should a jail record be an employers first impression? I found this article in the “NYT Room for debate” section and it discusses the difficulties people face once entering back into society out of an incarceration. The aftermath can effect employment potential, housing, loans, and many other facets of life directly corrolated to ones criminal … [Read more…]
Alec, firstly I would like to start by complimenting your incredibly talented writing. Your word choice and sentence structure is incredibly well done. While reading your assignment I could not help but to continuously keep feeling like I was reading a professionally written article about the subject you chose done by yourself, not even a … [Read more…]
Shalev, Sharon .London: Mannheim Centre for Criminology, London School of Economics A sourcebook on Solitary Confinement 2008 The author who wrote the sorcebook on solitary confinement, sharon shalev did a good job diving into every aspect legally about solitary. The Sourcebook on solitary confinement provides a point of reference on the subject, its documented health … [Read more…]
***Ready for peer review, thank you Alec “The Prison Inside of Prison” by Michael Barajas Michael Barajas, the author of the article “a prison inside a prison’ dives into the topic of prolonged segregation inside of prisons in Texas. Hundreds of prisoners have spent over decades of there sentences in isolation, an extreme form of … [Read more…]
The feedback I received on my memoir was pretty positive and I think lead to some great improvements. Starting off, I really enjoyed doing the peer reviews and I think heading the advice of my audience on a peer level was helpful for me to go through and kind of clarify objective points and fix … [Read more…]
The two articles I chose to annotate and summerize were “The Microphones that may be Hidden in your Home” and also “The Truth about Online Shopping”. In the first article ‘the truth about online shopping the author is trying to make a strong case for the fact it can offset harmful effects on our ecosystem … [Read more…]
Eliminating Excessive Prison Sentences The Justice Policy Institute is working to raise money and combat the issue in this country with mass incarceration’s. There looking to eliminate excessive prison sentences, and looking to develop a public-health informed and community driven violence prevention strategies that work to reduce crime instead of the massive amount of taxes … [Read more…]
I personally had an enjoyable time reading one of my classmates memoirs. It made me feel more personalized to a peer. My past experiences with peer review I don’t remember being positive. They were mostly 15 years ago back in High School where everybody was mean. As an adult now I have a different understanding … [Read more…]
Angel Gonzalez – Marine Corps Paris Island Angel, it was my pleasure to be assigned as a partner with you. First off I’ll start by saying thankyou for your service. As I was reading your memoir one of the things I appreciated the most was all of the detail you used in describing the different … [Read more…]
**Peer Review Note. I may touch up the last paragraph or so. Im not sure if I got a little extra trying to spell out a ‘moral of the story’ at the end, or if I should just let the reader take away wahat they want, or if its ok? I dont know so I … [Read more…]