With regard to an inmate's quality of life, <u>amenity</u> refers to anything that enhances the inmates' creature comforts, such as good food, clean bedding, and recreational opportunities. Generally, amenity means any desirable feature or thing that enhances life and provides benefit/utility to an individual.
The Virginia declaration, largely the work of George Mason, was widely read by political leaders on both sides of the Atlantic. It declared that “all men are by nature equally free and independent and have certain inherent rights” of which they cannot deprive themselves or their posterity.
In a democracy, the government is elected by the people.It is distinct from governments controlled by a particular social class or group A democracy is determined either directly or through elected representatives.