Social Issues In Prisons

Conversations revolving around the prison system are not black and white, there is a large grey area. Within that grey area are the topics, most individuals do not care to speak about or even avoid the subject. In the YouTube videos Prison: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Prisoner Re-entry: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver that were posted to the Last Week Tonight account, discussed the topics most individuals ignore. When people are incarcerated, they lose almost all of their voice when it comes to how they are supposed to live while in prison and then once they are released, if that even is an option. Within the videos, there were multiple issues covered without shame or resilience, even some the government officials try to avoid …show more content…
While watching the Prison clip, John Oliver had called out many …show more content…
However, each transition on to a different topic John had mentioned, flowed easily into the next. With that in mind, I had to watch each video once more, or parts of one, to ensure I understood what he was saying which was sort of a nuisance. Additionally, I could see some viewers having issues with the way information on such a hard and chaotic topic like the prison system, was spoken about by John with his harsh sarcasm and references to mundane topics like movies; at times the remarks were a bit too much. Also, within the Prison episode, at the very end Oliver made a remark about the issue of the people not speaking up about the issues prisoners face, I believe that was a poorly generalized statement. There are plenty of people on the outside who are making an effort to be heard, however it is very difficult due to the power of the higher authority. The statement could have been worded better so it was not inclusive to the entire population. Aside from those minor problems, it was hard to find any complications or opposing opinions with the information in the