In Prison Without Walls, Graeme Wood argues that GPS devices for convicts will make for less cost for the goverment in punishing law breakers and can the offender can benifit more from GPS then from being locked away for a considerable sentence.
Wood’s explanes how he feels that the only way to feel like a criminal is to expericence it for yourself which led him to contact the company BI that produces the GPS ankle bracelets and get one for himself. He wanted to see what it feels like from going to probation to have the bracelet secured to the possiblitilty of violation and being sent to jail. Wood’s found himself visiting with the BI companys vice president, Jennifer White and seeing clients moves and how people spend their days.
When Wood’s had his bracelet secured he thought it wasn’t a big deal then he realized that people have to live with a set schedual everyday of their lives sometimes for periods as long as 10 years! When Woods was conjuring the idea of putting himself on a ankle bracelet he realized that people do wear these for 10 years and that they could have deseases on them and he could catch such things so first thing he did was got himself a brand new one and had it secured to his ankle.
Wood’s only wore the bracelet for a few days unlike real criminals and he found himself in favor of the bracelet because he could see how people could function an everyday life with this attachment and yet they could be aware that if they made the wrong decision they would be subject to go back to the “Big House”. When Woods visited the BI company he learned that criminals are everywhere even places that aren’t highly populated.White had disclosed that their was “120 criminals with BI anklets” right below them “roughly one for every 500 residents in the town”.
Wood’s learned about different types of bracelets. One kind was the one he had secured to him another was one that can read what comes out of your sweat like if you have had any alcohol. He didn’t know that they had those kinds of equipment but then he realized that now-a-days there are apps for everything including GPS tracking and of course they would have something this high tech to monitor alcoholics he just hadn’t thought this completely through. Wood’s thought that the method of the ankle bracelet was a good one because it reflects a “tiny voice of a conscience” that the normal non criminal person has. But gives the criminal the “a warning that someone is watching and that wrongdoing will be punished”.
Wood, Graeme. “Prison Without Walls.” The Atlantic. The Atlantic, 1 Sept. 2010. Web. 3 Apr. 2016.
Although I didn’t read the same article, I assume this is a good summary of Prison Without Walls. It was easy to understand and from reading it I feel I have a good idea of what the article was about. It was organized well and seemed to be in a good order. I noticed a few spelling errors and sentence errors which made it a little difficult to understand. Maybe you could enter it into Microsoft Word and it’ll show you where the errors were and suggestions to fix them. Also, I believe we were supposed to add a second source other than the article. But overall I would like to say good job, and this summary made me interested in reading the actual article!
Yes, this is a pretty good summary, but you’re missing both a second source, and your own response to the article.