The House I Live In Analysis

"It is easier to stay out than get out , said Mark Twain. Half of the people that go to jail for drugs are not bad. The reason being they lose their jobs, or something really terrible happens so they turn to drugs. They have never had people to pick them up after they fell off. Many people may argue that the war on drugs takes dangerous criminals off our streets ; while other argue that it does not ; the correct perspective is that the war on drugs does not take dangerous criminals off our street. Some people may argue that the war on drugs takes dangerous criminals off our streets and makes our country safer. There are kids of people who abuse drugs that are abused or abandon by their parents that consume drugs. Anthony explained in the …show more content…
The Documentary "The House I Live In" , Law Enforcement believed that some communities are completely corrupt. They believe that everyone is living off of drug money. The communities believe that the Law Enforcement is using drugs to destroy the community. Overtime people discover everyone that is around hates what is going on. Most people who get arrested for drugs are selling drugs to support their families. They lose their jobs and then a drug dealer comes around and says "Sell These Drugs To Make Money." Even if they do not harm someone when their selling drugs they still get years in prison. It leaves their families heartbroken and still with no income. According to "The House I Live In" , Reese best chance of sentence was twenty years in prison. He started gang banging when he was fourteen. His mother use to tell him that he was going to die before he was eighteen and he believed her. Reese grew up around gang member and drug dealers. They were his role models. Reese really did not have a choice because he grew up in a bad situation. So does that make him a criminal? Reese is now twenty-eight and he is being sentenced for fifty grams of crack cocaine. Over 500,000 are incarcerated for nonviolent drug