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Kalief Browder (Psychology (Inmates in prison system wish to be seen as…

- - - - Inmates in prison established dominance over Kalief, they beat him and brutalized him, making his time there miserable from the start. When looking at the social exchange theory, we can see how inmates conformed and blindly following one another when it came to violence. As violence was the norm in the prison, many other inmates followed it and saw it as a means of survival in the rough prison system,
  - - - School taught Kalief that in order to be considered successful in society he needed to accomplish an education, which is why he chose to go back to school even after prison, defying the odds that majority of inmates who get out of prison will re-offend.
- - - - In his first couple days in prison, he got into a fight due to pettiness which resulted in solitary confinement ticket. He did not completely analyze the pros and cons of this fight properly as he was new to the prison and did not know the effects of solitary confinement.
      - Afterwards, Kalief only fought as a means of self-defence in the prison and wished to live prison life quietly, minding his own business. He believed this was the best decision for him as he was; not physically fit enough to fight inmates, if he indulged in mind games with the inmates it was most likely as though he was becoming one of them which he did not want as he did not want to be viewed as a convict.