John Doe
PHI 200 Activity Report #1
May 22, 2007
Page 38-39 #3
Inmate Injustice
There is a major fault in reasoning by the Florida Corrections Department because they are placing more value on money, than on the prisoners’ well-being. I am sure that if these individuals who came up with the decision to remove all the computers and typewriters were to have the frame of reference of those inmates, they would most certainly think less about the money and more about their lives, rights and privileges. This tells us that these decision makers were only partial in their reasoning because they demonstrated one-sided thinking.
If most students’ grades will still be negatively affected to some degree by the turning in of tidy, handwritten term papers, then one cannot begin to comprehend how much more a prisoner’s legal appeal and credibility will be affected. This is a serious concern from the frame of reference of these prisoners because many of them may not have had the opportunity to acquire or complete a formal education, which will inevitably result in their appeals containing several syntactic errors or legibility issues. As a result, their appeals will look less than presentable and the reader/s may give less attention to the appeals than they really deserve. If more critical thinking was done, the Florida Corrections Department would have realized that this would not work in the favor of the inmates since there is already a habit/standard as to how things are done and presented.
These Florida inmates can make the claim that they are not being fairly treated because the prisoners of other state prisons have access to typewriters while they do not. Because of the elements of prejudice and bias, which resulted in oppression, the Florida Corrections ...