Mansfield Reformatory Theory

Many legends of hauntings in Mankato, Minnesota have been told time after time. Though many people tell these stories, it is unknown to whether or not they are true. In this research paper, I will discuss several different legends that have been told throughout time in Mankato. The legends I will further examine are: the legend of Sibley Park, the Memorial Library on campus, the Carnegie Art Center, and the Witch’s Grave. Being that I am from Mankato, Minnesota, I thought it would be very interesting to research more about these legends and the experiences had in these places. Though I, myself, have not experienced anything completely unusual in these places, many people in the town have another experience. Memorates, or accounts of first hand

To begin, the main problem running amuck at the Dade Correctional Institution is the systematic abuse of the inmates by the security guards in the Transitional Care Unit. This problem exists at many different levels, ranging from individual to possibly system-wide levels. For example, many counselors and technicians witnessed first hand the abuse given out by the guards and very few came forward to offer their testimony. Also, many officials and higher ranking superiors would actively advise those who did come forward to remain silent, out of possibly retaliation from the guards.

We believe that Father Bishop was rationally justified in believing that the body of Ronald Doe was possessed by a demon based on documentation of his sensory and personal experiences. Firstly, Father bishop was rationally justified on the basis of his own personal experiences that the body of Doe was possessed. Accounts of witnesses involved such as family members, close friends, and associates that all agree with the claims made by Father bishop can help provide strong support to the truthfulness of his experience. Secondly, due to accurate documentation of his personal experiences we can add that Father Bishop must have used undistorted sensory experiences such as hearing and sight. For instance, the sense of hearing was apparent when he

Each Monday, Bellevue/NYU’s Program for Survivors of Torture (the Program) holds a clinic to offer physician or psychiatric services to their clients. During this time, the Program also offers Art Therapy and Yoga Therapy for clients and their children. The clinic staff includes doctors, psychiatrist, and nurses who are moon-lighting for our program and are Bellevue employees and staff from the Program including doctors, psychiatrist and front desk staff. Over the last four months, there has been many instances during the Monday night clinic where the clinic staff was not preforming in a professional manner towards the clients. There have been many illustrations where simple tasks were not completed because it was an

At some point, Don’s vision for St. Albans became mine. After Don left I knew that I would need to lead the effort to take the sanatorium from disrepair back into wholeness. The beauty and Spirit of this historic landmark now draws paranormal investigators from all over America and beyond, to walk the hallways with the intent of encountering its remaining residents.

People at these institution have used these methods for a large amount of time. With the arrivals of both McMurphy and Irwing, the patients finally open their eyes and begin to see the atrocious treatment they receive. Despite the physical doings of electroshock therapy, lobotomies, and pills, in the ward, these treatments play a role in the patient's emotional stability. A constant exposure to the treatments causes the patients to identify themselves and each other by their mental condition. They refer to themselves as the Acutes who “ are still sick enough to be fixed” and the Chronics who “are in for the Good” (15-16). They see their mental illness as a defining characteristic. McMurphy, on the other hand, wants to get to know the patients and even asks Chief about his past. The prison uses a dehumanizing method when Aguilar becomes forced to stand saluting although the extension of this punishment does not comply with the rules. Irwing fight for his right and claims that he has experience with punishing soldiers.

To illustrate the mental institute, the narrator describes remembering “the trapdoor… and find the girl tied to a bed (Ellison 74).” Many medical facilities have a seclusion room where they isolate patients who are violent or self-destructive, with medical restraints, according to Gale Springer from the American Nurse Today. The girl tied to the bed symbolizes the use of medical restraints and “her clothing torn to rags (Ellison 74),” suggest that the girl was doing harm upon herself or to others. One may think the narrator’s comment on “everything was fixed (Ellison 75),” was about the constant visits to the “bingo hall” looking the same. In the perspective of a mental institute, an

Unexplainable singularities are inevitable. Society does not have the solution to every dilemma or anomaly that transpires. Undeniably, two fields of study that still has unidentified surfaces are the human psyche and supernatural activity. Scientists and researchers, regarding the psychology of the mind and supernatural happenstance, uncover new data and statistics every day. A psychological disorder can develop at any junction in a person’s life and encompass peculiar behavior in the way a person feels, thinks, and acts. In the novella, “The Queen of Spades” by Alexander Pushkin there are several key elements that provide the reader with enough data to formulate that the main character’s mental stability triggers the manifestation of the late Countess. Conversely, Stanley Kubrick’s movie adaptation of Stephen King’s novel, “The Shining,” demonstrates strong indications of the supernatural.

The air is saturated with the smell of concrete and fear. The wailing of men echoes through the dark, unholy halls. A new face makes its way in. Only thing harder than holding back tears, are trying to not show fear. They will feed of it, off of me. It will not break me; I will not break. This is what to expect from an evil place where grown men can be molded; broken and reformed into a weaker being or into a strong piece of iron. The Stanford Prison Experiment was a study put together by Phillip Zambardo to test the psychological effects of a prisoner and guard scenario in a mock prison setting. The experiment lasted seven to fourteen days and was comprised of twenty-four male students, who were picked at random to take part in the experiment. The role of guard and prisoner were also selected at random. The mock prisoners were subjugated to psychological abuse, harsh authoritarian rule by the guards, and intense living conditions to ensure maximum results were met. The experiment concluded early and a couple prisoners left due to an intense amount of stress brought on from the ordeal. Although the experiment was brief, it gave a great deal of insight into how environment can abruptly affect the psychological well-being of an individual. Zimbardo states, “Would those good people, put in that bad, evil place—would their goodness triumph?” (Cherry, 2006) Everyone has darkness within them and all it takes is a little push. Every person picked for this experiment was not

Singer and Benassi (1981) described a positive correlation between environmental uncertainty in western countries and occult beliefs. Although it could be argued that they may be overreaching with this generalization which is not supported with data, there is truth to this correlation. Humans try to be rational, and logical, and think critically, but in uncertain situations, we look to our environment, the physical and social environment, to provide us with information. Therefore, superstitions and supernatural phenomenon seem possible if no logical explanation can be given, and if the feedback from the environment reinforces what could be occult beliefs. French, Haque, Bunton-Stasyshyn, & Davis (2009) conducted an experiment attempting to investigate whether they could try to create a “haunted” room, and if participants would experience more abnormal sensations. Participants were informed they may feel some abnormal sensations prior to entering the room. Majority of participants reported having three or more abnormal sensations in the 50-minute period they were in the room. These sensations can be a result of susceptibility, but the uncertainty of that environment, and the lack of information may create these sensations and can validate occult

Like any other day in October, Bambi entered her classroom thinking that she would have to turn in her homework for the day and listen to the teacher boring lecture like always. The only interesting class of her day these days was history because of the recent news. Recently, haunted looking ghosts you can say have gone to different cities all around the world and kidnapping what it seems “special” people. These special people some spark in them versus others. In other words, you can say that these people had some sort of talent or specialty in them. Nobody is sure why they need these specific humans like us, but all we can say is that it 's probably not for a good reason. At least that 's in mine, Bambi’s, and the rest of humankind

There is no perfect model to explain abnormal behaviours. Similarly, the supernatural model has a number of strengths and weaknesses.

Going into youth group time was the next activity on the agenda. Nobody wanted to be in that situation including myself because of room 202. Like every youth group time, we started off with simple questions like, "How was your day?" and "What stuck out to you most?". Out of nowhere, a girl in the mix of everything said she had something on her heart she needed to share. Karissa explained on how multiple times, she would harm her body by cutting herself and attempting to end her life six times. She spoke on how she was always in and out of hospitals because of the harm she would pursue on herself. This not only shocked everyone in the room, but it also caused everyone to weep for her. Brad Starn, the youth group leader, then talked after and

Specific techniques that were used to bring about the destruction of self-awareness among the prisoners included, physical privation, prolonged interrogation, total isolation from former relationships, detailed regimentation of all daily activities, humiliation, degradation and social alienation by “thought reform” group (s).

In two particular situations that happened during her time at McLean she experienced episodes of anxiety that she previously didn’t have before being institutionalized in the psychiatric hospital. Her first episode of anxiety was after a particularly tensed situation after another patient had left the hospital. As Susanna sat in a lounge chair looking at her hand she came to a thought that she didn’t have any bones in her hand and began to get really worried as she ruminated on the thought that she had no bones (Kaysen 102). She soon grew agitated as she questioned whether she in fact had bones and got really anxious about the idea and decided to peel her skin away to check (Kaysen 102). Therefore, she put her hand in her mouth and pierced her skin to see if she had any bones as she went into her crazed agitation. As Susanna states she began to get really nervous repeatedly questioning whether she had any bones as the blood ran down her wrist and suddenly she went into a panic attack where she didn’t feel safe and began hyperventilating on the thought the she had no bones (Kaysen 103). The next anxiety episode she faced was when she went to the dentist and was put under anesthesia. When she woke up from her procedure she got really anxious about how much time she lost being under the anesthesia. She began questioning the dentist repeatedly asking very loudly how much time she had lost and then later crying because no one would