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Most Unusual Prisons in the World

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Read the following article carefully and make notes in the margin as you read.

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o Observations about how the writer’s strategies (organization, word choice, perspective,

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10 Most Unusual Prisons in the World

Notes on my thoughts,

reactions and questions as I

read:

A prison is a place where people are confined and deprived of many personal freedoms. If

one commits a crime, a person found guilty is sent to prison if the state imposes so. Prison is

often referred to with other terms such as a penitentiary, remand center, correctional facility

or a detention center.

ALCATRAZ

This prison is located in California and it is the most famous prison in the world. The prison

is also referred to as ‘Rock’ and has been featured in many different movies. The prison is

situated in the middle of the San Francisco Bay. The prison served as a lighthouse, a

military fortification, a military prison and then finally, a federal prison in the year 1963.

During the 29 years of operation, no prisoner could ever escape from the prison. It is

surrounded by water, what do you expect?

CERESO CHETUMAL

The inmates in this prison solve all their problems through boxing; I believe this is not

healthy for the criminal himself. The interesting bit is that the prison has seen no violence in

around ten years. Moreover, the prison has excellent arts programs that train and teach the

prisoners. They can then sell their work to the tourists. The warden says, “When there is a

disagreement, we have the inmates involved put on the gloves and get into the boxing ring,

after about two rounds the dispute is over.” The prison is located in Mexico.

BASTOEY ISLAND LOW SECURITY PRISON

It is the first prison of its kind; it’s ecological. This prison is situated in Norway. Ecological

has nothing to do with the type of criminals in this place; it is still home to notorious

criminals. The prison uses solar panels in order to produce energy and most of the food

supplies are produced in the prison (or around it) as well. The solar panels cut the third-party

electricity needs by 70% which I think is pretty good. The food is also good quality and the

leftover food is sold to other prisons. So they are making quite a good amount of money and

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Most Unusual Prisons In The World - Middle School Reading Article Worksheet