Thursday, November 18, 2010
30 days...
Watching 30 days was cool. The way that he chooses to relate to other people and to show the rest of the world what they think they know is very interesting. Morgan's roommate George seemed like such a nice person that really knew what he wanted when he got out of prison. It's just so sad to see that within 2 weeks he was right back in and didn't make the choices that he thought he was going to carry out. Travis who was only 25 had been down the wrong path since he was 15 and also seemed so much better and i actually thought he would get a job and stop because he saw what it did to his family and himself, but within 2 months he was back in prison as well. In a way it doesn't really surprise me to see that these two men went back to prison because that is what we are used to hearing about or seeing. There can be some instances where people actually do turn their lives around and learn to be a new and improved citizen. In some ways prison didn't seem that bad, obviously it is, but if your homeless and don't have any family that cares for you and you just do drugs then maybe that's the best way out? You get three meals a day, a bed (even though you might have to sleep on the ground because its over crowded, but it also beats the pavement if you are homeless), warmth and possibly gaining a couple of friends. Of course there are cons to being in prison but in order to keep sane you need to look at both ends and know what is the good things and what is bad.
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I thought that was pretty sad too seeing them go back so quickly but i think it has to do with their environment, where else are they going to go after jail?
ReplyDeleteI like how you looked at the positive things about being in jail, instead of just the negative. How it's a good place for some (homeless) but bad place for others.
ReplyDeleteI agree with the positive aspects of prison you mentioned but, I think our prison system needs to be rethought. Junkies' problems cannot just be fixed by isolating them for months or years, they need to be put into drug-rehabilitation type prisons. Although Travis didn't learn his lesson I feel if we do this we will see a drastic drop in relapses, and this will help ease overpopulation in prisons.
ReplyDeleteIt is really sad to see how George basically remained the same person he was before his experience and didn't get to carry out with his future plans, even tho he was so determined to do so. Many people are like this I believe and it's really sad to see how people just end up being and doing the same things they used to KNOWING they might get in trouble for it again.
ReplyDeleteThe problem is that those people get released back into society and they are not able to live within social norms so prisons have become a part of the problem. Also, I didn't note this in class, but psychologists have researched and proven that prison is punishment regardless of how positive it seems. Humans' bodies show reactions similar to animals caged at zoo when they are in prison. Having simple freedoms taken away is punishment.
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