In his blog “Alabama Prison Officials won’t say why Prison Strike Leader is in Solitary Confinement” Brian Sonenstein writes about a prisoner that was leading retaliations and put into solitary confinement. Mr. Sonenstein works as publishing editor for Shadow proof and a columnist for Prison Protest. He has published an abundance of blogs for credible websites and is currently building his collection. In his blog the author believes that Alabama prison officials are withholding their reasoning for putting a prisoner in solitary confinement and that he should be released. He is making the claim that this prisoner is being punished cruel and unusually; meaning his eighth amendment right has been violated. Supposedly, the prisoner was put in zip ties and directly transferred to a new prison. The author attempting to find a reason for this prisoner’s placement in solitary confinement visits the wardens. All three provide the same response and don’t give a defined reason, all three were just “following orders”. The author concludes that he could not possibly find the real and only truth but speculates that he was put in solitary confinement unjustly and should be returned to his original prison. This author has chosen to believe the prisoner and according to him he has feared for his life at some points in this prison and rebellion was his only option. I am hesitant to decide who I believe is in the right and wrong in this situation. If it is true that the prisoner violated the terms of his probation then it is understandable, depending on the severity, that he would be put in solitary confinement. However, if this man is only causing a retaliation to defend his life then the terms of his probation may have to be violated and the use of solitary confinement would be significantly unjust.
Thursday, March 14, 2019
The College Bribery Scandal and the Uberization of Graft
In “The College Bribery Scandal and the Uberization of Graft” opinion columnist speaks on the situation involving wealthy families paying money for their child’s admission into different prestigious colleges. Not only does Farhad Manjoo currently write for the New York Times he also has wrote for many other respect newspapers such as The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Previously Manjoo wrote for the Times’ State of the Art column where he established his credibility as an opinion columnist. One might think that the author’s target audience is all the students who were cheated during their college admissions process, however that was not his intention. His true target audience is those responsible for allowing wealth to invade our education system. Manjoo makes the claim that there is in fact different college admission systems for those who are wealthy and those who are not. William Singer, who supposedly played a very important role in all this corruption, stated that he could practically guarantee your child’s admission into a particular school for a fee. Mr. Singer referred to this route as the “side door” for getting into college. The author breaks down the importance of wealth into simple terms. Wealth’s only significance is not to purchase different items. According to the article “it buys power and influence, it buys class and it buys permanence” and possibly even political power. If the integrity of our own education system is put into question, the foundation of American society, how can we trust our government that was elected by the people. I believe the wealthy have a significant amount of control in our government. However, I also do believe that there are good people who are working everyday to fight corruption caused by the wealthy.
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