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Summary Of Life After Prison By Jamie Chamberlain

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In addition to spending time behind bars, the life that is automatically created for for a prisoner once you leave is set the day the prisoner enter prison. The life of being a prisoner comes with hardships and the freedoms you may never obtain again. “Life after Prison” written by Jamie Chamberlain introduced the point on how studies show that prisoners usually end right back in jail due to the fact there is nothing for them to participate in after prison such as employment opportunities . This will repeat a never ending cycle for many African American prisoners that leads to self destruction and constant poverty. Government assistance is limited to prisoners when helping them back on their feet. Systematic oppression is inside and outside …show more content…

The government takes these precautions because it's for the benefit of keeping what has been established for years to come.The criminal justice system has influential leaders with the power to change current systems, but are not willing to step out and make an imprint of change against unfairness (Lockup Nation; American Prisons). Officials who are behind the laws and regulations regarding criminal sentences have hard decisions when trying to impose a new process of handling crimes, which potentially could backfire. Leaders that worked in law enforcement for years upon years are set into a notion of how justice will be served because of history with training and social norm of persecuting crimes. The uproot of change of sentencing crimes would affect those in higher authority. Mass incarceration is only systemic because lawmakers and politicians and their ability to terminate unforeseen implications potentially would ruin ties with business …show more content…

Corruption of the criminal justice system can be reversed when the parties involve take part in legislation of fixing centuries of systematic oppression. In the year of 2017, the government created the Reverse Mass Incarceration Act. The purpose was to decrease the number of prisoners by allocating money to states who continually diminish their crime rate and prison population (Morial). The government has an overwhelming amount of control of prisons, and with this power that is invested should take a course of action by inflicting new ways of justice. The reversing of incarcerating a mass of prisoners would provide opportunities for prisoners to gain direction with their life and make a future for

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