Pathos, Logos And Actions In The Prisoner By Edwin Hollandsworth

Barman Donalds article talks about a family that is suffering from poverty due to a father with a crack addiction problem and the naiborhood they live in the father is currently incarcerated for crack. Londa is a mother of three children and has a broken leg and has tried multiple times to fix their situation. This article gives an example of a real family and how all that is and what could be done to improve their situation. Further more in depth the article emphasizes more on where the criminal system has many flaws and how so much money is put into prisons incarcerating people on the daily as well as yearly. There is a great amount of research that proves how incarcerating people is not only a bad way to come about to some crimes. To some family’s there situation worsens in poverty due to perhaps a person that is accused for a crime and is then imprisoned waiting for something to happen their family is out in the world struggling to keep up with the bills and expenses. In most cases they have to pay large amounts of money to get people out of prison bails or other fees. Thus, perhaps the ones incarcerated are the money makers in a family worsen a families situation economically as well as mentally mainly the children due to this they will grow up without a father or a mother. In many occasions people in city’s or neighborhoods where

Since the Underclass is also apparently a culture of poverty and behavior being linked, it is important to note that according to the National Research Council, over half of fathers in prison reported being the primary source of income for their household. If these fathers eventually do get released, the chances of them finding employment is restricted, leaving the family struggling financially even more than they were before. This continues to prove that even though there are systemic and legislative reasons as to why the marginalized remain marginalized, the ruling society continuously blames the disadvantaged groups for their living conditions. In the case of the five teens accused of raping and brutally attacking Trisha Meili, the consequences aren’t about how they couldn’t function as father figures because they were in prison, but rather that their families were put under so much scrutiny and abuse under the lens of mass media, the government, and the general public. Antron described his

Relating to the fact that America makes up 5% of the world’s population, but 25% of the world’s prisoners, we need to find another way to rehabilitate criminals. Because obviously, sending them to prison isn’t working so great, since they are coming out just as violent. The author wants to wake people up. He wants them to learn and stop being selfish and think of criminals as people like them. He tries to execute this wake-up plane by giving an insight into the efforts that are being taken to save the youth, and also giving reasoning on why Obama’s plan would be successful through an interview with a specialist.

Wilbert Rideau was involved in a bank robbery which he ended up killing a teller. He was sentenced to life and was one of thirty-two murderers that were heading to Louisiana State Penitentiary in 1962. While on death row Rideau was chosen to be the editor of the prison newsletter. “Why Prisons Don’t Work,” has been published in the Angolite Newsletter prior to 1983. The article has also been published later in Time in 1994 and is in the book In Place of Justice, which was published in 2010. Rideau audience was the prisoners and the officers in the prisons.

At it’s heart, “Cell One” is a coming of age story about a young man learning to value mature, fair, nonviolent behavior as a form of communication and order as a way of life. Nnamabia has lived his entire life in a culture where vicious boys are the most popular, both in their Nigerian town and seemingly in American rap videos where gangs and other illegal behavior is regarded as a path to living a life full of fame and wealth. Being a typical adolescent boy, Nnamabia wants to seem like he’s part of the “in crowd” of the college campus and tries to make it seem like he is doing all the crime without actually taking on any risk. Once he is confronted with the consequences of his actions and kept in the corrupt prison, he realizes that the way he has been acting will get him killed or worse.

Hearing the cell door slam shut the first time, there is a gripping realization, almost spiritual for some, that the consequences of crime are terribly real. Every single memory, all of the past, good and bad returns to haunt.... This sensation of being torn apart from within by conflicting emotions vying for control is the most frighten human experience. Nothing compares to the realization that I am being confined and controlled so totally. “Oh, God, no.” I cry to myself. “Please don’t let this be!” (Clear, 260)

According to the United States Census Bureau, about 14% of the population lives in poverty. African Americans make up the majority of the population that suffer from poverty, the rate is 24.1%. The second highest percentage is made up of the Hispanic population, at about 21.4%. There is no doubt that the majority of the population living in poverty is made up of minorities. “Whites” make up only about 9.1% of the population. Being poor is caused because of the criminal justice system failing to acknowledge the lack of equality within the system. The book argues that the only ones that are being punished are the “poor and dangerous”.

Lacking an education, poverty, unemployment, crime, imprisonment is an intergenerational cycle, and the education is the best way to help to break this cycle. Lewen said that our students’ kids have a 50 percent likelihood of going to prison if they lack the education, and I totally agree with her about that point of view. I believe if the children can get a complete education, it will help minimize the chance of going to prison. By contrast, some of the teenagers, young people or adults lack education, and they make crime because of under-education. However, if they can get education inside the prison, they can get a job when they release from jail, and that means the intergenerational cycle of crime break. Probably, some people think inmates

With the positive outlook on the matter, these felons can be transformed into role models for younger members of society. This is done through reformation where the prison systems help to rehabilitate the felons so that they can get back into and accepted into society after showing remorse. The felons become an everyday part of the young society members’ lives as they are thrown at their faces through social media and billboards, which eventually the society will learn from the mistakes made and proceed down a path of socially accepted behaviour that has been dictated down using such controversial issues.

“Evolution of a Criminal” is a documentary about a young man who lives in poverty. In an effort to overcome his circumstances, he robs a bank at the age of 16. It appears that his life is over at such a young age. He is even sentenced to five years in prison. Through flashbacks the author documents his trials and errors

The United States has the world’s largest incarceration rate 2,224,400 (1 per 111 adults) which is the largest in the world (drug policy, 2015). In 2013 over 50% of the federal prison population and 16% of the state prison population were imprisoned for trafficking, possession, or other drug crimes (drugwarfacts, 2016). Many of these people in prison should not be there due to many of their charges being non-violent. Harm principal. While these adults are in prison their families are suffering and are turning towards crime do to having no adult guidance. 71% of high school dropouts come from fatherless homes (thefatherlessgeneration, 2010). Without an education, crime will soon follow these teenagers.

This extract composed that the kids had no trustworthy and sincere behavior. I strongly believe that this occurred because the teens made a really poor decision and ended up being a prisoner. So, other individuals think that they can push these people around because they “deserve” it. This is very unfair because they may never know if the person is struggling or has a mental illness that needs to be handled well.

To gain knowledge and wisdom, one must learn from life situations, other people, and from their surroundings. Immaturity can cause a delinquent to become worse if they are exposed to jail. “The brain of a teen consists of risks and rewards,” said in “Prison Is a Poor Deterrent, and a Dangerous Punishment.” Knowledge and wisdom play a key role in older people’s minds. Most think before they act. Adolescent minds are near sighted and look at what only is happening at that moment. Additionally, in “Prison Is Too Violent for Young Offenders,” it is stated that young prisoners seek out for protection during sentences because of physical or even sexual harassment. Protection is used in the forms of gangs and/or weapons. In both articles, it is stated that delinquents may adopt negative behaviors because they are still developing and becoming fit to survive in this harsh environment. All in all, prison is not the environment that a young prisoner should grow up in. If there is rehabilitation, it shouldn’t be incorporated with jail. It should be separate so that teens may mature in a positive

In today's society, we’re facing many changes. Our own family, neighbors, and countrymen are afraid of many dangers that influence their lives. In America, we have somewhat of a low crime rate as far as murders, having a rating of twenty-four of sixty-two countries. Although our drug offense rate is number two of sixty-two, in the categories of rape, assault, and kidnapping, the United States tops at number one. We find ourselves asking, why? How did this nation accumulate such high numbers of these crimes? We point our fingers to prisoners and those who are or were convicted on the street. But we aren’t considering how they got that way in the first place.

As I left the food bank, I couldn’t help but notice the distinct comparison between the massive, cold concrete structure to the dingy juvenile court across the street. I stood on that street with two contrasting images in front of me. To my left, the roars and cheers of thousands of spectators filled the dome; to my right, children were sitting nervously on court benches, hands clenched and eyes fixed on the judge who would determine their fate. This one street separates loud cheers, excitement and victory from anxiousness, defeat, and regret. As I stood on that street, that barrier between the realm of the “normal” and the “dregs of society,” my determination hardened; I knew needed to do something impactful for my own community back