Movie Review: The House I Live In

The movie, “The House I Live In”, opened my mind to stuff that I never knew before that has been going around in the United States for decades. Before this video I always had my mind set that, everyone who was involved in selling or consuming drugs should be locked up for a lot of years. Also, that they are all criminals. However, this movie changed my view towards them. Something that they mentioned in the movie that had me thinking since is, that before when people first started using drugs it was only used when people were depressed or going through a tough time. If using drugs eases the pain of suffering and today America has the highest rate of incarcerated people in the world, then this should mean that most of America is depressed or suffering more than any other country. Why is it that the majority of incarceration is due to drugs? In order to stop this issue we do not just send all the drug …show more content…
The reason why the United States has the highest rate of mass incarceration is because it is a way for them to control and manage people. The majority of the people who are incarcerated are both African American males and Latino males. Once the prisoners have been released from jail after serving a lot of years they have missed out on their education and have a less chance of being employed. Because of this, I believe that more founds should also go to help out those who were incarcerated in order to improve their life as in education, housing, and jobs so they do not end up back in jail. The majority usually end up back in jail right after they have been released. There should not be as much founds used directly in the jails, but also on programs that will help the inmates succeed in life. Most of them have learned their lesson while they were in jail and wish to improve their life outside of