The Chance to Escape JUNE 01, 1965 by DONALD SHOROCK Mr. Shorock
is a speech major in his junior year at When a person leaves the
normal environment of our culture to serve a prison sentence, he
experiences many changes. Important among these is the exchange
of freedom for security. The prisoner no longer has a wide range
of alternatives in his actions, but is limited to a certain
extent in what he may do. He is less free, but more secure,
being reasonably certain of what is coming next. The prisoner is
a classic example of the man who receives security through the
planning of others. The involuntary security, being contrary to
the prisoner’s desire for freedom, is met by various reactions,
including the attempt to escape. The Bureau of Prisons of the
United States Department of Justice has tabulated the attempts
to escape from the Seagoville ( The urge to escape appears to
decline significantly after the second month. The exchange of
freedom for security, while undesirable and rejected at first,
becomes tole