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This 4 page paper argues that inmates should have access to education to assist them in finding employment upon their release from prison. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Argument: Prisoners Should Have Access to Education Research Compiled for
, Inc. by K. Von Huben 7/2010 Please Introduction Today, it seems like half the world is locked up
while the other half watches it. Prison populations all over the globe are exploding, with the United States as one of the leaders in incarcerating its citizens. This paper argues
that simply locking people away isnt the answer; they must be given a chance to improve themselves and education is a key. Discussion The United States has retained its frontier
mentality and a love of simplistic explanations of human behavior, as reflected in the success of increasingly violent films and TV shows, as well as our intense love affair with
guns. After 9/11 Americas xenophobia, never very deeply buried, came roaring to the surface to increase the distrust most Americans seem to have for anyone who isnt exactly like them.
In such a climate of uneasiness, things like the ludicrous "three strikes" laws were passed without difficulty, and inhumane dungeons, known as "supermax" prisons like the one in Pelican Bay,
California, were constructed. At the same time, Americans still believe (or tried to believe) that a prison sentence is both punishment and an opportunity for rehabilitation, though many people
seem to have gone back to the "lock em up and throw away the key" mentality, even for relatively minor offenses. Society is in an uproar, much of the nastiness
stirred up by the likes of Glenn Beck and Rush Limbaugh, whose hate speech earns them high ratings and large incomes. What we have, then, is a huge prison
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