Posted: September 22nd, 2016

In what ways does violence inform your understanding of Kentucky’ prison system?

PBS Frontline Documentary Prison State,

In what ways does violence inform your understanding of Kentucky’ prison system? Write a 500 word, 5-paragraph essay using examples from Prison State to explain the roles violence plays in Kentucky’s prison system.

As you write your response, you may want to answer the following questions: How do officers of the state use violence to uphold Kentucky’s laws? To what degree are the criminals in the documentary violent? How does violence in other contexts such as war and poverty intersect with violence in the prison system?