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 * Scared of Life ****// Outside //**** of Prison **

Original story from //MSNB////C.com:// [|Man gets 15 years after trying to break into jail]

When I saw the title of this article, I immediately thought, // Why would anyone **want** to go back to jail? // It sounded like a very bizarre and twisted story, so I clicked on the link to read further. Apparently Sylvester Jiles had just been released from a charge dealing with manslaughter; he was very scared that the victim's family would be seeking revenge on him. He returned to the jail recently begging to be let back in and when the officers denied him, Jiles tried to climb over the tall, barbed-wire fence. He got what he wished for which was acceptance back into the jail. Except that 'acceptance' was more or less turned to force. Jiles received 15 years in prison for trespassing and for resisting an officer. I find this story interesting because I've never heard of anyone purposefully trying to get back into prison. I always thought that the day you are released from prison is a glorious, free day that made you never want to go back. This is a very peculiar story.

Although MSNBC is known to have a moderate [|liberal] bias, this article does not show a particular bias. It is solely an informative news article with a humorous and ironic twist. The author of this article gives quotes from Jiles and a description of the events from the government side, so the author is showing fairness in presenting the facts of the case. The tone of this article is straight-forward and slightly ironic. I couldn't help but to laugh as I was reading the article. When I first saw the headline it seemed backwards; people do not generally break into a jail. They get put in jail for breaking into a building, house, etc.

The picture of Jiles below, which was posted on MSNBC.com along with the original article, gives me mixed signals of him. The red mark on his face - which I presumed to be a mark received from a fight - and his expression make me feel slight pity for him. It presents an image of a man who is in the midst of trials and gives off a negative and hopeless sense. With that said, the image also presents an attitude of, "I'm Mr. Tough Guy; I don't need to be here" from Jiles which makes me think of him as the stereotypical criminal. With that persona given off, I assumed that Jiles was getting what he deserved even though I don't know the full story and could not accurately make a prediction.