When someone breaks the law or acts out in a transgressive manner we often turn to punishment to correct their behaviour. We do this in families and as a society, but is it right? If take a moment to look at the roots of modern punishment we might conclude that
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Dead Wild Roses: Exercising on Punishment Devices – The Prison Treadmill
Exercising is weird. Everyday I see people running or jogging down the street and I wonder to myself why are they doing that? Imagine if they could ‘feel the burn’ by doing something productive while burning calories. Yard work, helping your neighbour clean their gutters, even collecting litter from the
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Better Approach Than Zero Tolerance in Schools
A school in Walla Walla was essentially a dumping ground for all the students deemed to have behavioural problems and their explosion rate was through the roof. This all changed when a principal ditched the atrocious zero tolerance policy that the school was using (many schools in North America punish
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