This article is found at nytimes.com.
The Editorial Board at the New York Times wrote an article about the treacherous conditions of New York state prisons. The Justice Department pulled the state of New York into court because of the brutality towards the prisoners at the Rikers Island jail complex. The guards are becoming so horrible towards the inmates because they know that the union will protect their job and that district attorneys wouldn't prosecute them. The authors believe that the only way to fix this problem is to get higher-up political figures involved even if there is so much pressure out on them. They are angry that this problem hasn't gained attention from the political leaders yet. One way that the authors convey their message is their use of strong vocabulary words. By using the words "infest," "sprawling," and "deplorable," it shows how gruesome the conditions are for the inmates. It adds to their purpose because it will help to convince their audience of the severity of the issue. Another thing that the authors did was appeal to logos by including so many facts and statistics that prove the issue exists. The audience would be more willing to be convinced and try to do something about the problem if it was able to be proven relevant.
The authors' purpose is to try to put to bed this problem, and to get the political figures' attentions. It's disgraceful, in their opinions, that they let this issue get this far. They used a conniving and offensive tone to make those people listen to them. I actually don't think they were able to achieve their purpose because they solely relied on facts to do it. Facts are important for an argument essay, but they can't be the only thing that you use to convince your audience. This is obviously a really horrible issue but sadly, I don't think this article was able to do anything to help.
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