Intro
Our judicial system has developed to the point where law is seen as black and white.
What the judicial system fails to acknowledge is that there are some gray areas. In the article, “Colleges of Crime”, written by Brad Edmondson, an award winning writer, he speaks of a young girl whose whole life changed drastically in a blink of an eye. Angela Thompson was 17. Plans for her future. No previous criminal record. Stressed about paying for school, she was convinced to sell drugs. Caught and sentenced to 15 years in prison. In my honors class, we’ve been learning about systematic oppression and juvenile minorities being abused by the law. I personally don’t have a connection to to this but i live in a city where i see young people of color being treated differently or less than, and being incarcerated repeatedly to a point where they can’t have a normal life. I believe in equality and the well being of everyone that surrounds me no matter what the color of their skin is. That is why i am proposing to develop and organization that not only helps keep …show more content…
Others may argue that there is little to no evidence of these programs actually making a big impact. In the article “Prisons are good for society” written by Robert Whelan the deputy director of Civitas, says, “I am not at all in favour of this modern fashion for turning bad people into good people overnight," says one of Oscar Wilde's dowagers. "As a man sows, so shall he reap." He believes that yes people can change, possibly experience a religious conversion, or conquer a drug habit and undergo a revolution in their life that may change poor behaviour. But just like him, many other people who agree look to prison to help keep them out of danger, danger that can be reflected towards them that is. (insert answers from
Our judicial system has developed to the point where law is seen as black and white.
What the judicial system fails to acknowledge is that there are some gray areas. In the article, “Colleges of Crime”, written by Brad Edmondson, an award winning writer, he speaks of a young girl whose whole life changed drastically in a blink of an eye. Angela Thompson was 17. Plans for her future. No previous criminal record. Stressed about paying for school, she was convinced to sell drugs. Caught and sentenced to 15 years in prison. In my honors class, we’ve been learning about systematic oppression and juvenile minorities being abused by the law. I personally don’t have a connection to to this but i live in a city where i see young people of color being treated differently or less than, and being incarcerated repeatedly to a point where they can’t have a normal life. I believe in equality and the well being of everyone that surrounds me no matter what the color of their skin is. That is why i am proposing to develop and organization that not only helps keep …show more content…
Others may argue that there is little to no evidence of these programs actually making a big impact. In the article “Prisons are good for society” written by Robert Whelan the deputy director of Civitas, says, “I am not at all in favour of this modern fashion for turning bad people into good people overnight," says one of Oscar Wilde's dowagers. "As a man sows, so shall he reap." He believes that yes people can change, possibly experience a religious conversion, or conquer a drug habit and undergo a revolution in their life that may change poor behaviour. But just like him, many other people who agree look to prison to help keep them out of danger, danger that can be reflected towards them that is. (insert answers from