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This 4 page paper discusses some of the prison writings that appeared in the 20th century and what they tell us about life behind bars. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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released and go back to society as useful members. Instead, they are brutalized and violated so that the only thing they are fit for is prison. This paper uses information
found in writings by prisoners to argue that the system is fatally flawed and that anyone in its clutches will likely be mistreated and treated with such violence and disdain
that it makes it almost impossible to return to "normal" society. Discussion The mood in the United States has changed, and with it, the criminal justice system. In the 1970s,
the antiwar and civil rights movements were strong and questions were asked about the criminal justice system and its effectiveness; in particular, it was noted that African-Americans were overrepresented in
the prison population, a statistic that has not changed in 40 years (Platt, 1999). Also at this time, novels and other works written by prisoners were popular with readers and
made Americans aware of the horrific conditions inside prison walls (Platt, 1999). These books sparked a reform movement that united prison and community activists, and "convicted criminals and political prisoners,
to make some significant changes in the American gulag: bringing a human face to anonymous convicts, revealing the prisons racial dynamics, and pressuring the federal courts to mandate minimum rights
for prisoners" (Platt, 1999, p. 237). But by the 1990s, prison reform had died out and during the past 20 years, "left and liberal views about justice have largely disappeared
from public discourse," replaced with a mood of vigilante justice that has been exacerbated by the 9/11 attacks (Platt, 1999). There are more people in jail in the U.S. than
ever before, and "between 1985 and 1997, the rate of imprisonment more than doubled. Prisoners are doing longer and harder time, with state legislatures in a frenzy to criminalize and
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