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    issue of prisoners in Texas jail suing the state for not having air condition in the celling on extremely hot Texas summer days. The audio tape gives some feedback from the prisoners of the Texas prison, a retired warden of the prison, and the reporter, John Burnett. The inmate and some of the prison guards claim that it breaks the United States eighth amendment for cruel and unusual punishment. However, the previous warden of twenty years uses past experiences to urge that the prisoners do not need

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    In the book, Prisoner B-3087 by Alan Gratz, the story tells us about the true journey of Yanek Gruener through his time during the Holocaust. In the late 1930’s, Ten-year old Yanek is a Jewish boy who lives a happy life with his family in Poland. Until one day, his life changes as German Nazi’s invade his town, and take his family, and himself prisoner. Yanek is separated from his family and is put into one, of many, Jewish concentration camps. When arrived at the first camp, Yanek receives a tattoo

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    Texas prisoner Dies One problem in America is how inmates are treated. They are not treated like humans but rather animals, and dangerous to people. However, this is untrue. Some prisoners are not dangerous and some even assumed innocent. Our jail and prison systems treat offenders like they are trash and not worthy of anything in life. Therefore when they claim that they are sick they do not get adequate health care. One prionser Michael Sabbie has died in the hands of five prison guards. He

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    Prisoners of Henrietta Lacks, and the Value of Their Fate Inquiry Question: How does Rebecca Skloot’s depiction of prisoner experiments and research change the way we think about how early medical developments were first brought to life, and who really took the risks we should credit for them? Hypothesis/Working Thesis: Considering the reduced liabilities, rights, and public outreach of prisoners in the past, using prisoners as test rats was viewed as highly unethical and forceful by many.

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    Transgender prisoners in Queensland Correctional Facilities Introduction: Defined as a person whose biological gender does not conform to their self-identity, transgender people are a class of society that have been subject to severe vulnerability and discrimination over the years. Discrimination and vulnerability is especially apparent when a transgender individual has been incarcerated in a facility or institution. This evaluative essay will firstly highlight and investigate the legalities through

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    to hold back the tears but she can’t. Sophia's brother died as a prisoner of war. Will she turn her back on America or be a hero to her country? I believe she is a hero to her country because she tried to feed her brother, she told herself everyday she was a patriot, and decided to be an American spy. Sophia loved her brother when she found out he was a prisoner she sacrificed all she had. Sophia said “Let’s pray he’s not a prisoner.” page #86 She didn’t have very much money, but when she saw a group

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    “People are irrational” and no game further highlights this point then the Ultimatum Game and/or the Prisoner’s Dilemma (Poundstone). Either represented by a 2x2 box or a Game Tree, one can determine what is the “rational” decision, and which decision is most likely to be made based on the circumstances surrounding the decision making process. There are a variety of factors that influence the outcomes of these games such as circumstances of the persons playing, personality of the person playing (i

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    percent of the world’s population, incarcerate 25 percent of the world’s prisoners. America is supposed to be the land of the free, not the land of the incarcerated. About 6,937,600 offenders were under the supervision of adult correctional systems at year end 2012. Around two-thirds of the prison population which is released annually (637,400) will recidivate within the first three years of release (Glaze, 2013). The prisoner re-entry programs that are currently in place are clearly ineffective

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    All of this information is significant because it keeps a close eye on how many prisoners are released on probation and what percent of these prisoners did not follow through with it. According to the information from BJS it shows that probation effectiveness has its good times and its bad times. I think that probation is an effective form of community corrections

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    Prisoner of War There are crimes that happen everyday but what makes the victims survive from that is by being strong resilient, determined and having even a glimpse of hope. Lauren Hillenbrand describes Louie Zamperini as a resilient, determined and strong person. Louie as a kid was a troublemaker and got involved with the law for stealing things others would say he was untamable. Louie’s brother wanted to help pull him out of that dark hole so he introduced running to Louie. He then began to run

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