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It was not until Jennifer Bishop Jenkins came in to speak to our class about victim’s rights did I ever really start thinking about victim’s rights at all. To me, being a victim seemed like such a passive and depressing experience, but it really isn’t. You can do a lot of things as an active [...]
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Letters from prisoners, Stateville Speaks submissions, prison reform laws, articles on prison conditions, … The list of sources for debates about prison conditions and our justice system are endless. And while I’ve enjoyed learning about these situations so far this semester, I can’t help but recognize a conflict within myself. I have not personally dealt [...]
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This week’s readings were fairly depressing. To begin, geriatrics in general in this country is not a focus of medicine as very few doctors choose to specialize in it. The principle stays accurate when applied to institutions like prisons and nursing homes as the populations of aged adults is overlooked and pushed to the back. [...]
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