Answer to Question #169086 in English for shfgrf

Question

Watch the attached VICE episode "Raised in the System." When you're finished write a ONE paragraph or two response/reflection on the video. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yq3uVJQN8Gw

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Consider the following questions in your response:

1. What stood out to you about the incarcerated youths' experiences being locked up? Were their experiences what you would expect? How were they similar or different from what you expected?

2. What stood out to you when the host, Michael K. Williams, goes and talks to the incarcerated adults? Do you see any patterns between the adults and the youth who were incarcerated?

3. What do you think about some of the "alternatives to incarceration" programs that were shown in the video? Do they seem like they would be effective in rehabilitating youths? Are they too "easy" on people who have committed crimes?

4. Who in the video stood out to you the most? What about their experience stood out to you? How did they make you feel?

5. Have we as a society failed these youth who end up in prison? Why or why not? What could we have done differently? What should THEY (the incarcerated youth) have done differently?

Remember, you do NOT have to respond to all of the above questions, they are merely there to help guide your thinking if you are not sure what to write about in your response.

Answer 1

1. What stood out to you about the incarcerated youths' experiences being locked up? Were their experiences what you would expect? How were they similar or different from what you expected?

• Most of the incarcerated youths end up committing serious crimes in the future that make them end up spending a considerable amount of their life in and out of prison. For me, I expected that children would be tried as minors and be sent to juvenile centers where they would receive rehabilitation and be law-abiding citizens.

1. What stood out to you when the host, Michael K. Williams, goes and talks to the incarcerated adults? Do you see any patterns between the adults and the youth who were incarcerated?

• Michael shows a different line of thought to how people perceive the criminal justice system. Most people expect that older people are the ones that are sent to jail in large numbers. It was a surprise that the largest population was young people in the most productive phase of their lives. The pattern is that if a young person is convicted, he/she has a higher chance of being arrested again for a similar or more serious crime later in life as an adult.

1. What do you think about some of the "alternatives to incarceration" programs shown in the video? Do they seem like they would be useful in rehabilitating youths? Are they too "easy" on people who have committed crimes?

• Mentorship programs for youths show them that there are alternative ways to life other than violence and crime. These methods seem to work for most young people, and they offer a platform that young people can express their thoughts and get advice and help when they need it. Most of the youths are survivors of abuse, and if they are offered to counsel, these methods could work in rehabilitating them.]

1. Who in the video stood out to you the most? What about their experience stood out to you? How did they make you feel?

• Sam Vaughn stood out the most because of how he was able to turn his life around and become a mentor to others. He shows that there is promise even when the system is hell-bent on incarcerating young people.

1. Have we as a society failed these youth who end up in prison? Why or why not? What could we have done differently? What should THEY (the incarcerated youth) have done differently?

• We have failed as a society because we don't accept that the youth who come out of prison are rehabilitated. We still think that they will fall back into their previous criminal lives. We could offer our help when they ask for it and show them jobs to welcome society and be productive. The incarcerated youths should accept that they were in prison and that it is part of their past and find a way of integrating with society.