Devastating. Study after study shows the more prisoners are allowed contact with their families, the less likely they are to become repeat offenders. Additionally, the stronger one’s emotional ties are to family, friends, and community the less likely they are to abuse mind-altering substances. Our penal system needs to be completely overhauled. The cruelty, dehumanization, and abuse could turn anyone into a ruthless, cold, hardened criminal.
As someone who believes that anyone can truly change themselves for the better given the right care, let me unequivocally say: The American prison system is WRONG
Devastating. Study after study shows the more prisoners are allowed contact with their families, the less likely they are to become repeat offenders. Additionally, the stronger one’s emotional ties are to family, friends, and community the less likely they are to abuse mind-altering substances. Our penal system needs to be completely overhauled. The cruelty, dehumanization, and abuse could turn anyone into a ruthless, cold, hardened criminal.
Wow. You stepped carefully between the many issues which this film presents, and landed standing up on the major issue of living in a carceral state.
I observe every day that power is the ability to determine what is an issue.
I think your essays consistently demonstrate power in spades. Thanks.
As someone who believes that anyone can truly change themselves for the better given the right care, let me unequivocally say: The American prison system is WRONG