AARUSH LAL Even the ardent love of liberty will, after a time, give way to its dictates. The violent destruction of life and property incident to war, the continual effort and alarm attendant on a state of continual danger, will compel nations most attached to liberty to repose. To be more safe, they become willing to run the risk of becoming less free.” - Alexander Hamilton The noun “prisoners'' is one of an intriguing etymology. It is most often thought to be derived from the 12th century French noun prisoun, a term commonly translated to obtain the meaning of a state of captivity, and therefore a state of being viewed today to be heavily linked with confinement. Yet, in a nation with a prison population as vast as the United States’ one, perhaps the most intriguing paradox is that of what so many individuals are being confined from. Perhaps most notably exists a confinement away from an ability to nurture and have a positive impact on others in the nation, one away from th...
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