We Need a Prison System Change - And NOW

Ever since we were little, we've always been told not to do anything bad because that could land us in jail. "Don't break the law so you don't have to eat prison food and accidentally drop some soap." But why are we so afraid to go to jail and why do these things happen in jail? I think it's because of how our prison system is ran and how much is going wrong with it. What I mean by this is simple; would you believe me if I told you that there is a place where the top criminal in the country is actually only serving 21 years? Meanwhile, here in the United States, there are people serving 21 years just for marijuana - but that's a whole other story.
I watched a documentary called, "Where to Invade Next," and it may be a comedic documentary, but it is in fact very real. It talks about different parts of the world and how they are currently doing better than us in different aspects of politics, eduction, health, and even how we treat our criminals. It talked about how Norway's prison system is focused on repairing the person that caused the harm rather than punishing him/her. They have the lowest recidivism, prisoners who return back to prison, rates in the world - only at 20%!. Meanwhile, US is at 76.6%. Obviously, they're doing something right and better than us. They treat their prisoners like people and not like animals. In the article, "Why Norway's prison system is so successful", they say, "If we treat people like animals when they are in prison they are likely to behave like animals. Here we pay attention to you as human beings." Which means they don't have window bars or uniforms. And they do have a kitchen fully quipped with sharp objects; all while on a 75-acre open facility.
I think acknowledging this system would be a good way to start a change in our own prison system. It might take a while because change like this doesn't happen over night, but I hope one day we can work towards something like this. I believe this would be better for our country and for our people.

Trust Issues Commentary

In the post from Jennifer Torres called, Trust Issues, she makes a great argument about our competence as an american citizen and politics. I agree that it if we do try to gain knowledge about our community and politics then we could make way for some sort of change.
I didn't know about the term she used, filter bubbles. She explained she was surprised when she learned about it and so was I honestly. When I found that out, I could only think about how corrupt our government is becoming and how crazy it seems that they have the ability to do such a thing. It's not right and knowing that other citizens like myself don't know about it, then I think that tells you something. If more people know about things like this, then imagine how angry someone might get. And how many more riots we would have.
I believe that this post was very well thought through and gave me new insight that I did not know about. I hope to keep learning like about this and also take the advice from Torres and try to be more politically involved so that maybe there can be a difference in the United States.