corrections and sentencing
corrections and sentencing
Writing Assignment #1 Inside Rikers In order to complete this assignment you need to have read the book Inside Rikers by Jennifer Wynn. After having read the book your
writing assignment asks you to complete a 2-3 page double space size 12 font response/reaction paper to what you have read. As part of this assignment you are to
discuss your overall impression of the book, what social and corrections issues were highlighting in the book, what you think the main challenges of working and living
on Rikers’s island are. In addition, you should selects one inmate from the book and discuss their chapter. You should write about how they ended up on Rikers, their
experience on Rikers, what things may have helped or hurt them along the way, the affect being incarceration on Rikers Island will have on them in the long term and
what you thing their chances for re-entry into society is. You should include anything else you feel is relevant Do NOT plagiarize! Paper will be graded on the
totality of the paper, overall arguments, cohesiveness, content, organization as well as spelling and grammar. It should be clear from your paper that you read the
ENTIRE book not just one chapter No in text citation or references sect ion are need unless you specifically use a quote from the book. There are no re-writes of this
paper. All paper must be submitted by midnight on date listed on your syllabus. No late assignment will accepted. All paper MUST be uploaded to Blackboard. Printed or
emailed assignment will NOT be graded. If you have questions please ask in advance (don’t wait until the night before it is due)