The Linear relationship between White Bear and the profitable Private Prison concept

    The concept of cruel and unusual punishment is not an uncommon trait in the episode 'White Bear" and the private prison concept that is prevalent in America in present-day society. Both assumes an authoritarian position as a means of undermining those affected. In both scenarios, it would be both the prisoners and the amnesic woman who are suffering from the "cruel and unusual punishment" systematic mindset of those in the authoritative position. For example, most private prisons are for-profit. The for-profit prisons tend to lack and remain deficient in necessities for prisoners such as basic hygienic products or a lack of ethical food and water. In "White Bear," the amnesic woman's position is no different albeit more embarrassing due to the more cruel punishment she receives in comparison to prisoners in a private prison system. She is constantly stressed out as she is awoken due to the lack of memories and the lack of concern from the spectators.

     Although most private prisons are not as humiliating and inhumane as the Justice Park experiment in "White Bear," they are still unethical in many ways. People are still not permitted to commit crimes within the jailing confines, but the guards will look away if it does not benefit the prison as a whole or themselves. However, the amnesic woman suffers a fate worse than the prisoners; she is forced to experience a mixture of public humiliation and scarring events due to her position as an offender to society in the public's eye. Even as her memories are wiped day after day, her responsibility is stripped as her previous conscience is different in the sense that they are entirely different persons. One is aware of her crimes against her supposed daughter which has either been suppressed or repressed, and the other one is forced to experience an eternal hell as long as the experiment continues unbeknownst to herself until the end of the day. Both systems are unethical and should not be viewed lightly in society. Instead, it would be a less grimacing sight if both systems were developed to be less shameful and profitable, and focus more on the rehabilitation side.