Prison State

The movie “Prison State” follows the story of a town, Beecher Terrace, in Kentucky. The town spends approximately $15 million a year on their prison system (______). The film follows the stories of 4 individuals Christel, Charles McDuffie, Demetria, and Keith Huff. Christel is a 15year old teenager diagnosed with bipolar disorder and ADHD. She was faced with a charge of truancy after neglecting to attend school. Michelle Alexander explains how bad the incarnation rate is in Beecher Terrace by saying, “Whether you follow the rules or you don't you're going to jail…its part of your destiny,” (_____). Mark Bolton explains that the capacity of the state prison is 1,793 inmates and the prison houses up to 2,200 everyday (____). He says, “We're locking up people that we're pissed off at, we ought to be using this space for people we're afraid …show more content…
The bill saves “somewhere near half a billion over a decade” as said by representative John Tilley (____). Christel continued to skip school and was charged with resisting arrest. The judge granted her home incarceration but after she failed to follow the conditions she was arrested and sent to jail. The judge let her off on home incarnation one more time and she has been staying out of trouble ever since. Charles McDuffie was released to a drug rehab center under the Kentucky reform where he got treatment for his post traumatic stress and drug addiction. He was released from rehab and has been sober ever since. The last story was Demetria. She unfortunately was arrested after escaping her group home and after spending almost a year in jail she was sentenced to a detention camp. After the Kentucky reform most of the inmates released have already returned to jail as the conditions on which they are released are hard to follow by. After 18 months of the Kentucky reform the prison has 1,300 less inmates and has allowed 3,000 to be sent into drug rehabs