Thursday, November 18, 2010
What to do with the Prisoners...
The Morgan Spurlock documentary exposing himself to the inside of a real prison was very interesting and eye opening to view. This was an experiment to see how being placed in the shoes of a prisoner felt and what challenges they face because of the current systems in place for the inmates. This Virginia prison was unique in that they offered much assitance to those inmates willing to work hard to try and alter their life choices and their future goals. These therapy sessions allowed the inmates to truly open up and express their feelings and emotions toward society and their paths in life. The movie expressed how many prisons don't offer these therapy events and they leave the prisoners on their own fighting problems mentally and physically before being released into society with no personal aid. Our system must be changed in order to accomodate and push for helping to transform these individuals back to citizens ready to survive in mainstream society.
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I agree that the movie really changed my perception of jail. They really should try to increase the positive reinforcement prisoners recieve so that they don't end up in jail later in life.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the system has to be changed in order to be a positive affect on people.
ReplyDeleteI totally agree that there needs to be a change in the system. I think they need better reintegration programs. Spurlock mentioned something about the ripple effect, which he had a really awesome point about.
ReplyDeleteI agree that the system needs to be changed. It is crazy to learn that the U.S. houses almost all the world's prisoners, and yet most of the ones who get out end up going straight back in.
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