire is a parapet. On the surface the parapet‚ puppets are being manipulated and the prisoners can only see the reflection of the puppets and can hear only

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    incarcerated‚ prisoners are provided meals‚ basic clothing‚ and a few very basic personal care items. Prisoners can act like normal citizens‚ with trust fund money to purchase additional supplies from the prison commissary. Commissary system work shows it is not hard to get pay when you’re in Prison‚ because of funds‚ Barter system‚ and commissary. Prisoners have the option to work in the prison to have personal prisoner trust fund. In the article‚ commissary system work states‚ “ Prisoners are not

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    and Communities Prisoners and Families: Parenting Issues During Incarceration Creasie Finney Hairston‚ PhD Jane Addams College of Social Work University of Illinois at Chicago December 2001 [ Project Home Page | List of Conference Papers ] Contents * The Importance of Family Matters * Family Definitions * Financial Difficulties * Parent-child Relationships and Children’s Care * Emotional and Social Issues * Information Needs * Prisoner-Family Communication

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    The Allegory of the Cave

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    of a fire behind them‚ and begin to designate names to these shadows. The shadows are as close as the prisoners get to viewing reality. He then explains how the philosopher is like a prisoner who is freed from the cave and comes to understand that the shadows on the wall do not make up reality at all‚ as he can perceive the true form of reality rather than the mere shadows seen by the prisoners. The allegory may be related to Plato’s Theory of Forms‚ according to which the "Forms" (or "Ideas")‚

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    The Japanese concentration camps‚ in particular‚ were awful places that forced hard labor out of prisoners of war until they died. During World War II‚ the Japanese lost to the Allies and surrendered‚ but the concentration camps of the Japanese still caused the death of many prisoners of war. The hard labor forced by the Japanese concentration camp runners wasn’t only unsafe and unhealthy for the prisoners‚ but it also was a deadly trap that killed thousands of people. World War II was the second war

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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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    bill of rights is very important basically that’s not only a source it’s a big one for our correction system throughout the United States (Bartollas‚ 2002). The prisoners from our system rights are strictly limited and rights that fall under the bill of rights in addition to the bill of rights must be important to them and restore to prisoners. And not all of them they keep contact to courts and due process of the law (Goldmeier‚ 2011). According to my instructor the main source of correctional law

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    homosexuals‚ and other prisoners or undesirables.The holocaust absolutely destroyed the Jews‚ but luckily‚ some still survived. Today we are still hearing stories about the tragedies that they have went through. The Nazis would send Jews to either concentration camps‚ or even death camps‚ the death camps had to been the worse to go to. The Nazis would even make the Jews and other prisoners walk for miles on called death walks. The Nazis made the Jews and other prisoners walk for miles and miles

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    another as the prisoners. The main point of the experiment was to watch the prisoners and see how they reacted to being detained; however‚ when the experiment was conducted it was the guards who were more interesting to study. When looking at the students who were selected to be guards they were no different from the students who were selected to be the prisoners. Yet‚ when they were put in positions of power they began to form to the roll of a guard. They treated the “prisoners” as if they were

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    In Plato’s The Allegory of the Cave‚ a dialogue between two men‚ Socrates and Glaucon‚ reveals that our senses are not completely reliable. Socrates tells the story of a prisoner who has been chained for his whole life‚ able to see only shadows cast on a wall. The prisoner believed that the shadows were reality‚ but when he is released and dragged out of the cave‚ he finds a more important‚ more authentic reality. Socrates arrives to the conclusion that our senses are limited‚ just like the prisoner’s

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