Mississippi State Penitentiary

pasts and presents. Starting with the song “Berta, Berta” (which is initially sung by Boy Willie but soon joined in by Lymon, Wining Boy, and lastly Doaker), the song tells the story of a man working on Parchman Farm, known formally as the Mississippi State Penitentiary, who tells his sweetheart, Alberta, to not wait for him and to go ahead and marry. The song itself is a prison work song typically sung by those imprisoned who worked on Parchman. What this lets us know is a multitude of facts about the

Dickens visited the United States in 1842, were he witnessed solitary confinement in Eastern State Penitentiary just outside Philadelphia. Dickens viewpoints on the prison system in America is that he “persuaded that those who devised this system of Prison Discipline, and those who benevolent gentlemen who carry execution, do no know what it is that they are doing”. The lets the audience know what Dickens believes to be the negative part of the Prison Discipline. Dickens states that not many men are capable

In general, nurses are responsible for numerous things from dispensing medication to keeping a watchful eye on the patient’s condition. This also includes keeping all paperwork and records up-to-date and being the line of communication between the doctor, the patient and the family involved. At times, nurses are even responsible for providing instruction and overseeing the work of aides and assistants. Nurses also provide care beyond the physical healthcare work they do. For instance, nurses offer

violence and death, paranormal activity is extensive to this day as the howls of pain and spirits of the dead have been seen and heard by individuals and during tours. Many of the tales can be read about in Arcadia Publishing's book West Virginia Penitentiary by Jonathan D. Clemins. 3. Waverly Hills Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky Waverly Hills Sanatorium is one of the most frightening places on the planet. Designed as a place of hope for those with tuberculosis prior to the discovery of penicillin

(Welch, 1). Generated in order to convey the aforementioned purpose, the “museum effect” subjects visitors of the prison museums to a multilayered encounter with objects, images and space. Utilizing models such as The Clink, Alcatraz, Eastern State Penitentiary, and Seodaemun prison, this papers purpose is to illustrate the success of the museum effect in achieving its desired ends of remembrance through memorialization, education and culturalization through use of images and space, and entertainment

Dark Angel by David Klass is a story of a 12 year old boy named  whose brother goes to state penitentiary for murder and was sentenced to life. Jeff  gets bullied throughout his school year forcing him and his parents to move to a different state. Jeff  and his family's life was going great until five years later when his brother got out earlier than expected. He started to become paranoid about everything he always thought the cop were going to pull him out of class and question him about his brother

of prisoners in Colonial America and the United States was local jails, which served primarily for detention prior to trial or execution rather than for punishment or rehabilitation of the criminal like now a days. After doing a little bit of research I believe the oldest penitentiary in the United States dates back to 1829, the Eastern State Penitentiary also known as ESP. Located in Fairmount, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Eastern State Penitentiary was opened on October 25, 1829 by John Haviland

Since the early 1800s, the United States has relied on a method of punishment barely known to any other country, solitary confinement (Cole). Despite this method once being thought of as the breakthrough in the prison system, history has proved differently. Solitary confinement was once used in a short period of time to fix a prisoners behavior, but is now used as a long term method that shows to prove absolutely nothing. Spending 22-24 hours a day in a small room containing practically nothing has

going to get out...When I came here and saw the elderly population, I said “Why are they here? Our name is corrections to correct deviant behavior, but there’s nothing to correct in the guys; they’re harmless.” — Burl Cain, warden of Louisiana state penitentiary at Angola. Experts say that the growth of the elderly inmate population is and will continue to grow. There are several reasons for the dramatic increase of the elderly population. First, the growth of older prisoners reflects, in general

Do We Really Know? Within the writing of Steve Earle’s, A Death in Texas, he tells a shorthand story about the prisoner Jonathon Wayne Nobles, and his journey of prison before the death penalty. The question asked when reading this is, “Was Jon Nobles actually rehabilitated?” Steve Earle’s thought was that Nobles was rehabilitated and didn’t deserve the penalty he received, but I respectively disagree. There are many reasons that contribute to my thought that he was not rehabilitated. Some are the