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Examples Of Corruption In Shaw Shank Redemption

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In the film Shaw shank redemption, there is a lot of corruption shown throughout the film when the prison should be the place that draws the line between right and wrong , but instead it turns out that Shaw shank prison is very corrupt because Norton the warden makes the inmates do the dirty work from the community to make money for himself because he is greedy and he likes to bribe people outside the prison to do his work and he is also money laundering. When Andy is proven innocent Norton the warden swore that he would put Andy back in court to prove his innocents but he does not keep his work and throughs Andy in solitary confinement. Norton is fearful that if he releases Andy he would reveal his secret, the fact that Shaw shank is corrupt

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