Friday, May 8, 2009

What makes a prison a prison?

"Stone Walls do not a prison make nor iron bars a cage."

Richard Lovelace 1618-1657
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12 comments:

  1. AnonymousMay 8, 2009 at 8:29 AM

    The behavior that prisoners adapt as a result of being in prison is what makes a prison a prison. A prison is designed to take away an individual's freedom by imposing limitations. Many times these limitations effects the way the prisoner views life and can be seen in his/her behavior even after the individual has been set free.

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  2. UnknownMay 8, 2009 at 2:31 PM

    Isolation. Being stuck somewhere you don't want to be.

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  3. Amy_15May 8, 2009 at 6:29 PM

    A prison isn't defined by what its made of. Prisons should only be called such if it has major limitations on a persons freedom. Isolation is another key factor, without being around loved ones a person feels cut off from the world. Taking away their options and limiting their available resources lets people know they are no longer free and they are in a prison.

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  4. eman_31May 10, 2009 at 10:09 PM

    What makes a prison is from being cut off from everything else: friends, family, entertainment, and enjoying life. without that makes a prison for someone mentally. by this, the prisoner can have mental problems from the isolation.

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  5. MariMay 11, 2009 at 5:48 PM

    What makes a prison is a place where you can be isolated from all that you love. Sometimes you can just live a normal life at home, but you can live alone with no family with everyone hating you or just no one that you love or care about talk to you. That is enough to be a prison for some people.

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  6. AnonymousMay 12, 2009 at 9:26 PM

    That's right. That's why we hired prison guards and invented the electric fence.

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  7. elizabeth.May 13, 2009 at 11:30 AM

    its the behavior of the prisoners. theyre in there alone to pay the consequences of theyre actions.

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  8. UnknownMay 13, 2009 at 11:34 AM

    The degradation ceremony where the inmates are humiliated, and the inmates identities are stripped is what makes a prison.

    When people are forced to adhere to certain rules. Eat when they are told to. Shower when they are told to. Sleep when they are told to.

    When all rights and respect are taken away.

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  9. AnonymousMay 13, 2009 at 11:45 AM

    I think that being stuck in one room without your own say so when you get out is prison.

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  10. Bryant08May 19, 2009 at 9:07 PM

    nice simile. A prison is something that is designed to keep criminals and law breakers from continuing their bad habits.

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  11. GeniveveMay 29, 2009 at 9:46 AM

    being somewhere where you dont want to be by yourself and having rules and regulations that you must follow is kinda what makes a prison.

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  12. Rebecca NavarroMay 29, 2009 at 12:07 PM

    we can be free out in the world and yet we can all be prisoners walking amongst ourselves.

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