Essays Tagged: "prisoners"

Dachau

al opposition. Dachau was amodel for camps such as Auschwitz , Majdanek , and Treblinka. The prisoners of Dachau were of all nationalities. They lived in long ,narrow barracks which had bunk be ... ities. They lived in long ,narrow barracks which had bunk beds , to accommodate the large numbers ofprisoners. They wore lightweight jumpsuits , with thin boots. This clothingwas very inadequate for t ...

(1 pages) 37 0 5.0 Apr/1995

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

Hotspur and Harry

hand, has returned from a battle in which he defeated the Scots led by Glendower. He has taken many prisoners including the Earl of Douglas, a Scottish warlord. Hotspur is a very valiant warrior who h ...

(4 pages) 42 0 4.6 Sep/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature > Authors > Shakespeare

Shipping in the Book of Acts

r, had been put in the charge of Julius, an officer in the 'Emperor's Regiment' who was to take the prisoners to Rome to see the Emperor. At Caesarea, Julius had his prisoners board a ship from Adramy ... hip on the sheltered east side of the island of Cyprus, then west to Myra.In Myra, Julius moved his prisoners to a boat from Alexandria which was bound for Italy. The first leg of their journey aboard ...

(7 pages) 50 0 3.6 Jan/1995

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Religion & Faith > Christianity

The Shawhsank Redemption

community of people who have had problems and may or may not be rehabilitating. It seems that some prisoners go in and accept what they have done and try to make something of an already disastrous li ...

(6 pages) 249 0 4.3 Jan/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

Overcrowded Prisons

hough less criminals were on the streets there were also more in prison which took up space for new prisoners, who in some cases should be there before the ones that were already inhabiting the jail. ...

(4 pages) 271 1 3.7 Jan/1996

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

The Need for Weed

cinal value' (California 62). The passing of these two propositions has also helped the release of prisoners convicted of drug possession (---). With jail capacity already overflowing, if you were t ...

(4 pages) 132 1 4.5 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Controversial Issues > Drugs & Alchohol

A Critique Of the Stanford Experiment

day experiment are chilling. Theexperiment took ordinary college students and had some agree to be prisoners and the restwould be guards for the prisoners. Both groups received no training on what to ... s. The guards were given uniforms and night sticks and told to actlike an ordinary guard would. The prisoners were treated like normal criminals. Theywere finger printed and booked, after that they we ...

(2 pages) 227 1 4.2 Feb/1997

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Psychology > Psychological Theories & Authors

Unlawful Justice; It is about the death penalty and how it is wrong.

se the death penalty and they don't? A total of 109 countries have abolished the death penalty. 749 prisoners have been executed since capital punishment was resumed in 1977.Almost all the states in t ...

(4 pages) 337 2 4.8 Apr/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty

Personal Identity, piece of diary

lled the 'Good' side even though he is a brutal killer. Word from a retired warden. Over 80% of the prisoners ready to be executed still believes they are innocent.The way one sees things and their ju ...

(1 pages) 84 0 2.7 Feb/1996

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Philosophy

Walt Whitman's view of the Civil War

udes that accompany such an event. A further example of the author's excitement for war and take no prisoners attitude can be read in 'Beat! Beat! Drums!'Beat! Beat! Drums!- blow! Bugles! Blow!Make no ...

(3 pages) 142 0 4.0 Jan/1996

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Interpreting Plato's "Allegory of the Cave"

ghtened." He employs figurative language and strong imagery to convey a sense brutality towards the prisoners of the cave.Plato's use of language creates a vivid picture of the prisoners in the cave. ... blazing" creates a harsh, unwelcoming image of the fire and emphasizes the brutal punishment of the prisoners. He also utilizes the term "marionette players" which should create a peaceful image of pu ...

(2 pages) 266 0 3.6 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

Interpreting the first 5 lines in Plato's Allegory of the cave

ghtened." He employs figurative language and strong imagery to convey a sense brutality towards the prisoners of the cave.Plato's use of language creates a vivid picture of the prisoners in the cave. ... blazing" creates a harsh, unwelcoming image of the fire and emphasizes the brutal punishment of the prisoners. He also utilizes the term "marionette players" which should create a peaceful image of pu ...

(2 pages) 107 0 5.0 Apr/2002

Subjects: Humanities Essays > Classical Studies > Greek Language & Literature

A place for Non-human. "One Day in the Life" by Ivan Denisovich

In the book One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich, the main character Ivan and the other prisoners in the camp are treated very badly. Ivan tries to make himself warm and to get enough food ... at he does in the camp.Ivan has to be deceptive in order not to be discovered by the guards and the prisoners. When he sees a bit of a hacksaw blade on the ground, he thinks that he has no immediate u ...

(5 pages) 53 0 4.0 May/1995

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Book Analysis of THE PRINCESS BRIDE by S. Morganstern/William Goldman

, enticing the reader. Soon after, Buttercup finds out that the Dread Pirate Roberts, who leaves no prisoners, took over Westley's ship. She is devastated by this, and even more so by the fact that sh ...

(7 pages) 74 1 4.1 May/2002

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Bioethics

a need for experimentation on human beings. Examples of these consist of the inoculation of Newgate prisoners in 1721, who had been condemned to death with Smallpox. In 1796, Edward Jenner, also study ... cases of abuse in recent times. An example of this is the experiments conducted by Nazi doctors on prisoners in the concentration camps during the Holocaust.Does this mean that since there is potenti ...

(7 pages) 156 0 4.5 Dec/1996

Subjects: Science Essays > Biology

Nonviolent Criminals - Is Incarceration the answer?

five times more of its' population than any other nation in the world. Due to prison overcrowding, prisoners are currently sleeping on floors, in tents, in converted broom closets and gymnasiums, or ... ment for violent offenders, although not suitable for nonviolent offenders.Today, almost 70% of all prisoners are serving time for nonviolent offenses. U.S. States are spending an average of $100 mill ...

(6 pages) 198 0 4.3 Oct/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Issues in the Correctional Systems of the United States.

ause the state facility needs their beds for other inmates. The second issue that I will discuss is prisoners and drugs; including, drug addicted prisoners and drug treatment prisoners. The third issu ... c because overcrowded facilities are a huge problem in America and are very detrimental to society. Prisoners who have been convicted of murder, but have shown good behavior while in prison, are being ...

(7 pages) 369 0 3.0 Dec/2002

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

comparing the Matrix to real life (the human actions being controled)

hat they didn't even notice how their mundane surroundings turned into a giant machine. They became prisoners of that machine. They thought that they live at the end of the twentieth century, when in ...

(3 pages) 125 2 3.9 Jan/2003

Subjects: Humanities Essays

1971 Attica Prison Riots

d became a symbol of excessive use of government force. This is all occured because certain demands prisoners had. When they took 40 guards hostage they had certain demands like better living conditio ... an important event in criminology for many reasons. One reason is this event united 1,000 different prisoners to rebel. It was an uprising by all the criminals in the prison with the same goal. This w ...

(2 pages) 65 0 3.3 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays

Argument Essay in favor of abolishing the death penalty with lists "Reasons For Abolishing the Death Penalty"

gly against the death penalty because it violates God's rules, costs the tax payers too much money, prisoners could be wrongly convicted, and it is cruel and unusual punishment.The first reason why I ... inmates in jail for so long? Tax payer's money should go to better society, not to accommodate the prisoners that are going to end up executed.Another major reason for opposing the death penalty is, ...

(16 pages) 575 3 4.4 Jan/2003

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues > Death Penalty