Sing Sing prison

Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing La’Quashia Sallie University of North Texas The book Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing by Ted Conover illustrates the real conditions within the country correctional facilities that are mainly entrusted with the correcting and rehabilitating the individuals found capable of various crimes. The author depicts the correctional guards as inherently sadistic and uses excess authority in stamping their presence in the facilities. The Newjack gives a detailed report of all the…

Osborne was appointed Warden of Sing Sing prison in Ossining, New York, on December 1, 1914, replacing Judge George S. Weed. Sing Sing was built on the east bank of the Hudson River, approximately 30 miles north of NYC. The original cell block was built by prisoners from Auburn Prison in 1825. Although Osborne had tried to change the worst conditions in New York state prisons while he was the chair of the governor’s commission, still when he arrived at Sing Sing it continued to be a very brutal…

The power of control may often change an individual’s character. Within the prison system, lies a prison guard subculture in which, the power of control is stressed. Control and power are the means of successively managing a prison. Throughout the novel New Jack: Guarding Sing Sing, author Ted Conover (2001) writes of his experience as a Correctional Officer at Sing Sing maximum-security prison. Behind the prison doors, a different world takes flight. Conformity As a correctional officer there…

Conover’s novel, Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, portrays the many trials and tribulations of the correctional system along with shedding light on possible fixes. The correctional system could be fixed if more attention was placed on prevention services including youth education, relieving poverty, and mental health. For instance, Conover points out that “there is little evidence that…mass jailing provides either a cure…

When considering the changes the American prison system has undergone, do you think that the system has reached a point where it’s healthy for inmates and guards? When reading the second part of New Jack, going over the history of the prison system in America really struck me. The chapter “Scrap Heap” covers all the history of Sing Sing prison, but it also covers some basics about how prison was in general across America. It’s gut-wrenching to read about the conditions over time. The two…

Maya Angelou’s poem Phenomenal Woman reflects how women and men in society view others who do not physically appeal to the naked eye and how Maya angelou’s life contributed to the confidence she has now as a woman and by the end of the poem it shows all the confidence Angelou portrays, and how that confidence is reflected in her words. To better understand how Angelou came to see herself as a phenomenal woman, it may help to know a bit about her childhood and how it sculpted her. When Maya…

Maya Angelou: Strength of the Human Spirit “We delight in the beauty of the butterfly, but rarely admit the changes it has gone through to achieve that beauty”, [are the famous words of former author, singer, dancer, and poet, Maya Angelou. The famous role model has won many awards including two NAACP Image Awards in the outstanding literary work category, achieved many goals by becoming an activists, and left many marks on the world in her various poems, stories, and biographies. She was…

The word 'Authenticity ' happens to have multiple meanings and be seen in many different perspectives. Authenticity is the concept of being truthful, and genuine about something. The poem "Still I Rise ' by Maya Angelou, is an authentic poem. The poet speaks real, genuine facts about how blacks were seen, and treated back in the day. Although, it may seem she is speaking upon herself that is not the case when she wrote this poem. The first section of the poem, Maya states "You write me down in…

Over the course of this year, the English II class has read many non-fiction texts. The first text that showed the importance of family was I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou. In this book, Maya Angelou explains her life and how racism has affected her and helped her to fight for African-American rights. The importance of family is expressed when her grandmother says, “You children is the most ungrateful things I ever did see. You think your momma and poppa went to all the trouble…

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings is an autobiography writing by Maya Angelou. In this book she is narrating her life from when she was around 3 years old to when she is 17. Throughout the whole book Marg was trying to understand everything that was going on around her. Marg’s view on life is forced to change because of the challenges that she faces. In the beginning of the story we were introduced to a naïve yet also aware Marg. She was naïve to certain things…