if I ever got arrested and locked up for something I would likely freak out so bad Id be ramming my head into the bars!!!! Being confined like that is one of my bigger fears!!!!
would you last?!?!?!
well you'd have to do something really bad to even get there, most sentences end up suspended or are provided with a bail condition and are minimum security especially good people who play up once and that is usually out of confusion/stupidity aka (being in the wrong crowd, drugs, theft, tax problems). i believe modern prison rooms aren't bars per say, the rooms have a locked door, so its more private than you think and i believe you can wear casual clothing not an orange uniform, that's maximum security.
there are so many laws that people arn't aware of even people in the law system don't know everything, so the probability of breaking the law is always a risk to anyone. but most people don't have bad intentions, for instance a drug dealer has a problem but does this mean they are bad people? ethically yes..but potential for rehibilitation is good with the right people to help.
the problem with the law and prison system is that the majority of people who go there or end up there have a good chance to recover because the reason they are there while justified because they broke the law probably happened out of a moment of poor decision but overall they are good people with good intentions and so there is a great chance to turn their lives around but if you are given a record then what happens is once the sentence is carried out their chances of getting a decent job again is diminished because of the criminal record and they can't travel and getting loans with the banks and registering in the future become big obstacles so it does sort of ruin their life, they have to re-adjust to get back up again...
alot of people get into trouble over tax issues. declaring the wrong incomes etc or not declaring at all. traffic issues...
personally i think prison should be reserved for the most serious cases or criminal behaviour like violence and big money theft...
we were given a lecture from a judge who has been lorded in his profession and he was telling us how he believes prison should be a place for rehibilitation to educate and help people but instead the system is built for people to simply feell horrible about themselves and all the cliches that tag along with it.
from what i've been taught modern prison isn't like the show Oz! or the Green Mile...
perhaps the pyschological lesson of going makes people never want to do anything wrong to go ever have to go back again as well...
back on subject. i don't know how i'd handle jail because its an entirely unknown situation, i'd imagine it would be quite a traumatic experience to begin with and once released therapy and some sort of massive self-esteem boost would be in order just to feel normal again...
i think the justice system is completely screwed in terms of helping people.
as onlookers we perceive prisoners as some sort of vermon like version of human beings yet i get the impression there are alot of them who are good people who just need help in the right direction. but there are always the bad people as well who just want to do bad things for whatever reason.....i think character evaluations should allow the good people to be seperated from the clearly screwed up people so that good people who are in prison arnt subjected to the badness of the environment and can get help...