Prosecutorial System Case Study

i) The prosecutorial system is excessive
From the Kerman story, I have no doubt the US prosecutorial system is very excessive as the system been taken way too far. It is noted that the system has been growing out of control without any sort of serious thought, vision or clear sense of purpose for the inmates. The system is inefficient, very costly and destructive as depicted in the book. The system is said to deprive many individuals of chances or opportunities because those resources directed to prison would be directed to a better course: construction and maintenance of schools, health care facilities, drug rehabilitation centers.
It is also conceived that instead of the system bringing about measures to curb crime, it is at the center of creating the same crimes in the first place as many inmates are prosecuted and not assisted in the greater path of reforming or rehabilitation thus, many of them frequently end up before the courts and prosecuted by the same prosecutors after serving their prison or jail sentence on a minor offence.
The prosecutorial system is also excessive in the sense that it does not provide parole for juveniles. Kerman explains how being in prison with young women aged eighteen and nineteen years old were sentenced or prosecuted without liberation forgetting that young people within that age group have a different world …show more content…
It is also worth noting that that most women in prison as depicted by the author in Orange is the new Black are likely to have been victims of assault and violence either in their current lives or throughout their entire lives. Such people need a compassionate approach to make them feel appreciated by the society or community as a