The Solitary Reaper

Solitary Confinement is a type of imprisonment that's widely used in the United States. In fact, the United States holds more prisoners in solitary confinement than any other democratic nation in the world (Johnson and Chappell). The practice puts certain prisoners into cells where they are completely isolated from other people (Dictionary.com). It grew popular in the United States around the 1990s, but it began in the 1800s (Sullivan). It started in the US in 1829 in Philadelphia (Sullivan).…

In his letters and writings, Stroman offer a detailed portrait of his life inside the prison. He mentioned that his days began around 3:00 a.m. with banging and slamming of steel gates and doors. Later, each inmate has a bathroom sized cell. Even in his deepest sleep he could feel vibration in his body. Later, the guard would bark, “Chow Time! Chow Time! Lights on if you are eating.” Further Mark said, there was not much time to snap out of bed and secure the breakfast. If by any chance, the…

cell that is 60 square feet(“Conditions on Death Row in Texas” 2017). There is one small window at one end and a small food tray slot. Receiving meals through that tiny slot is the only human interaction they get. Moreover, these are practically solitary confinement cells and drive almost all even more insane. The innocent , which are about 10% of the inmates, also have to experience these degrading conditions. This is completely unacceptable no matter which way the country looks at it. Those…

The ideology of the Penitentiary opened by the Quakers in Pennsylvania was to replace their systematic punishment from early colonial penal codes (Monteiro & Frost, 2017). The country was changing and advancing into the future as the Declaration of Independence had been adopted as well as British laws had been repealed by the Pennsylvania legislature, (Siegel & Bartollas, 2014). The implementation of a new jail called penitentiary came to fruition as overcrowded jails were observed as inhumane…

attention to inmate complaints, for the simple fact that prison abuse is not going anywhere anytime soon. (Bierie, 2013) Despite federal mandates and prisoners’ right activism. (Bierie, 2013) For example Terrill Thomas died from dehydration while in solitary confinement on April 24, 2016. According to other prisoners Mr. Thomas had asked correctional officers for something to drink for about a week because the water inside his cell was shut off. (www.cnn.com) After the seventh day without water,…

In the article Bennett receives a quote from an inmate from Pelican Bay on his experience in solitary confinement. He stated that it “is like being locked in the trunk of a car with just enough weather stripping removed so you an breath, and with enough food and water stuffed in everyday inside so that you can physically survive.” (Bennett, 2016, p.298) When being always confined with no personal interactions, there is only so much the emotional and mental body can take. Stories like Kalief…

The pros and cons of drone warfare. Introduction Drones are all the more formally known as aerial vehicles. Unmanned aerial vehicles well-known as drones. Basically, a drone is a flying robot. The flying apparatus can be remotely controlled or can fly independently through programming controlled flight arranges in their installed embedded systems working through a GPS. Years before drones were used in combat; drones have proven to increase surveillance, reconnaissance, and general military…

“Current Science Event: Drone-Stunning Device Industrialized” An innovative AUDS (Anti-UAV Defense System) has the ability to detect, track, and disable drones. Opposed to Boeing’s Compact Laser Weapons System, which fires concentrated lasers to melt drones out of the sky, the AUDS identifies the radio signal that the drone uses, and then fires the same frequency at the drone to command to cease operating. AUDS essentially jams the drone’s communication with its original signal from a remote…

Solitary confinement should be removed from the U.S. prison system, due to the severe adverse mental and physical impacts it has on any person subjected to it. Prison is meant not only to keep away the dangerous people in society, but it is meant to reform and rehabilitate those people so they can actually function in society once they’re released. There are over 2.4 million people currently in prison in America, and statistically speaking over 50% of those people will become re-offenders after…

prisons there are currently as many as 100,000 inmates being held in solitary confinement (Bravin, 2015), an outstanding number considering the U.S. has known since the late 1800’s the severity of the long-term psychological effects it can have on an inmate (Keramet, 2012, p. 72). Studies have shown that long-term solitary confinement can lead to a multitude of psychiatric disorders. The disorders devolved as a direct result of solitary confinement can be so disabling that it makes it next to…