the prisoners will start to behave and become more useful to the community
Machiavelli's audience for "The Prince" was the Medici family that ruled Florence, from whom he was trying to garner favor.
The Royal Proclamation of 1763 was issued October 7, 1763, by King George III following Great Britain's acquisition of French territory in North America after the end of the French and Indian War / Seven Years' War, which forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
Shah Reza Pahlavi was a brutal dictator, but his departure did not mean Iran was more free. The Shah was pro-west, and would brutally crack down on any dissent. He was replaced by Ayatollah Khomeini, who helped to install a religous dictatorship in Iran. Everything that the Shah had stood for --- including the western world --- was now seen with open contempt by the government.
