Imprisonment and Incarceration

Paper Summary:

This paper analyzes three essays concerned with the nature of imprisonment and with those that suffer incarceration in the American prison system; : "Double Standard on Drug Sentences" by Cynthia Tucker; "Time", by Nathan McCall; and "Mother's Day in Federal Prison" by Amanda Coyne. Two of the essays discussed are concerned with drugs and imprisonment and two of the essays also are concerned with the ways in which men and women (and their families) deal with incarceration. This multiple analysis looks at the prison system, and whether it fairly treats those who are imprisoned.

From the Paper:

"Most of the works here see the drug-user as a victim of the wars against drugs: they are unfairly taken from children, or families (Even, in Tucker, from becoming 'Tax-paying citizens" (Tucker, 1998, page 3)). This is not met with agreement by the McColl piece; his drug-dealer is a partially dangerous, partially benevolent wide-boy. He is, however, the only one to treat the system as a business opportunity, and the only one of all the characters in the articles to undermine the system to the extent of escaping."

Sample of Sources Used:

• Coyne, Amanda Mother's Day in Federal Prison Originally in Harper's magazine, (1997)
• McColl, Nathan. Time originally published in Washington Post (1989)
• Tucker, Cynthia Double Standard on Drug Sentences Originally published in November, 1998.

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