Stereotypes In Prisons

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Stereotypes in Prison Affect You
Stereotypes can leave an impact on juvenile offenders for their entire lives. These labels transform society’s view of inmates, and dehumanizes them, so their identity becomes their criminality. Juveniles’ are later affected from their new persona, preventing them from moving forward in life. Why prisons don’t work, Cuomo’s Pardon Plan for Youthful Offenders, and the memoir Sleepers by Lorenzo Carcaterra draw praise, questions, and concerns; Obama's Plan to Help Former Inmates Find Homes and Jobs offers opposition to the statement that inmates are put at a disadvantage after their time spent in prison. In Sleepers, the way stereotypes influence the inmates plays a considerable role in the book; Why prisons don’t

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