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    Poseidon Prison Guard

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    taking on this difficult task. These two gods were very powerful in their presence.”(Myths and Legends.)Poseidon would be a great prison guard because he doesn’t get afraid to do anything‚ he would be able to hold off people‚ and he would be good at being on of the top people because he can help and lead a solution. A big reason Poseidon would be a good prison guard is how he won’t be afraid to take action. Poseidon has always shown that he is able to do things independently and without fear

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    1980s Prison System

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    indictable offences. Drug use within prisons became prevalent and the presence of prisoners who had contracted HIV caused an environment of increased anxiety and fear. Deaths in custody increased during the 1980s with 4 deaths in 4 months occurring in Mountjoy in 1986. The system was still considered to be in crisis. The Government planned an entirely new prison at Wheatfield to combat these problems. Due to financial considerations the opening of this prison was delayed. Policy makers seemed to

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    Prison-Industrial Complex

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    is an incentive to imprison more inmates for longer sentences—even when the violent crime rate is on the decline. The prison system‚ courts‚ police‚ and corporations have a vested interest in keeping crime at a certain level. This is because prisons have become a form of economic development and a profit making opportunity. Some companies exploit prison labor‚ others build prisons. There are many businesses that benefit directly from prisoners. These businesses provide all kinds of services‚ such

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    the highest incarceration rates in the world with currently 2.2 million people in US prison and jails – a 500% increase over the last forty years. According to The Sentencing Policy‚ changes in sentencing and law policy‚ not changes in crime rates‚ explain most of this increase. This has resulted in overcrowding in prisons and has become a financial burden on states because they have to adjust to the growing prison system‚ even though it has been found that high incarceration is not an effective way

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    Injustice in the Prison System In American society today‚ nonviolent offenders are prosecuted in much the same way violent offenders are. In California our justice system uses the three strikes law‚ which means habitual offenders; no matter the nature of the crime receive mandatory extended jail sentences after their second offense. While these crimes which they commit are wrong‚ the harm they inflict upon society is very low‚ hence the ratio of punishment to crime should be much lower. Using

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    paul and silas in prison

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    Paul and Silas be beaten and throw into prison. So they beat them and threw them into prison. You and I are in a different prison the prison of sin. We are born with a want to do what is wrong Roman 3:23 which says” for all have sinned”. Sin is anything we say‚ do or think that does not please God. Sins are stealing‚ lying‚ fighting. The punishment for sin is separation from God. We are in a spiritual prison but Paul and Silas were in an actual prison. At midnight Paul and Silas we singing

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    Stanford Prison Experiment

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    The Stanford Prison Experiment – Phillip Zimbardo Introduction Headed by Phillip Zimbardo‚ the Stanford Prison Experiment was designed with the aim of investigating how readily people would behave and react to the roles given to them within a simulated prison. The experiment showed that the social expectations that people have of specific social situations can direct and strongly influence behaviour. The concepts evident in the Stanford Prison Experiment include social influence‚ and within that

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    Checkpoint: Jails and Prisons Response When one observes the prison system in the present day there seems to be a considerable amount of facilities that contain inmates. The location that a criminal is stationed in becomes agreed upon by whatever was carried out wrongly or upon the type of crime perpetrated along with the individual’s mental stage. The collective four penitentiaries that will be presented are county and local jails‚ federal prisons‚ private prisons‚ and state prisons. The main dissimilarity

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    THE STANFORD PRISON EXPERIMENT One of the most interesting studies made in history was led by Philip Zimbardo‚ a psychologist and a former classmate of Stanley Milgram (who was famous for his Milgram experiment). He sought to expand on Milgram’s experiment about impacts of situational variables on human behavior by simulating a prison environment‚ in which volunteering students were randomly assigned as prisoners or prison guards. Many controversies have been elicited from this experiment‚ and it

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    Alcatraz Prison Essay

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    Alcatraz Prison Imagine that you are an inmate at Alcatraz. You wake up to hear a whistle around . First you go and eat for fifteen minutes. After you finish eating you have to put your knife on the left side of the tray‚ the fork in the middle‚ and the spoon on the right. The guards force you to clean your sleeping area‚ like the cell bars‚ the toilet bowl‚ make your bed‚ and fold the seat and table against the wall. Secondly when you are done cleaning your cell area then the second morning whistle

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