Essay on Prison Writing

Prison writing deals with distinct favour of literature with widespread knowledge about exercising the ability of imprisoned authors and their impact on the production of knowledge. the themes of Liberation and empowerment in prison writing are confined in four walls with a single space for the writers and authors. this whole space is surrounded by literature for instance Imprisonment calls for dehumanization and ability of knowledge production. prison literature is a genre that is characterized by literature. in such kind of literature author is confined in a specific location for instance house arrest, prison and jail. different programs Around the World are initiated to improve prison writing programs and to amplify the writing of a thousand writers by providing them audience and resources (Watson, Stimpson, & Hostick, 2004).

The main objective of the present analysis is to demonstrate the understanding as a reader about the themes, arguments, and issues related to prison writing. The assessment concludes based on the ability to construct the argument under the specified theories and methods. The research also demonstrates different ideas and approaches that are used in the literature by prison and imprison writers.

The knowledge produced by an imprisoned writer

The literature produced by prison writers can be dealing with different aspects of life such as prison life, memories, fiction or nonfiction, and essay on political warfare. Prison literature is mainly written by American who had a particular interest in revealing the facts of prison and brutality of life behind the bars. In his literature, he asked an interesting question about Society of America (Watson, Stimpson, & Hostick, 2004). This question is "Can these things happen in prosperous, freedom-loving America?". Politically America is dominated and globally reputed as democratic Haven and a land of freedom. In his writing, he introduced some facts and challenging position that the Nation was suffering from (Freeman, 2009).  The Reader gets a glimpse of the prison world and how people living behind the bars are spending their life.  Authorities are having conventional existence and their fascination is unbelievable about the lifestyle of prison. Besides this another question that he noted that highlight the theme of what happens inside the prison and how prisoners are living their lives. The reader of these writings acquires a complete insight into the feelings and thoughts of the prisoner and from what they want on a daily basis. Tom Wicker described prison literature as a fascinating glimmer about humanity that exists in the world.  He also describes the circumstances that conspire the overwhelming force and memories of imprisonment. In the developing world, prison writing is becoming a characteristic of cultural conditions (Watson, Stimpson, & Hostick, 2004). The popularity is increasing with the increase in the number of prisoners. Sometimes the literate elites are imprisoned, and they represent their thoughts and reviews about political and religious issues and solutions.  Some of the Prisoners have grown book trade. Despite the liberties from prison writers’ prison was humiliating and dangerous to the health. Many writers raised different questions about cause and effect of how the issue can be reduced for the Prisoners.  Nevertheless, the essential understanding of modern culture is also described by different authors and their writing include punishment, history of the reformation, and nature of the crime. The roots of the writing are associated with social purposes of imprisonment, witnesses of the change of prison, prison letters and reforms in the prison rules and regulations (Freeman, 2009).

Examples of prison writing

In this section different examples of prison, writing is considered that deal with the themes of liberation and empowerment. A particular case study is considered to be analyzed on the basis of these themes. There are some historical examples of prison literature such as Boethius's consolation of philosophy.  In this essay author represented interesting examples of prison. Dante Alighieri wrote his masterpiece, "the Divina Comedia (the divine comedy)" in the prison. Miguel de Cervantes entitled as wrote an inspiring novel Don Quixote. Sir Walter Raleigh also work in prison and compiled his masterpiece " history of the world" (Watson, Stimpson, & Hostick, 2004). Some of the writings are autobiography novels and some stories about embezzlement of prison. In history, the postcolonial text was based upon the author's experiences in prison. Some examples of female prison writer include madam Ronald, Lady Constance Lytton From England, Precious Bedell From New York, Beatrice Saubin From Malaysia, And Nawal El Saadawi From Egypt. In the 20th century, Americans display different pieces of prison literature, for example, My Life in Prison was written by Donald Lowrie (Watson, Stimpson, & Hostick, 2004).

Challenges norms and mainstream vision of society

In the present work, three different types of literature are considered and the title of this literature are mentioned below,

1.      No friend but the mountains: translators’ reflection

2.      A Christmas Island tales/ A Stateless Rohingya Boy Sent Away to Follow the Star of Exile

3.      Translators tale:  a window to the mountains

The Iraqi author of "no friend but the mountains: translators’ reflection" wrote about the people living in prison and those who cannot experience the life and World beyond the island. These people cannot see the society outside the prison, and they cannot observe or learn about the changes taking part in the world. They are only connected and hear the story of each other. They are connected strongly with the fear, Grieves and happiness of each other. In the end, the story of other prison partner become normal without having any attraction. At this point, the Prisoners become isolated and frustrated by incarceration (Freeman, 2009). The fact is that they are told and taught to accept this predicament. In this story, the author shed light on the life of these prisoners. The story Illustrate a location on an island that is free to know and create. All the Prisoners there have equal right to live according to their capacity and level. The special insight of the Literature proves that Prisoners know a lot about the life that is inside the prison, but they cannot imagine life at a beautiful Green Island.  We cannot understand the people all living free life and how they are different from other society. In this book author also describe some people who feel pity for them and about their situation. They believe that the situation will be changing for better conditions and one day they will be provided with freedom. In his book, the author used metaphase of two islands that are different and opposite from each other. One Island killed knowledge, creativity, and vision. On the contrary, the second Island was supporting knowledge, creativity, and vision.  The latter one is a land where the mind is free (Disraeli., 2011; Watson, Stimpson, & Hostick, 2004).

In this literature the first Island where the mind is free, and people work with improved creativity is a settler-colonial state of Australia and the Prisoners in this state are called settlers. In the case of second Island author illustrated life at Manus prison where knowledge resides from the Refugee. The story related to a stateless boy sent away to follow the star of exile is related to a boy being imprisoned as a refugee of Rohingya. This literature reflects light on the mindset of prisoners at Manus prison. the story entitled as a translator’s tale: a window to the mountains demonstrates the experience of a person as a multi-narrative before the construction of Manus prison. the story provides an Insight of life at Manus prison (Cjfe. org, 2013).

Conclusion of Prison Writing

The present work deal with life at present and how people experience it inside the walls. History has produced great prison writers who worked on their books over untold stories of Prisoners. The tales provided in site of many conversations and experience of people living in the prison.

References of Prison Writing

Cjfe. org. (2013). NOVEMBER 15: INTERNATIONAL DAY OF THE IMPRISONED WRITER. Retrieved from www.cjfe.org: https://www.cjfe.org/november_15_international_day_of_the_imprisoned_writer

Disraeli., I. (2011). "Imprisonment of the Learned". Curiosities of Literatur, 01(01), 35-38.

Freeman, T. S. (2009). The Rise of Prison Literature. Huntington Library Quarterly, 72(02), 133-146.

Watson, R., Stimpson, A., & Hostick, T. (2004). Prison health care: A review of the literature.  International Journal of Nursing Studies, 41(02), 119-128.