Newjack Guarding Sing Sing Sing Analysis

Fixing the System Correctional institutions in the United States often leave inmates and correction officers worse off than they were before they resided within its walls. Though many agree upon this point, not many offer solutions as to what can be done to improve the correctional system and the institutions that it includes. Ted Conover’s novel, Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing, portrays the many trials and tribulations of the correctional system along with shedding light on possible fixes. The correctional system could be fixed if more attention was placed on prevention services including youth education, relieving poverty, and mental health. For instance, Conover points out that “there is little evidence that…mass jailing provides either a cure …show more content…
By the time people enter into jail or prison, they have normally been a part of the system numerous times. Trying to rehabilitate or give consequences for people’s actions that late in the game does no good in regard to enabling them to change their life style. People have to be reached much earlier than when they enter into the criminal justice system. That is why there should be more programs for youth and programs that encourage education. If youth remain in school and are also given vital resources like safe places to live, food, and positive environments then they may be less likely to commit crime. When youth grow up in poverty, needing to provide for themselves or their family, and not with a good educational background, they often resort to criminal activities. They are not afraid of the consequences because going into the system is seen as a “rite of passage” and gives them more credit on the street (Conover,