week 14

Learning about our prison system has been really eye opening, i never knew that prison was so overcrowded and how many people are repeat offenders or mentally handicapped and sent to prison for random things. the video about 30 days in prison had a lot of cool statistics and helped to show me how different prison is. in the video a lot of the people who where in jail had been in there previously, some had drug addictions, and some had mental handicaps that should have been in a mental institution. all these facts really surprised me that prison really isn't helping to stop crime as much as it should. if our society helped inmates to become a better member of society and actually turn their life's around lots of peoples lives could be better off. while not all people will be reformed it may help reduce the overall crowding and other problems with our prison system.