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Overcrowd In Prisons

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In America we firmly believe in you do the crime you must do the time and that all criminals must serve their time in order of crime to be deterred. We have come now to question the 13th amendment which states neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.” This leads us now to question how we ourselves punish other humans. Many prisons have come into question how they treat the inmates. Many inmates are forced in to living in horrible conditions that threaten their health and wellbeing. Where they will be forced to fend for their life as they eat horrible food, and fights while serving …show more content…

As the prison is overcrowding there is tension risen due to the lack of resources and prejudice begin to form. The female inmates are forced to go without certain medicine, limited shower time. All this things can become unsaniray. IN the new group of inmate there are domiicnaceand white supremacist and inmate with even more dangerous charges that lead to tension and panic amongst the originals. In the first few episodes many of the “leaders” of the different demographic groups seek to establish themselves as the head of the whole prison. However this leads to fights, violence and many of the inmate who do not associate with a specify groups lives to be in danger since they do not have anyone to protect them. Cindy (Black Cindy) who is associated with the black inmates expresses her prejudice towards the new and only Muslim inmate Alison Abdullah. Though their exchanges are presented as comical as the bicker back and fforth about each others religious preferences. It does show how prisons do not think about how people must survive amongst eachtoehr there especial from such a marginalized religions such as Islam. The white sup racy group and piper, who somehow accidently became their leader are using their privilege to attack the minorities of the prison. They have statured fights only to blame the minorities and get them sent to the solitary confinement. We can all agree staying somewhere were we are not givien the proper amint of fooo, medicia and always feel in constant

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