There is a large sum of groups that populate prisons‚ from offenders with AIDS to youthful offenders usually under the age of 25. The population of offenders that I will be discussing is the group of the mentally ill in prisons. Mentally ill offenders are individuals with mental disorders‚ according to NAMI.org (National Alliance on Mental Illness)‚ a mental illness is “...a medical condition that disrupts a person’s thinking‚ feeling‚ mood‚ ability to relate to others and daily functioning. Just
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Forced Equality In “Harrison Bergeron”‚ Kurt Vonnegut explores the theme of forced equality in American society in the future. Vonnegut creates a world in which all living people are equal in all ways. He focuses on creating equality by altering beauty‚ strength‚ and intelligence as opposed to dealing with race‚ religion‚ and sex‚ the true issues of equality in society. Although Vonnegut writes this story to teach the lesson that all people are not equal‚ he forces equality on America in the areas
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Tierra Mason Professor Colin Anderson 15 November 2011 Is Torture Ever Justifiable? Torture‚ according to the United Nations Convention against Torture‚ is: “any act by which severe pain or suffering‚ whether physical or mental‚ is intentionally inflicted on a person for such purposes as obtaining from him‚ or a third person‚ information or a confession‚ punishing him for an act he or a third person has committed or is suspected of having committed‚ or intimidating or coercing him
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vaccine for the virus of social ills‚ although it has been spread widely since hundred years ago? It is possible if we have found the vaccine for social ills before the black day‚ 4th June 1981; the HIV virus may not spread throughout this world. This is because the HIV virus had been firstly detected from a couple of homosexual in America. A popular saying goes‚ “it is as well to know which ways the wind blows‚” as it is better to know first the causes of the social ills before we eagerly take precautions
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Life in the armed forces is filled with crucial‚ split-second decisions that must be made. Some of the decisions ask these men to take the life of a dangerous individual in order to ensure the safety of countless civilians. In this case many see this Homicide as Justifiable‚ however‚ others believe that nothing can justify a homicide and that a situation can always be resolved with non-lethal methods. When it comes to dangerous military targets‚ this position is naive as these people would not need
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Dan Chaon’s Ill Will One of the darkest books of the year‚ Ill Will is a story you will never forget; it’s dark subplots are intertwined to unveil difficulties all humans face. “People can find patterns in all kinds of random events. It’s called apophenia. It’s the tendency we humans have to find meaning in disconnected information.” -Dan Chaon. Examining something as intricate as the human brain takes great meaning and caution; but when handled right‚ can be a powerful message. Writing with the
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order to understand if killing someone is justifiable you need to put yourself in someone’s situation. Imagine you’re in a car accident with your best friend‚ and she’s injured severely. In this moment‚ she knows she’s dying an uncomfortable death‚ your friend tells you to end their pain. As she takes possibly her last gasps of air‚ you have a decision to make‚ end or keep her life as this is a 50/50 chance situation. This would be one example of a justifiable act‚ along with situations such as war
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the right standards. Then there is no option but to report compliance with all requirements because reporting a noncompliance could mean a career killer in some instances. This new “compliance” culture has created an environment that leaders are forced to “lie “to some extent. How the United States Army‚ a so-called “institution of excellence‚” with a long and proud heritage‚ with values‚ and traditions has allowed this type of acceptable behavior while still hypocritical promoting “integrity as
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Healthcare delivery for mentally disordered offenders (MDO) in Medium secure Services (MSU) It is a requirement from the government policies that wherever possible‚ mentally disordered offenders (MDO)‚ must receive a comprehensive programme of care and treatment that is tailored to their specific individual needs (Wilson‚ 2004).The National service framework for mental health (DH‚1999)‚ requires healthcare services provided for MDOs to match those available for the general public. MDOs
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In order to decide if killing is ever a justifiable act‚ you must be in a position where it would actually make sense to. For example‚ imagine your mom or dad is in the hospital and has been on life support for a few months now. The doctor says they may never wake up again‚ so what do you do? Do you pull the plug and release the pain forever or keep them on longer to see if they will wake up? Say it’s been a year now‚ would you change your mind if you picked the second answer? With that said‚ in
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