“You are to be fed, clothed, sheltered, and cared for. You get every other privilege,” this was one Alcatraz prison with many rules and regulations. Less than a mile and a half from San Francisco, the convicts could look out the closed windows and see the beautiful Golden Gate Bridge, boats sailing past, birds flying, […]
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The ethics of the death penalty is a very controversial issue. In these places I have tried not to convey my views and opinions, but to speculate on ideas that have some meaning, and I will make you, the reader, consider the weight of these things. I tried to ask a question that hopefully will […]
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Raising Convict Cichlids is a fun and rewarding hobby. Convicts are a type of South American Cichlid also known as Archocentrus nigrofasciatus. They are distant relatives of piranhas! You may know of a closer aquarium cousin called the Oscar. Convicts grow to be several inches long, and as adults they look something like a zebra. […]
As many know, the European colonization of Australia started the way to alleviate the problem of overcrowding in British prisons. The criminals who were sent to Australia and its island of Tasmania were not usually murderers and kidnappers, but small-time thieves, among them juvenile thieves. By today’s standards, the punishment at Port Arthur far outweighed […]
Most people probably know that it is the smallest continent, but did you know that it is also the flattest continent? Most of the people live along the east coast or the southeast coast. It is the only continent made up of only one nation. Advance Australia Fair is the national anthem. Its national colors […]