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This 7 page paper examines the concept of prison and looks at theorists Nietzsche and Foucault. Their views are considered in the analysis. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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words, prisons are not real; it is how people think of prisons that changes things. This may be true, but an inmate who is serving a long sentence would likely
disagree. He or she would say that freedom in both body and spirit is essential. To be made to stay in a state penitentiary is awful. How does punishment and
discipline affect the psyche of man? Obviously, it has a significant effect. One problem is that the prisoners are the ones being controlled. Jerry Benthams well-known Panopticon is something
that may be related to todays world as here, the prisoners are able to be observed in secret. Although it is not true of all prisons today, the concept of
viewing the prisoners without their being able to see the observer is something that is part of police work. Many have seen television shows where police watch suspects being grilled
by an officer behind closed doors. The two-way mirror is a part of this idea. Some problem of being imprisoned include a lack of control over ones own life as
well as a lack of privacy. Another point is that there is a psychological toll on both prisoners and guards, a point brought forth by the Stanford Prison Experiment.
There have been many ideas bandied about regarding prison. Angela Davis for example claims that people are imprisoned as a form of slave labor and it is true that the
government to an extent uses prisoners as a form of free labor. Theorists through the years have conducted experiments on prisoners as well as having spouted philosophies regarding prison
life. For example, Nietzsche remarks that a slave revolt in terms of morality begins when there is "ressentiment," something that gives birth to values (36). The author goes on to
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