The Solitary Reaper

The life and conditions the convicts of Port Arthur endured can only be described as 'Hell on Earth'. Life at Port Arthur was supported by the laboring backs of second offenders. It was a place feared by all and only the toughest survived. Brutal and inhuman punishments were given without mercy, and the will of many were shattered after a lashing or a week with only their thoughts for company. The months long voyage to Port Arthur was full of cramped spaces, a cacophony of whooping coughs and…

When they go to these places they are denied a lot of their rights/freedom. Prisons today vary from juvenile places to maximum security prisons. Each have their own rules, but most are very similar. Solitary confinement is a different story which is like maximum security. If a prisoner is in solitary they have little to no freedom. Prison ways are very strict and should be followed at all times. If not, there are big consequences towards that. The law requires that all inmates are treated…

Is Solitary Confinement an Effective Method of Punishment? For many years, solitary confinement has been a topic of controversy. The method of removing certain prisoners from the world for a certain amount of time raises some questions. Is it safer for other prisoners? Does it cause more harm to the mind? Questions like these are debated still today. Some argue whether keeping prisoners separated from the world is in their best interests. One might think that the practice of solitary…

Isolated far away from the reach of civilisation, is a stone, concrete fortress, which houses the scum of the world. I was one of them. In this place the dreams of every person are crushed with the weight of pure isolation and solitude. The cold, merciless bars and the constant darkness of the cells engulf us in a pool of frustration and despair. You see nothing and all you can do is aimlessly grasp about the lifeless walls, hoping to somehow grab onto the dream. All you hear are the clanging of…

Isolation Some gates are designed to keep people in; others are designed to keep people out. In Never Let Me Go, sometimes it's hard to tell the difference. Fences pop up all over the novel, but it's not always clear if these gates (a) protect the clones from the outside world (b) keep the clones from leaving, or (c) all the above. Life in Prison is also a form of isolation. The barbwire gates and fences of a prison yard keep the prisoners away from the outside world. The Impact Of Social…

It has been a common argument around the globe, a misconception, and a mystery to society. The question often asked, is isolation good or bad for you? In this discussion I will be unravelling the idea of isolation, using reliable sources to support my points and reasoning. Resulting in you hopefully changing your mind about exposure to isolation. I will also mention points about the other side of the spectrum. Allowing you to make a personal choice, along with eliminating the possibility of…

2. Isolation Effaces Inmates’ Social Instinct The primary purpose of solitary is to offer a chance for prisoners to rehabilitate themselves; but in fact, it goes to the opposite way and even go worst, such as destroys the inmates’ social skill. Craig Haney, a professor psychology at the University of California Santa Cruz, points out, “Everyone’s identity is socially created: it’s through your relationships that you understand yourself as a mother or father…. a hero or villain. But after years…

A group of men are sitting inside a hut in the middle of the dessert, the three men are all known terrorists. Suddenly, the hut disappears in a flash of fire and shrapnel, unknown to the men a missile was launched from a circling reaper drone controlled by another man thousands of miles away in Nevada. This is a prime example of a fairly new tactic of drone warfare used by Armies around the world to fight terrorists. Drone warfare is the use of unmanned radio or satellite controlled aircraft to…

The MQ-9 Reaper The MQ-9 Reaper was designed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. There have been multiple updates and refinements to the aircraft itself, but its original design was based on the Predator airframe, also designed by General Atomics Aeronautical Systems. The original proof of concept was named the Predator B-001, which took to the skies in February of 2001. After the proof of concept was successful, General Atomics Aeronautical System planned to refine the system, coming up…

Drones, UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) to point out, are aircrafts that can be controlled remotely or through pre-programmed missions. Drones are mostly slow moving but they have a huge advantage of the conventional aircrafts. The difference between conventional aircrafts and drones are the fact that drones can stay airborne for up to several days at a time while conventional aircrafts just cannot. They have also been putting much work into reconnaissance technology and missile strike…