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A Foucaultian View of Kafka's The Penal Colony

Kafka story in respect to Foucaults ideas. II. Foucaults Conception of Law First, it is important to note that Foucault was ...

Overcrowding in Prisons

fewer than 200,000 inmates (Golembeski and Fullilove, 2005). The Washington Post reported on December 1, 2006 that the U.S. prison...

Prisons are Populated by the Wrong Offenders

(Kopel, 1995). Another article supports the notion that the majority of offenders in prison are not violent ("Crime," 1998). Ther...

Reiman: "The Rich Get Richer"

Reiman seems much more forthright and confrontational than Kennedy.. Reiman points out that despite such things as the "three str...

Integrity: A Key Quality in the U.S. Army

of that abuse to his superiors. As horrific as the problem was, it can be contended that a series of critical decisions spanning ...

Behind a Convict’s Eyes

and as such this book clearly offers insights. The next issue concerns an inmates need to experience respect, hope and saf...

Jeffrey Reiman: "The Rich Get Richer and the Poor Get Prison"

(Reiman, 2006, p. 16). This means that although the overall number of prisoners has increased, the percentage in jail for violent ...

A US Prison Reform History

"prisons" from where people never emerged; the most famous being the Bastille of Paris, France, scene of the French Revolution. Th...

An Overview and History of the Penitentiary at Alcatraz

venues, inclusive of Alcatraz in San Franciso Bay, California (86). The design of such facilities radically altered the advent of...

Economics of Crime Problems and Solutions

because of their greater medical needs (Himelstein, 1993). A survey by the Rand Corporation found that longer jail terms cannot e...

Stress Management and Prison Jobs

What could possibly be good about stress? It is a natural motivator as well as a barometer of life. If an individual lives each ...

Overcrowding in Florida Prisons

properly! In 1968, the Nixon administration declared a "war" on illicit drug use and by 1972, the prison populations experienced...

Stanford Prison Experiment

people with violent tendencies as they used the words "wanted for prison experiments" which could well have attracted particular t...

Cabanatuan, a Textbook Operation

mission and saved the American prisoners of war (POWs) being held by the Japanese at the Cabanatuan internment camp in the Philipp...

Solving America's Prison Problems

deterrent because the electronic monitoring devices place the criminals at crime scenes that practically guarantee a conviction (Y...

Prison Programs - The Challenge of Political Interference

all areas of society. Not only does the incidence of crime detract from the quality of life of all citizens, but citizens must als...

Possible Solutions for Overcrowded Prisons

Problem Exists In 2007, a survey showed that there were roughly 1,775 jails in U.S. towns with less than 100 beds, and this is do...

Keeping the Lid On the Prison Population

todays correctional facilities are failing everyone: the inmates, the guards and staff, law enforcement and society in general. In...

The Purpose of Prison is Punishment

This paper argues that the purpose of prison is punishment. Although some offenders go through the system and are rehabilitated, t...

Which Punishment is Best

alarming rate. Although the crime rate in general has dropped, there is little evidence to show a direct causal relationship betwe...

Explaining the Sagging Jeans of Generation X

In seven pages white America's sagging jeans' trend is chronicled from inside prisons to external society in both the suburbs and ...

Prison Tuberculosis, HIV, and AIDS

In this paper consisting of eight pages there is background information on HIV, AIDs, and tuberculosis in the prison system provid...

Prison Inmates and Ethics

its professionals values to be a "cut above" its own. In terms of the prison environment, we know that our current United State...

Article Review of 'Luxuries in Prison' by Lenz

television were free of charge, then the public might think they are practical tools for managing inmates. The research strategy ...

Prison Policy and Violence

1880s, Folsom Prison has spent decades as "a squalid, antiquated mess. But its problems have become acute in the past ten years, a...

Daniel Defoe's Moll Flanders and Newgate Prison

is determined that she will not be penniless as her mother and father must have been. Neither she nor her children would be pennil...

Women and Incarceration Conditions

that the majority of women in prison are there for less violent crimes and that the majority may well be minorities. Interestingly...

Protecting Prisons from HIV and AIDS

becomes the victim. By restricting the options and freedoms of the individual, control is thought to be maintained. The student ...

Prison System of the State of Texas

prison although no threats have been made on her life. In other celebrity cases, Texas saw singer David Crosby of Crosby, Stills,...

John Coggeshall's 'Ladies Behind Bars'

of homosexual behaviour in male prisons is not something which necessarily reflects the sexual orientation of the participants in ...