Tuesday, December 5, 2017

SOLITARY CONFINEMENT SHOULD BE ABOLISHED


The first thing the uninitiated think when they hear the words ‘He is in solitary confinement’ is ‘What has he done?’ but they change their minds when they become more familiar with this barbaric and inhuman form of punishment that is far worse than the death penalty. Do your research and find out why; then write your essay.
Refer to my second blog, The Essay Archive, for sample essays: https://theessayarchive.blogspot.com.tr/  
Familiarize yourself with the issue
·         Welcome to your cell ; a virtual experience of solitary confinement
Podcasts to make notes on: Click on each person and hear their story
Audio commentary
Reading material to make notes on
·         What is solitary confinement? http://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/27/what-is-solitary-confinement
·         Concern over political use of solitary confinement in European prisons

·         I have never been in solitary. But my friend has – I play her nightly on stage http://www.theguardian.com/world/commentisfree/2016/may/01/olitary-confinement-prison-6-x-9-mariposa-and-the-saint-theater-julia-steele-allen

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