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Solitary Confinement Tear Gas
2,619 wordsWhen I was sent to the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City, in February 1960, there were 2, 500 men inside "the walls. " The white convicts slept three to a cell (except for several hundred in the one-man cells). The blacks slept as many as eight to a cell. Stabbings and killings, robberies and rapes were common. Dope was easier to get in prison than it was on the streets. There were men in prison who were said to make more money each year from dope and gambling than the warden was pai...
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San Francisco Chronicle Shawshank Redemption
1,426 wordsThe Shawshank Redemption The Shawshank Redemption is a very unique movie which involves many different personalities and underlying themes. The personalities of the inmates are very interesting and when they are combined they create a very fascinating plot which looks at prison life in a interesting and different perspective than one normally thinks. The main characters are Andy Dufrense (Tim Robbins) and Else Red Redding (Morgan Freeman). These characters are well complimented by the wise and s...
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Claws Encyclopedia Brittanica Falcon Changing Idun Loki
996 wordsIdun was Idun Warden 4 Idun was a very important part of the gods life and survival. The goddess of Spring, or rejuvenation and the wife of Bragi, the god of poetry. She was the keeper of the magic apples of immortality, which the gods must eat to preserve their youth (Evans &# 038; Millard). Without the assistance of Idun's golden apples the Aesirs would have grown old and lived in this condition for eternity. These apples were of course much desired by other creatures, for instance the giant T...
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4,322 wordsThe only light in cell came from a light fixture place in the hall. Bolted on to a slimy dirt covered wall. The nauseating stench of fresh death and decay filled his lungs, making him sick to death some days. In the cell next to his, a man had hours earlier committed suicide. Most of the blood had drained from his body through a large gash across his left wrist and formed a pool in which the corps rested. His skin was pale and clammy. The eyes had sunken deep into their sockets. At his side, a r...
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