The Inmates

from Alcatraz prison, it was Frank Lee Morris. He was keen, extremely clever and brilliant. It is no wonder why he was the mastermind of one of the most famous prison escapes in history. On the night of June 11 or early morning of June 12 of 1962, inmates Clarence Anglin, John Anglin and Frank Morris tucked paper heads resembling themselves into their beds, broke out of the main prison building from a hole they’d chiseled into the walls to a ventilation shaft, and left Alcatraz Island aboard an improvised

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Blackgate Penitentiary: Breakfast 08:00 Inmates filed into the cafeteria, it was a dismal scene, prisoners shuffling listlessly waiting for their turn in the meal line, a feeling of unease permeating the cafeteria. It 'd been days since any of the inmates had been allotted time outside of the oppressive structure, a thick tension had settled over the penitentiary even the guards where a little stir crazy at this point. The intercom buzzed, a despondent female voice sounded over the coms

a lot in the short period that he was here. For example, the first one was the fact that with the inmates, some of them were never taught very basic life skills. From taking a bus around town to opening a bank account, most inmates never had a mentor to watch to know how to perform as an adult. This is important to look at when being in a prison setting due to the fact that society looks at inmates as criminals when they are so much more than that, especially in a juvenile atmosphere. This is the

because they set out to change an unjust rule or norms. In the 1967 film Cool Hand Luke featuring Paul Newman, Lucas (Luke) has been sent to jail for "beheading" parking meters while intoxicated. During his time in jail, he disobeys both the de facto inmate leader and the wardens simply because he did not like to conform to their rules. Luke's,

it threatening their masculinity. The second is that they can’t counteract shame with their social status, achievements, friends and family. The last is not to feel love, guilt, or fear. These preconditions make Gilligan more understanding of the inmates and their lives. Gilligan follows his observance of the preconditions by explaining that the incidents that trigger shame are embarrassment or trivial acts. Examples of trivial incidents are such as a dirty look or accidentally spilling coffee on

This semester, first-year Community and Justice Services students were given the opportunity to tour five facilities relevant to the program. Three facilities that stood out were: Waypoint Mental Health Centre, Beaver Creek Minimum, and Wendigo Lake Expedition. Each facility had different goals, security levels, offender profiles and personal impact. Wendigo Lake Expedition Nature of Facility Wendigo Lake Expedition is an alternative open youth facility located in South River, Ontario. They believe

Relationship Developments in Jose Saramago’s Blindness Being isolated from the rest of the world can potentially have psychological effects on the way one would look at the world or themselves. The characters in the novel Blindness are quarantined because of the epidemic. Therefore their minds begin to deteriorate thus creating a downfall in humanization. Even though the characters face challenges, they overcome them by building relationships with one another. The relationships between the characters

Bridget Keehan, we meet a minister who becomes surprised when an inmate, she meets, don’t seem to be what she had expected. This minister is the main character of the short story. She is a catholic and her name is Evie. She works at a prison and has been working there for 5 years. She finds comfort in praying because she finds the brutality in prison intimidating. Evie has to deliver her first death notice on her own. It is to an inmate named Victor. Victors grandmother has passed away, and Evie wants

window on the fifth landing is kind of where the two worlds meet and where you can see all the differences. Especially the inmates looking out can see all the things they are missing, “…Evie wonders if…(they) have any notion of the envious eyes watching from above.”(p. 2, l. 50). The window also functions as a symbol of freedom, and especially how limited the freedom of the inmates are. A huge contrast between the two environments is also made, where the outside is described as sunny and warm, then