Brief Summary Of Descent Into Madness By Mark Colvin

An aggregate is a group of individuals who temporarily share the same space. When reading the article “Descent into madness” by Mark Colvin you can notice that aggregate can also be used for prisoners. Just for the simple fact that they live together until getting released back into society. You can also see the prisoners have separated themselves into cliques. Using the conflict theory with the riot at the penitentiary of New Mexico. You can notice why you can observe the conflict theory. For example in Ferguson’s book on page two hundred and twenty nine it tells about the riot. The riot was between inmates, some other inmates against them, and the correctional officers. The conflict between the two opposing sides sparked the riot, and the

This theory is used several different times throughout the article as well. Realizing the deviance in this time, the inmates would use it as another meaning. The word Snitch is violating the inmate’s norms. More the action of the snitch than the actual word, but it is violating the little trust the inmates believe they have with one another. The consequences to being a snitch is that the other inmates beat up on the “Snitch”. Another way the symbolic interactionism is used is the correctional officers are a symbol of dominance towards the inmates. They are supposed to be in charge of the inmates, but in the case of the riot the inmates overthrew them. Then they took over the dominant role themselves making them the dominant leaders of the

He was trying to insight us on what was happening through descriptive words, and trying to make us picture ourselves there as well. To see everything that they went through, and the harsh conditions of the riot. The title of this article has two different meanings in each part. Depending on how you interpret the first part of the title. Descent into madness can mean several different things. It just depends on who you ask, but to me it means that this was the beginning of what sent the prison into a downward spiral. Leading to the destruction of people, and the prison. The second part of the title The New Mexico State Prison Riot means exactly what it says. It is the story about the New Mexico state prison riot, and what went on at the prison. It gives somewhat of a back story, and then tells what happens at the riot. My reactions to this article was at first I was confused on what I was reading until I went back and re- read the article once more. My emotions quickly changed once I re- read the article. I went from being confused to a state of shock, and what the inmates, and correctional officers went through. Reading this article was very interesting in the beginning, and even in the middle, but towards the end it did start to get a little