Pelican Bay State Prison: War Zone Marquette Steffke CJA/314 August 27, 2015 Gary Howard Pelican Bay State Prison: War Zone Pelican Bay State Prison is well known for an intriguing reputation. The reputation is withheld through gang leaders whom desire to enter the doors and dominate others while gaining an even better reputation for themselves. The prisoners within Pelican Bay commonly set a goal to gain entrance to this prison because it is more like a reward than a punishment. Gang leaders and members gain more strength and skill upon admission. This prison represents the theory of social structure due to the environment the criminals enter allowing them to continue down a negative path.
Another part of the experiment that took the researchers by surprise was the fact that the guards and prisoners taking on the roles. It was almost a game of who could get the best of the other. Although there was no physical harm as per the consent form, they still adapted to the roles quicker than expected. It even states in the book, “Acting authoritatively can be fun. Power can be a great pleasure.” The guards started off with name-calling which quickly turned into making the prisoners do push ups.
They orchestrated the majority of the Holocaust; the solution to the “Jewish question” as it was called by German forces (USHMM: SS and the Holocaust). The SS were known for their harsh, merciless brutality toward the prisoners in concentration camps and often abused them simply for their own personal enjoyment. The SS are covered extensively in the memoir Night by Elie Wiesel and other accounts of the Holocaust, and their acts can be divided into categories; including their rise to and fall from power, key figures in the establishment of the SS, and the treatment of prisoners at concentration camps. One category with major significance is the Nazis’ rise to and fall from power. The Nazis rose to governmental power through a long, thought-out series of actions that turned Hitler’s leadership into a dictatorship and started the Holocaust and World War II.
Ackerman always says, “if you treat inmates like human beings they will act like human beings”. Santos explains the difference between UPS Atlanta and FCI McKean and how each institutions staff members treat the inmates. Some staff members in prisons are there to help those inmates no matter what crime(s) the individual has committed. As for some, their job is just to keep and maintain order meanwhile not having anything to do with helping in the rehabilitation process of those inmates. Santos explains how one of the wardens, in the FCI McKean institution Warden Luther, was there to help those inmates.
In addition, Auden further demonstrates his negative perspective through the comment on the amount of knowledge the dictators know; "[Dictators] knew human folly like the back of [their] hand". The simile used by Auden highlights the predatory nature of dictators toward human knowing more about human weakness than the back of their hand. Furthermore, the dictators' power is showcased through his actions; "When he laughed, respectable senators burst into laughter". The idiom used
Justin Wallace Psy 101-25568 February 10, 2012 Dr. ReNae Healy Critical Thinking After viewing the “Quiet Rage” film, there was a lot to consider. The experiment was quite interesting seeing how the subjects seem to forget their actual identity, and saw themselves as the roles presented (Prisoners and Guards). Although, it was just an experiment it reflected a significant similarity to past and present societies and situations; for example, Jim Jones of Jonestown (Past), and Osama Bin Laden (Present). Jim Jones and Osama Bin Laden used sophisticated Conformity, Compliance, and Obedience Training on their subjects, in order to have utter control of hundreds of people. Jim Jones used individuals who were in refuge from the chaos that was going on in the United States of America at the time.
His compassion and determination made him a hero within the Jewish community. He suffered chaos and madness, spending millions bribing the Nazis. At one point he even risked his life to rescue the Schindler-Jews. You could say that he gave his Jews a second chance at life. Even though Schindler was a German, he was very fond of his Jew workers.
The Danger of the Ordinary In Ordinary Men, the author Christopher Browning asserts that the members of the Nazi Police Battalion 101 were ordinary men prior to becoming the ruthless killers that fueled the violent extermination of the Jews. This assertion is frightening because if true, people like us, which believe such actions to be only possible by abnormal men, are made no different than the Nazis and repeats of such horrific events are made less unfathomable. The closest way to test such hypothetical assertions is through social experimentation, in which volunteers go through experiments that emulate the respective situations being recreated. Through the analysis of two psychological studies, Stanley Milgram’s experiment in 1961 and
He connected with the audience by keeping them engaged. He was influential not only with his public speaking, but with propaganda. Hitler created propaganda that would influence the citizens of Germany to think that the Jews were inferior. Another way he used his influential attribute was by violence. When a fire started in the Reichstag building, Hitler used it as a way to start series of terrorist acts against politicians he considered enemies (“Hitler, Adolf”).
Today’s prison systems have proven to be a collection of diverse individuals, some brilliant, some talented and some possessing sets of skills uncommon to even the most successful of free individuals. It is with such a diverse prison culture that rehabilitation has evolved into a much different element of American incarceration. With the presence of corrections based education, vocation, and work programs, prisoners are treated as individuals with potential, optimistic futures and most importantly, individuals who still have Eighth Amendment rights. It can be said that to be incarcerated in prison with no outlets to develop or improve intelligence, acquire skills, and reach ones potential is in a way “cruel and unusual punishment”. With the possibility to pursue education within prison walls, prisoners are provided the opportunity to develop personally as well as intellectually.