“As noted earlier, of the
nearly 7.3 million people currently under correctional control, only 1.6 million
are in prison.” (Alexander 2012 pg. 101 Chapter 3, Section “Color of Justice”) I selected this quote
because it is a statistic that raises so many questions as to why people do not
see prisons as an unrealistic solution. Not only do we incarcerate the most
individuals than any country, by doing so it is clearly non effective. It
drives me crazy knowing that prison is not a solution, but a snowball of reactions
to enabling an individual from being able to connect back with society. If an
individual is not physically locked up, they are still restricted through other
forms of correctional control that does not allow them to be completely
accepted without judgment from the community.
-Stephanie
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